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How our Henley Investment Centre integrates ESG
As an investor in global equities, corporate and sovereign fixed income, real assets and multi-asset strategies across 13 investment centres globally, we recognise the difference between asset classes and geographies, and we apply ESG principles accordingly.1
For more than 30 years, Invesco has demonstrated its commitment to responsible investing by actively encouraging ESG practices across every area of its business.
Within the UK, the Henley Investment Centre’s highly experienced investment team consists of 61 investment professionals with an average of 16 years of industry experience2. In Henley, the focus as long-term, valuation-led active managers is on engagement and dialogue with portfolio companies, not divestment. We believe that ESG investing is key to a sustainable future, which is why ESG integration underpins our investment process at every stage.
Read our research study in collaboration with Cambridge: Divest or Engage?
After all, attitudes are changing. Investors are increasingly looking to make a positive contribution to society and the environment through their personal finances, driving us towards a cleaner, heathier and a more equitable future.
Fund managers participate in board-level dialogue and are instrumental in giving shareholder views on management, corporate strategy, transparency, and capital allocation as well as wider ESG aspects. Click here to read one of our case studies on our engagement in the oil and gas industry.
In Henley, each fund manager is individually responsible for ESG integration and have absolute discretion in taking a view on any given ESG risk or opportunity.
Fund managers participate in board-level dialogue and are instrumental in giving shareholder views on management, corporate strategy, transparency, and capital allocation as well as wider ESG aspects.
“ESG is the movement of our age. We have long held the belief that in order to be successful, the concept of sustainability in all its forms is central to the investment decision.” Stephanie Butcher, CIO, Henley, Invesco UK.
Find out more about what ESG means to each of our individual fund managers at Henley, or download the Henley Investment Centre Guiding Framework, below.
Read more
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European Equities - What does ESG mean to us?
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ESG in the Henley Fixed Income investment process
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Active engagement in ESG - why it matters
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UK equities - what does ESG mean to us
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Henley Investment Centre ESG guiding framework
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UK Smaller Companies Equities: What does ESG mean to us?
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ESG & Multi Asset - A framework
Footnotes
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1 Whilst the fund manager considers ESG aspects they are not bound by any specific ESG criteria and have the flexibility to invest across the ESG spectrum from best to worst in class.
2 As at 31 December 2020.
Investment risks
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The value of investments and any income will fluctuate (this may partly be the result of exchange rate fluctuations) and investors may not get back the full amount invested.
Important information
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All data is as at 9 March 2021 unless otherwise stated.
This document is marketing material and is not intended as a recommendation to invest in any particular asset class, security or strategy. Regulatory requirements that require impartiality of investment/investment strategy recommendations are therefore not applicable nor are any prohibitions to trade before publication. The information provided is for illustrative purposes only, it should not be relied upon as recommendations to buy or sell securities.
Where individuals or the business have expressed opinions, they are based on current market conditions, they may differ from those of other investment professionals, they are subject to change without notice and are not to be construed as investment advice.
