ESG Clarity can now reveal the funds that have made the shortlist for the inaugural ESG Clarity Asia Awards.
The shortlists for the pre-defined categories have been formed using ESG data exclusively supplied to ESG Clarity by MSCI ESG Research.
For funds to be eligible, the following criteria had to be met:
- Funds must have 12 months of performance history as of the end of March 2022.
- Funds must fall into standard universe coverage for MSCI ESG fund ratings, whereby at least 65% of the fund’s gross weight must come from covered securities.
More information on the MSCI fund ESG ratings methodology is available here.
The shortlists have been formed as below:
Regional ESG Equity-Active
| State Street Pacific Ex-Japan ESG Screened Index Equity Fund |
| United Sustainable Asia Top-50 Fund |
| Schroder International Selection Fund Sustainable Asian Equity |
| Mirae Asset Global Discovery Fund – Sustainable Asia Pacific Equity Fund |
| abrdn Select Portfolio-abrdn All China Sustainable Equity Fund |
| Aberdeen Standard SICAV I – Asian Sustainable Development Equity Fund |
Regional ESG Equity-Passive
| UBS (Lux) Fund Solutions – MSCI Pacific Socially Responsible UCITS ETF |
| Haitong MSCI China A ESG ETF |
| Principal S&P Ethical Asia Pacific Dividend ETF |
| Harvest CSI 300 ESG Leaders Index ETF |
| UBS (Lux) Fund Solutions – MSCI China ESG Universal UCITS ETF |
| Lyxor MSCI China ESG Leaders Extra (DR) UCITS ETF |
Regional ESG Equity-Passive
| DWS Invest ESG Equity Income |
| UBS (Lux) Equity SICAV – Global Income Sustainable (USD) |
| RAM (Lux) Systematic Funds – Global Sustainable Income Equities |
| Stewart Investors Worldwide Leaders Sustainability Fund |
| Pictet-Quest Global Sustainable Equities |
| Schroder International Selection Fund Global Sustainable Growth |
| BlackRock Strategic Funds – Systematic ESG World Equity Fund |
| Neuberger Berman Systematic Global Sustainable Value Fund |
| Allianz Global Investors Fund – Allianz Global Sustainability |
| Mirova Global Sustainable Equity Fund |
| Lazard Global Sustainable Equity Fund |
| UBS (Lux) Equity Fund – Global Sustainable (USD) |
| abrdn Global Sustainable Equity Fund |
Global ESG Equity-Passive
| NN (L) Global Enhanced Index Sustainable Equity |
| Vanguard ESG Developed World All Cap Equity Index Fund |
| iShares MSCI World SRI UCITS ETF |
| UBS (Irl) ETF plc – MSCI ACWI Socially Responsible UCITS ETF |
| Xtrackers MSCI World ESG UCITS ETF |
| UBS (IRL) ETF Plc – MSCI ACWI ESG Universal Low Carbon Select UCITS ETF |
| UBS (Lux) Fund Solutions – MSCI World Socially Responsible UCITS ETF |
| iShares Dow Jones Global Sustainability Screened UCITS ETF |
Global ESG Fixed Inc-Active
| JPMorgan Funds – Global Bond Opportunities Sustainable Fund |
| Fidelity Funds – Sustainable Strategic Bond Fund |
| UBS (Lux) Strategy SICAV – Fixed Income Sustainable (USD) |
| PIMCO GIS Global Bond ESG Fund |
| AXA World Funds – Global Sustainable Aggregate |
| Pictet – Global Sustainable Credit |
| Swisscanto (LU) Bond Fund – Swisscanto (LU) Bond Fund Responsible Global Corporate |
| BNP Paribas Funds Sustainable Global Corporate Bond |
| Dimensional Global Sustainability Fixed Income Fund |
| T. Rowe Price Funds SICAV – Responsible Global Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund |
| T. Rowe Price Funds SICAV – Responsible Global Aggregate Bond Fund |
| Lazard Global Sustainable Fixed Income Fund |
EM ESG Equity-Active
| White Fleet OLZ Equity Emerging Market Optimized ESG |
| Credit Suisse Index Fund (Lux) – CSIF (Lux) Equity Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility ESG Blue |
| Stewart Investors Global Emerging Markets Sustainability Fund |
| Heptagon Fund ICAV – Driehaus Emerging Markets Sustainable Equity Fund |
| Pictet-Quest Emerging Sustainable Equities |
| DWS Invest ESG Emerging Markets Top Dividend |
| BMO Responsible Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund |
| Goldman Sachs Funds II – Goldman Sachs Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio |
| Aberdeen Standard SICAV I – Emerging Markets Sustainable Development Equity Fund |
| GAM Sustainable Emerging Equity |
| JPMorgan Funds – Emerging Markets Sustainable Equity |
Multi Asset
| BlackRock Global Funds – ESG Multi-Asset Fund |
| BNP Paribas Funds Sustainable Multi-Asset Growth |
| AB SICAV I – Sustainable All Market Portfolio |
| Arabesque Q3.17 SICAV – Global ESG Momentum Flexible Allocation |
| UBS (Lux) Strategy Fund – Balanced Sustainable (EUR) |
| UBS (Lux) Strategy Fund – Growth Sustainable (USD) |
| Allianz Global Investors Fund – Allianz Global Dynamic Multi Asset Strategy 50 |
| JSS Sustainable Multi Asset – Global Opportunities |
Climate Focused Funds
| Franklin Templeton Investment Funds – Templeton Global Climate Change Fund |
| CPR Invest Climate Action |
| Lombard Odier Funds – Climate Transition |
| Schroder International Selection Fund Global Climate Change Equity |
| HSBC Global Investment Funds – Global Equity Climate Change |
Thematics
| M&G (Lux) Investment Funds 1 – M&G (Lux) Global Themes Fund |
| Pictet – Global Thematic Opportunities |
| Lazard Global Thematic Fund |
| Natixis International Funds (Lux) I – Thematics Meta Fund |
| BlackRock Global Funds – Circular Economy Fund |
| Pictet-Global Megatrend Selection |
| NN (L) Smart Connectivity |
| CPR Invest Global Disruptive Opportunities |
| Fidelity Funds – Global Demographics Fund |
Congratulations to all those shortlisted! The shortlists for house and initiative-based awards will be announced in due course.
The next step is for our elite judging panel to apply a qualitative layer of analysis, based on their own research and review of the data, in order to identify the winners of each category.
