APG, the largest European pension asset manager and administrator, together with E Fund, the third largest fund manager in China, announced today that it will launch the first concentrated equities strategy that invests in ChinaA-shares and adheres to sustainable & responsible investing frameworks and criteria.

“APG is a firm believer and promoter of responsible investing. We are happy to partner with E Fund to establish this milestone to embrace our role and duty as responsible long term asset manager, for the benefit of our clients. Our RI approach combined with local intelligence will create unique investment opportunities for us in China. We are hoping to set a trend and share our knowledge and experience with other institutional investors,” Ronald Wuijster, acting CEO of APG Asset Management, explained.

‘We are very delighted to work with APG to bring this world class ESG investment experience to our marketplace. E Fund is already a member of UNPRI and we have been equipping ourselves for ESG investments for quite some time. We are so excited to translate our efforts into a tangible investment strategy, which we are confident to produce positive investment returns, and to expand the positive impacts to a more sustainable community beyond financial performance,” stated by Sau Kwan, President of E Fund Management.

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