Sustainable equity team

Global Sustainable Equity Strategy

Offering differentiated exposure through a portfolio of sustainable solutions

Strategy overview

Investment Approach
Bottom-up, concentrated approach with 4-6% p.a. tracking error, underpinned by deep fundamental research integrating financial and sustainability insights

Investment Opportunity
Global exposure to companies providing sustainable solutions that have competitive advantages and structural growth distinct from economic cycles

Investment Universe
Liquid global sustainable equities

Target Return
Outperform (net of fees) MSCI ACWI over rolling 5 year periods

Stephanie Niven
Portfolio Manager
Miles Hamilton
Portfolio Manager

The role the strategy can play in portfolios

Differentiated alpha

Differentiated starting point with performance leveraged to pace of growth in sustainable solutions

Balanced

Balanced style profile driven by focus on structural growth and competitive advantages. Strong sustainable bias

Sustainable solutions exposure

Offers sustainability exposure through solutions across decarbonisation, climate adaptation and water, financial and digital inclusion, healthcare impact, and education

Risk management

Capital put behind highest conviction ideas leads to high active share with c. 4-6% tracking error

Investment Philosophy

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Investing in sustainability opportunities is complex. Our specialist knowledge and proprietary research helps us to identify the most attractive opportunities

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We believe that an unconstrained, focused approach to identifying the best quality companies in the sector, combined with a long-term investment horizon and active engagement, results in superior outcomes

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Companies providing Sustainable Solutions are well placed to benefit from structural growth drivers that are distinct from economic cycles

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Market participants systematically underestimate the quantum and persistence of returns in cases where businesses have sustainable long-term competitive advantages, resulting in exploitable inefficiencies

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Positive and negative externalities will increasingly be priced by the market

Key facts

  • Asset Subclass

    Global Equity

  • Currency

    USD

  • Inception date

    01/03/2022

  • Team

    Sustainable equity team

  • Geographical Focus

    Global

  • ESG Classification

    Sustainable

  • Comparative Benchmark

    MSCI AC World Index NDR

Portfolio & Holdings

Date as of 28/02/2025
Index
Strategy
United States
65.7
Emerging Markets
9.8
Far East ex Japan
2.3
United Kingdom
3.3
Europe ex UK
11.2
Japan
4.7
Other
2.9
Cash and near cash
Based on a related portfolio within the strategy with substantially similar objectives as those of the services being offered. The portfolio may change significantly over a short space of time. This is not a buy, sell or hold recommendation for any particular security. For further information on Indices and Specific Portfolio Names, please reference the sections in https://ninetyone.com/-/media/documents/miscellaneous/91-further-information-en.pdf.

Why Ninety One for Global Sustainable Equity Strategy

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Managed by a team with decades of experience investing in sustainable equities

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Proprietary fundamental method of identifying sustainable solutions companies with structural growth, competitive advantages, and sustainable returns

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Transparent engagement and sustainability reporting with a focus on KPIs directly linked to structural growth and alpha generation

Strategy Literature

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Risks

Concentrated portfolio

The portfolio invests in a relatively small number of individual holdings. This may mean wider fluctuations in value than more broadly invested portfolios.

Currency Exchange

Changes in the relative values of different currencies may adversely affect the value of investments and any related income.

Emerging Market (inc. China)

These markets carry a higher risk of financial loss than more developed markets as they may have less developed legal, political, economic or other systems.

Equity Investment

The value of equities (e.g. shares) and equity-related investments may vary according to company profits and future prospects as well as more general market factors. In the event of a company default (e.g. insolvency), the owners of their equity rank last in terms of any financial payment from that company.

Foreign Investment

Investing in foreign securities may be subject to risks pertaining to overseas jurisdictions and markets, including (but not limited to) local liquidity, macroeconomic, political, tax, settlement risks and currency fluctuations.

Sustainable strategies

Sustainable, impact or other sustainability-focused portfolios consider specific factors related to their strategies in assessing and selecting investments. As a result, they will exclude certain industries and companies that do not meet their criteria. This may result in their portfolios being substantially different from broader benchmarks or investment universes, which could in turn result in relative investment performance deviating significantly from the performance of the broader market.

The content of this website is made available for informational purposes only and should not be construed as an offer, marketing, solicitation or investment advice with respect to any investment products or services. The website has not been reviewed or approved by any regulatory authority and may contain information with respect to investments products that may not be registered in some jurisdictions.

Although we believe any information obtained from external sources to be reliable, we have not independently verified it, and we cannot guarantee its accuracy or completeness (ESG-related data is still at an early stage with considerable variation in estimates and disclosure across companies. Double counting is inherent in all aggregate carbon data).

Any decision to invest in the Strategy described should be made after reviewing the offering document and conducting such investigation as an investor deems necessary and consulting its own legal, accounting and tax advisors in order to make an independent determination of suitability and consequences of such an investment. This material does not purport to be a complete summary of all the risks associated with this Strategy. A description of risks associated with the Strategy can be found in the relevant offering or other disclosure documents where applicable. Copies of such documents are available upon request.

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