Amundi launches silk road fund

Amundi has launched an equity fund targeting the "New Silk Road" theme, designed to tap the opportunities in markets benefiting from the development of new trade routes across Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa. The Amundi Funds New Silk Road invests in the equity of companies that derive substantial revenues in markets and/or have significant business that benefit from the development of the new silk roads. Nicholas McConway, head of Thematic & Concentrated Strategies, leads the New Silk Road strategy team, while the new fund is co-managed by Giampaolo Isolani (head of Investment S...