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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia:

British asset manager M&G acquire substantially all of responsAbility Investments AG, a Zurich-based impact investor focused on private debt and private equity in emerging markets.

The London-based investment manager will acquire 90% of responsAbility's shares, and expects to buy the remaining 10% "in due course". At the end of 2021, responsAbility had USD3.7 billion of assets under management. No financial details of the deal were disclosed.

The company said in a press release that responsAbility will remain based in Zurich and retain its brand identity. It invests across three themes tied to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: financial inclusion, climate finance, and sustainable food.

"There is a strong and growing demand for impact and sustainable investment products from our clients. The combination of responsAbility's specialist capabilities in this area and our scale, investment breadth, and global distribution reach represent a very powerful proposition," the company said.

"responsAbility brings leading capabilities in impact investment to M&G, which will help us accelerate our ambition to place sustainability at the heart of our investment process, and further expands M&G's international operations, particularly concerning asset sourcing and origination," said Jack Daniels, chief investment officer at M&G.

John Foley, chief executive of M&G, said: "This acquisition strengthens M&G's position in the r......................

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