Schroder Global Climate Change opens for business

The aim of the Fund is to provide long-term outperformance of the MSCI World Index from a concentrated portfolio of 50 to 80 stocks comprising the best stock ideas from the fund’s joint managers, Simon Webber and Matthew Franklin.

The Schroder Global Climate Change Fund invests in companies that create products or offer services which help to mitigate or adapt to the effects of climate change.

Simon Webber, Joint Fund Manager, Schroders Global Climate Change Fund commented: “Climate change is set to drive an industrial transformation and is potentially the biggest investment theme of the next 20 years. For example, over US$20 trillion needs to be spent on the world’s energy infrastructure by 20301, much of which can and will be redirected towards a low carbon power industry. We believe that by following this theme, opportunities exist for investors to reap the rewards.”

Robin Stoakley, Managing Director UK Retail said: “Schroder Global Climate Change is an actively managed portfolio, with very little overlap with other mainstream global equity funds and offersreal diversification. Now is the time for investors to adopt a global approach to what will be a major investment theme for the foreseeable future.”