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ABN Amro launches sustainable development fund

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To invest in socially responsible companies


Mr Romesh Sobti (right), Chairman, ABN Amro Asset Management, with Mr Nikhil Johri, Managing Director, at a press conference to announce the launch of Sustainable Development Fund in Mumbai on Monday. - Paul Noronha

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Bharat Matrimony

Mumbai March 5 ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd today announced the launch of ABN Amro sustainable development fund - India's first Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) Fund.

The fund will choose from S&P CNX 500 companies filtered by CRISIL using an environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) template based on public disclosures.

The ABN Amro Mutual Fund will then financially analyse the stocks before investing in them.

Mr Nikhil Johri, Managing Director, ABN Amro Asset Management India, said: "the fund seeks to invest in companies that are socially responsible and financially viable at the same time; it makes it an ideal scenario for an investor". The new fund offer opened today and will close on March 30.

The investment objective of the fund is to generate long-term capital growth from an actively managed portfolio of equity and equity related securities.

The scheme offers regular plans with growth and dividend options.

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