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Aviva Investors
Aviva
Investors, the global asset management arm of Aviva, has
launched a multi-asset fund, called the The Aviva Investors
Sustainable Income and Growth Fund.
The fund aims to provide 5 per cent income with long-term capital
growth from a portfolio of 80 to 120 securities drawn from over
25,000 names in the MSCI All Country World Index and the
Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index, Aviva
said.
The portfolio is managed by fund manager Francois de Bruin and
colleagues in the investment team. They aim to make holdings more
sustainable by steering them away from practices they consider
harmful to the environment and hence reputations through
engagement and proxy voting.
“Companies will be selected on the basis of sustainable business
models and underlying revenue streams, with an emphasis on cash
flows to deliver compounding interest over time. By focusing on
assets likely to generate dividends and coupons during drawdown,
rather than selling shares for income, the fund will help
mitigate the risk of permanent loss of capital when markets are
depressed,” the firm said.
De Bruin is supported by a core investment team of Mirza Baig,
head of governance, Anton Kerkenezov, emerging market debt fund
manager, and Cyril Martin, head of Aviva Insurance Solutions.