The Swiss Sustainable Funds Awards 2022 honoured the best performing asset managers and funds with the highest commitment to socially responsible investment (SRI). The virtual ceremony took place on 1 June 2022.
AN AWARD FOR THE BEST SUSTAINABLE FUNDS
To support this development, the Geneva Forum for Sustainable Investment, the major event in the sustainable investment industry with the participation of over 500 management professionals each year, and the Zurich Forum for Sustainable Investment, has decided to create the Swiss Sustainable Funds Awards.
WINNERS OF THE 2022 EDITION
Best Asset Management Company
Zürcher Kantonalbank
EQUITIES CATEGORY
World Equities
Aegon Global Sustainable Equity C Acc GBP Aegon Asset Management
European Equities
NN (L) European Sustainable Equity I Cap EUR NN Investment Partners
Emerging Markets Equities
Candriam Sustainable Equity Emerging Mkt V EUR C Candriam Investors Group
Swiss Equities
GAM Swiss Sustainable Companies D GAM Investment Management (CH) SA
Thematic Equities
green benefit – Global Impact Fund – P Green Benefit AG
BONDS CATEGORY, 2 winners in the “Aggregate Bonds” category
Aggregate Bonds
Franklin European Total Return I (acc) EUR Franklin Templeton International
Aggregate Bonds
JSS Sustainable Bond – Euro Broad C EUR acc Banque J. Safra Sarasin SA
ten DIFFERENT CATEGORIES
These awards will be presented to the winners of the ten different categories with special prizes awarded to the best asset management company as well as the best Swiss-based asset management company.
Funds and management companies are selected by an independent jury whose task is to assess their performance on both qualitative and quantitative criteria. The jury is made up of representatives of the industry players, pension funds, fund selectors, family office and third-party managers, independent advisors and academia.
The aim of the Swiss Sustainable Funds Awards is to establish a benchmark and ranking acknowledged and recognised by the financial community. This certification facilitates the adoption of sustainable investment products and supports the business development of industry players.
The nominees in the “Actions” category are:
World Equities
Aegon Global Sustainable Equity C Acc GBP
Baillie Gifford Wldwd Positive Change B AUD Acc
Janus Henderson Global Sustainable Equity G Inc
Swisscanto (CH) EF Sustainable GT CHF
Vontobel Fd (CH) Sust GI Eq ex CHF Conc S
US Equities
Amundi Funds US Pioneer Fund – I2 EUR C
BA US Sust Growth C USD Acc
BNPP Sustainable US Value Multi-Factor Eq I Cap
Fisher Investments Inst US SC Core Equity ESG USD
Nordea 1 – North American Stars Equity BI EUR
European Equities
Baillie Gifford Wldwd Pan-European B EUR Acc
DNCA Invest SRI Europe Growth – Class F – EUR
DWS Invest ESG European Small/Mid Cap XC
NN (L) European Sustainable Equity I Cap EUR
Emerging Markets Equities
Candriam Sustainable Equity Emerging Mkt V EUR C
Carmignac PfI Emergents FW GBP Acc
Driehaus Emerging Mkts Sustainable Eq CE EUR Acc
Goldman Sachs Em Mkts Eq ESG Pf I Qdis USD
Nordea 1 – Emerging Stars Equity BI EUR
Swiss Equities
BKB Sustainable – Equities Switzerland I1
Cadmos – Swiss Engagement A
GAM Swiss Sustainable Companies D
JSS Sustainable Equity Switzerland M CHF Dis
Swisscanto (CH) EF Resp CH High Quality DT CHF
Thematic Equities
DWS Invest ESG Climate Tech XC
Green benefit – Global Impact Fund – P
Luxembourg Selection Fd – Active Solar C USD
Swisscanto (LU) EF Sustainable Global Climate GT
The nominees in the “Bonds” category are:
Aggregate Bonds
AXA WF ACT Green Bonds I USD Hedged Cap
Franklin European Total Return I (acc) EUR
JSS Sustainable Bond – Euro Broad C EUR acc
Mirova Euro Green and Sustainable Bond Fund MDE
ODDO BHF Green Bond CR – EUR
Corporate Bonds
Allianz Euro Credit SRI W EUR
DWS Invest ESG USD Corporate Bonds USD XC
JSS Sustainable Bond – EUR Corporates M EUR acc
PGIM Euro Corporate ESG Bond EUR I Acc
Swisscanto (LU) BF Sustainable Global Credit DT
DATA PROVIDERS
Conser’s proprietary database lists a full range of investment solutions and products that have a positive impact on all types of asset classes. The CSR analysis process is twofold, qualitative and quantitative.
