Martin Currie launches first social impact fund

Run by Lauran Halpin and John Gilmore

Elliot Gulliver-Needham
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Martin Currie has launched the firm’s first social impact fund, focused on advancing fairness of social opportunity and narrowing the equality gap globally.

The FTGF Martin Currie Improving Society fund is also the firm's first Article 9 fund and will invest in firms that contribute to either improving well-being, improving inclusion or supporting a just transition toward a sustainable economy. Columbia Threadneedle Investments unveils global social bond fund Investing in a concentrated portfolio of 20-35 companies, the fund will be managed by Lauran Halpin, portfolio manager and head of impact equities, and John Gilmore, portfolio manager, impact equities and stewardship, sustainability and impact specialist. Halpin, who joined Martin...

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