BlackRockilta Green Bond -joukkolainarahasto

BlackRockin Green Bond Index -rahasto sijoittaa erilaisiin korkotuotteisiin, jotka rahoittavat ympäristöä hyödyttäviä projekteja. Rahaston kokonaistuotto vastaa Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Green Bond -indeksin kehitystä. Green bondit ovat vihreitä joukkolainoja, jotka sijoittavat ympäristövastuullisiin ja kestävän kehityksen kohteisiin.

“Vihreiden joukkolainojen suosio on kasvanut voimakkaasti. Sijoittajat etsivät sijoittamistapoja, jotka edistävät ympäristön hyvinvointia. He eivät kuitenkaan halua muuttaa sijoitustensa sektoripainotuksia tai likviditeettiriskiä merkittävästi”, sanoo Ashley Schulten, BlackRockin Climate Solutions -toimialan johtaja ja toinen Green Bond Index -rahaston hoitajista.

BlackRock on vihreiden joukkolainamarkkinoiden yksi johtavista varainhoitajista. BlackRock käyttää laajaa sijoitusosaamistaan sekä syvällistä tutkimustietoaan ilmastosta ja salkunhoidosta kehittääkseen tätä maailmanlaajuisesti tärkeää sijoitusluokkaa edelleen.

Alkuperäinen lehdistötiedote kokonaisuudessaan alla. Mikäli käännöksessä on eroja alkuperäiseen tiedotteeseen, alkuperäinen tiedote pätee.

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Anna-Mari Tiilikainen, puh. 050 558 0888, anna-mari.tiilikainen (at) cocomms.com

BlackRock launches Green Bond Index Fund as investors seek exposure to environmentally positive investment solutions

London, 2 February - BlackRock has launched a Green Bond Index Fund, responding to the growing demand from investors for this fast-growing part of the fixed income market. BlackRock is one of the leading asset managers in the Green Bond market, with extensive experience of managing Green Bond mandates, shaping market standards and driving sector growth, for example as Partner of the Climate Bonds Initiative and as an Executive Committee Member of the Green Bonds Principles.

The Green Bond Index Fund will offer investors exposure to a selection of fixed income securities that are issued to fund projects with direct environmental benefits. The fund will be optimized to deliver investment performance which reflects the total return of the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Green Bond Index.

Ashley Schulten, Director, Head of Climate Solutions (Fixed Income) and co-manager of the fund: “We see a strong interest in Green Bonds from clients we service as they seek to participate in climate friendly and environmentally beneficial investments without making major changes to sector allocation or liquidity risk in their holdings. Clients interested vary from large institutional clients to family offices and retail investors.”

As an early investor in Green Bonds and a strong supporter of global standards and impact reporting, BlackRock is well positioned to now offer a public fund for this new asset class. BlackRock intends to use the breadth of its trading and capital markets teams and the depth of its climate research and portfolio management acumen to help further the development of this globally important investment option. The fund is managed by Ashley Schulten and Darren Wills who have a combined investment experience of over 35 years. Ashley and Darren are supported by the Global Fixed Income team. BlackRock manages over $1.4 trillion in fixed income assets on behalf of global clients, including both active and index strategies. Ms Schulten was awarded one of the top 3 ‘Most impressive Green/SRI Investors’ at Investment Week’s Sustainable Investment Awards 2016. BlackRock Impact In February 2015, BlackRock launched BlackRock Impact, the Firm’s global platform catering to investors with social or environmental objectives. The development of the BlackRock Green Bond Index Fund further highlights BlackRock’s commitment within this space and enables investors to access the platform which currently manages assets across impact investing, environmental, social and governance (ESG) portfolios, and screened portfolios.

For more information about sustainable investing at BlackRock, please visit blackrockimpact.com.

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