The fund will be benchmarked against the MSCI Emerging Market Index, while off-benchmark exposure includes selective allocation to frontier markets and China A-Shares (Chinese companies listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen).
Håkansson added: “We have always seen an active approach to sustainability as a natural and important part of our investment process as ESG offers insight to both risks and opportunities.
“Today for example, China’s war on pollution has set an unparalleled investment program going, which has created one of the largest markets globally for companies providing solutions to sustainability related challenges, companies this fund will invest in.”
From launch the will be available for both institutional and retail investors in most European countries.
