Guinness GI completes Foresight deal

Real assets and sustainability strategies

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Guinness Global Investors has completed its acquisition of Foresight Capital Management, the public markets division of Foresight Group.

The deal incorporates FCM’s listed real assets strategies, and the WHEB sustainability and impact strategies.

The proposed takeover was announced in June.  

See also: Guinness Global Investors acquires Foresight Capital

Foresight’s real assets team will join the Guinness team under Mark Brennan, who was previously at Foresight.

The real assets funds aquired include FP Foresight Global Real Infrastructure, FP Foresight UK Infrastructure Income, FP Foresight Sustainable Real Estate Securities, Foresight Global Real Infrastructure Fund (Lux), Cromwell Foresight Global Infrastructure and the FP Foresight Diversified Real Assets funds.

Foresight’s WHEB sustainable and impact team will join the management team of the Guinness Sustainable Energy strategy and Guinness Global Environment strategy.

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