AXA Investment Managers is planning to launch a clean tech fund for UK investors at the end of the year.
Amanda O'Toole, who was appointed co-manager of the £78m AXA Framlington Global Thematics fund in April as part of the strategy's overhaul, said the firm would bring a clean tech fund to market in 2018. In February, the group announced plans to integrate five themes it believes will have a major impact on future returns into its internal research capabilities, including clean tech, as well as ageing and lifestyle, automation, connected consumer and transitioning societies. O'Toole - who joined AXA IM Framlington Equities in 2011 - is responsible for the clean tech research pod in the ...
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