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World’s largest asset manager BlackRock launches BlackRock Impact Bond Fund

Friday, August 26, 2016

Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

BlackRock, with $4.890tln in AUM the World’s largest asset manager, has announced the launch of the actively managed fund BlackRock Impact Bond Fund that aims to generate competitive financial returns while investing in measurable social and environmental outcomes.

In a statement, the firm said that the fund would be first broadly available U.S. fixed income fund launched by BlackRock since the formation of BlackRock Impact, the firm’s $200bn sustainable investing platform.

"Impact investing seeks to enable investors to achieve competitive returns while targeting transparent, measurable social and environmental goals," said Deborah Winshel, managing director and global head of Impact Investing at BlackRock. "BlackRock continues to leverage the breadth of its investing and risk management skill to create innovative portfolios that seek to combine social purpose and investment performance."

The BlackRock Impact Bond seeks to provide income and capital growth by investing in a portfolio of fixed income including corporate bonds of companies with positive aggregate societal impact outcomes such as corporate citizenship, high impact disease research, greenhouse gas emissions, ethics controversies, and litigation, as determined by BlackRock, compared to the B......................

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