Natixis Investment Managers is to launch a new range of ESG fund of funds.
The Natixis ESG Conservative, Moderate and Dynamic funds each offer multi-asset exposure to 14 funds from 5 of Natixis affiliated managers. The funds will be managed by the multi asset portfolio management team within Natixis Investment Solutions which currently manages €57 billion of which €5.4 billion is already focused on ESG specific mandates.
Natixis says for the development of the fund of funds Natixis IM has produced a proprietary selection methodology, called “Conviction & Narrative” and that applying this framework provides clarity to the funds’ ESG investments.