Aegon UK partners HSBC Global AM to embed ESG across in-house default funds

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Aegon UK has partnered with HSBC Global Asset Management as part of a new initiative to embed ESG criteria across its in-house workplace default range for ARC schemes. The tie-up leverages HSBC Global Asset Management's considerable experience in both responsible and passive investing and is a key step in Aegon UK's plans to fully embed ESG criteria across its default fund range, the company said this morning. From January, key ARC workplace default funds will start to invest in the newly launched HSBC Developed World Sustainable Equity Index fund, reaching a total of around 30% of as...

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Christopher Copper-Ind is editor-in-chief of International Investment. Before this, he was editorial director of The Business Year, from 2014 to 2017.