22/10/2014
F&C completes re-brand of its responsible funds range
F&C Investments on October 21 announced the completion of the re-brand of its market-leading Responsible Investment Funds. F&C first announced the re-branding plan in June of this year. The Responsible Funds Range offers clients a broad range of investment options, from ethically-screened UK and global equity offerings to thematic funds, screened fixed income and sustainability-orientated emerging market equities, including those previously under the Stewardship name. The new names all include the term «responsible». For instance, the Ethical Bond Fund becomes the Responsible Sterling Bond Fun, or the Stewardship International Bond becomes the Responsible Global Equity Fund.“We’ve chosen the term ‘Responsible’ to account for not only the ethical and sustainable screening, but also the importance of the active ownership programme of engagement and voting undertaken in these funds – a key feature of F&C’s Responsible Investment approach,” said Vicki Bakhshi, Director at F&C Investments. Effective from January 1, 2015, the F&C Responsible Funds range will be supported by a new and independent F&C Responsible Investment Advisory Council, chaired by Howard Pearce.
