Category: Blue economy

The UK’s Brunel Pension Partnership has appointed StepStone Infrastructure and Real Assets to run its Cycle 2 Brunel Infrastructure Portfolio. The strategy includes a £470m renewables fund and a £370m ‘generalist’ fund to invest in sustainable infrastructure, including transport, heating and power.

Lombard Odier has become the latest investment house to launch a dedicated natural capital fund. The global equity strategy has been created in partnership with the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance and will invest listed companies that are set to benefit from trends around circular bio-economy, resource efficiency and waste reduction. It will hold 40-50 small to mid-sized public companies in North America, Europe and Asia.

AMP Capital will close its 19-year old Sustainable Share Fund due to “declining assets under management, and in addition to the team's longer-term expanded global remit”, according to a spokesperson. The fund took a hit in August…