Leading European asset manager Amundi announced today that it will transition six of its existing fixed income vanilla ETFs into equivalent ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. exposures. All of the transitioned exposures will be classified under Article 8 of SFDR, marking an expansion of the firm’s ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. ETF range.
The ETFs include products offering both investment grade and high yield corporate exposures in addition to aggregate exposures and some flagship strategies such as floating rate notes (FRNs).
Fannie Wurtz, Head of ETF, Indexing and Smart Beta business line at Amundi, said:
“ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. is at the center of all of our client conversations and at the core of our product development strategy. Today, every new product is systematically considered through an ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. lens and we also continually assess the interest in transitioning to ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. exposures in line with investors’ expectations.”
The affected ETFs include AMUNDI EURO CORPORATES UCITS ETF, which will now aim to track the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Euro Corporate ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. Sustainability SRI index; AMUNDI FLOATING RATE EURO CORPORATE 1-3 UCITS ETF, aiming to track the iBoxx MSCI ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. EUR FRN Investment Grade Corporates index; AMUNDI FLOATING RATE USD CORPORATE UCITS ETF, tracking the iBoxx MSCI ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. USD FRN Investment Grade Corporates TCA index; AMUNDI EURO CORPORATE FINANCIALS IBOXX UCITS ETF, tracking the iBoxx MSCI ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. EUR Financials TCA index; AMUNDI EURO HIGH YIELD LIQUID BOND IBOXX UCITS ETF, tracking the iBoxx MSCI ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. EUR High Yield Corporates TCA index, and; AMUNDI BBB EURO CORPORATE INVESTMENT GRADE UCITS ETF, tracking the iBoxx MSCI ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. EUR Corporates BBB TCA index.
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