F&C is to launch Ethical Bond fund, which will open on 1 October with in excess of £40m of existing assets.
The lead manager will be Rebecca Seabrook, with Ian Robinson as an ‘alternate’ manager. Both currently co-head F&C’s UK credit team which manages in excess of £10bn of assets, including a number of screened segregated mandates for institutional investors. F&C currently manages around £50.9bn in fixed interest assets, with a team of 47 professionals. The Ethical Bond fund will leverage the expertise of its 16-strong Governance and Sustainable Investment team to provide research on environmental, social and governance issues. The new fund will operate identical screening criteria t...
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