From Left to Right: Ismitz Matthew De Alwis, Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer, Kenanga Investors Berhad;
John McCareins, Managing Executive, Head of Asia Pacific, Northern Trust Asset Management at the launch of Kenanga Sustainability Series: High Yield Bond Fund.
Kuala Lumpur, 14 April 2022 – The launch of Kenanga Sustainability Series: High Yield Bond Fund, the first SRI-qualified High Yield Bond fund in the Malaysian market by Kenanga which invests into The NT Global High Yield ESG Bond Index Fund, managed by Northern Trust Asset Management.
Investors can participate in a more robust portfolio stemming from ESG analytics which will consider factors such as carbon efficiency and quality of governance to mitigate risks or capture new opportunities aside from the standard quantitative and qualitative metrics.