BNP Paribas Asset Management Australia (‘BNPP AMAU’) recently announced the launch of the BNP Paribas EARTH Trust (‘EARTH Trust’) .
The product was launched at the same time as two additional Trusts, the BNP Paribas China Equity Trust (‘China Equity Trust’) and the BNP Paribas Green Bond Trust (‘Green Bond Trust’).
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BNP Paribas Earth Trust
The EARTH Trust is a Global Equity Long/Short strategy that seeks to provide exposure to the environmental markets thematic in a market neutral vehicle. It combines long positions in the most promising and innovative companies globally within the energy, materials, agriculture and industrials markets that are providing solutions to environmental challenges. These are paired with short positions in overvalued companies or those with unsustainable business models vulnerable to transition risk.
The Trust is co-managed by BNP Paribas Asset Management’s Ulrik Fugmann and Edward Lees who both have more than 20 years of experience in the sector and have collaborated for 18 years. The pair head up the Environmental Strategies Group, a team that has extensive fundamental and thematic investment experience covering portfolio management, research and trading.
Why invest in an environmental-focused, global equity long/short strategy?
We believe the BNP Paribas EARTH Trust offers a market first – an environmentally focused market-neutral strategy for sustainable portfolios. Clients can benefit from investment in the Environmental Markets thematic whilst maintaining protection against equity market volatility. We continue to see a growing number of sustainable portfolios being built in the market – and this delivers what has been a missing piece – a ‘true to label’ alternative investment strategy.
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Australia Limited is recognised as a Responsible Investment Leader 2021 by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). This acknowledges our commitment to responsible investing; our explicit consideration of environmental, social and environmental factors in investment decision making, our strong and collaborative stewardship; and our transparency in reporting activity, including the societal and environmental outcomes being achieved.
The BNP Paribas Green Bond Trust, BNP Paribas EARTH Trust and BNP Paribas China Equity Trust ’s Target Market Determination are available here www.bnpparibas-am.com.au. A Target Market Determination is a document which describes who this financial product is likely to be appropriate for (i.e. the target market), and any conditions around how the product can be distributed to investors. It also describes the events or circumstances where the Target Market Determination for this financial product may need to be reviewed.
For more information regarding the Trust please call the Client Service Team on 1800 267 726 (Australia) or +612 9619 6041 or visit our website www.bnpparibas-am.com.au.