Qualitative analysis evaluates the investment process. As a result, each fund is ranked and rated according to its sustainability objectives. The evaluation takes into account the sustainable investment process, the quality of the management team and the history of the portfolio. The analysis is based on publicly available responsible investment reports, including commitment and voting reports, Eurosif transparency guidelines, as well as on individual visits to managers.
The quantitative assessment verifies the CSR compliance of the subjacent portfolio. Securities will be evaluated using the Conser ESG consensus® tool, which provides information on the overall CSR quality of the portfolio, potential exposure to major controversies and the measurement of positive impacts.
Founded in 2017 by three investment professionals, Anglo-Swiss Advisors is an advisory firm specialized in the selection of fund managers and investment strategies for private banks, family offices and institutional clients.
Using a proprietary quantitative approach combined with qualitative analysis criteria, Anglo-Swiss aims to identify the best fund managers to meet the specific needs of each client. Anglo-Swiss Advisors helps its clients create white label products, find appropriate strategies or adapt existing strategies to complement their current product range.
Chairman of the jury – Adjunct Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute, University of Geneva
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René Sieber
Chairman of the jury – Adjunct Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute, University of Geneva
René Sieber holds a Ph.D. in Economic and Social Sciences from Geneva University. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Economics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA.
René Sieber has an experience of more than 30 years in the field of asset management. He has been a founding member and managing director of Dynagest SA, a Geneva based Swiss Asset Management Company that featured during several years among the European Top 400 Asset Managers*. Head of quantitative portfolio insurance investments, he was also supervising fixed income management and research.
For more than 30 years René Sieber has lectured in finance at University of Geneva where he also co-heads the new DAS in Asset Management. He has been appointed adjunct professor in 2019. Since 1991, he has also taught on fixed income investing at the Swiss Training Centre for Investment Professionals (AZEK).
Among his other mandates, since 2002, René Sieber has been a Director of Ethos Services SA, the operating company of Ethos, Swiss Foundation for Sustainable Development, which has been promoting socially responsible investment (SRI) since 1997. He chairs its Asset Management Committee.
*Ranking established by the reference magazine Investment and Pensions Europe (IPE).
Personal page : https://www.renesieber.ch/index.php/en/
Stéphanie de Mestral
Member of the jury – Senior Vice President, De Pury Pictet Turrettini & Cie
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Stéphanie de Mestral
Member of the jury – Senior Vice President, De Pury Pictet Turrettini & Cie
Stéphanie de Mestral joined de Pury Pictet Turrettini & Cie in 2014. She was previously in charge of key clients in the private banking division at BNP Paribas. She started her professional career at Morgan Stanley in New York, London and Zurich and, thereafter, was involved in institutional asset management at Lombard Odier in Geneva.
Stéphanie is a CFA charterholder and a member of the Swiss CFA Institute. She holds a master in economics from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and a master in international management from CEMS/University Luigi Bocconi, Milan. She is a US Stock Broker License (Series 7), New York and a SFA General Representative, London. Since 2019, she holds a Certificate in Advanced Studies in impact finance/investment ODDs from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.
Suzanna Gobet
Member of the jury – Co-Head of Wealth Management Geneva, Bedrock S.A
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Suzanna Gobet
Member of the jury – Co-Head of Wealth Management Geneva, Bedrock S.A
Suzanna Gobet joined Bedrock S.A in 2005 as a portfolio manager and is now co-head of the wealth management department in Geneva. Previously, she worked at Blue Orchard as a business analyst and was involved in institutional asset management at Lombard Odier, both in Geneva. Suzanna has also participated in various projects at the World Bank and UNICEF.
Suzanna holds a master’s degree in economics from Geneva University. She is currently pursuing the STEP Diploma in International Trust Management; (Trust & Estate Practitioner TEP).
Joerg Grossmann
Member of the jury – Global Head of Products and Strategic Alliances, Allfunds
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Joerg Grossmann
Member of the jury – Global Head of Products and Strategic Alliances, Allfunds
Joerg Grossmann is a member of the Executive Committee of Allfunds with global responsibility for Products and Strategic Alliances. Before joining Allfunds, Joerg was CEO of Credit Suisse InvestLab AG which included global responsibility for fund selection. In prior roles at Credit Suisse he assumed responsibility for product, sales and pricing strategies. Prior to Credit Suisse, Joerg worked for 2 years at UBS and for 8 years at The Boston Consulting Group as a strategy consultant. Joerg holds a Master Degree in Physics and a Master Degree in International Management.
Frank Juliano
Member of the jury – Head of Asset Management and member of the Executive Committee, Compenswiss
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Frank Juliano
Member of the jury – Head of Asset Management and member of the Executive Committee, Compenswiss
Frank Juliano began his career in 1994 at UBS, with assignments in Geneva as well as in New York. In 1998, he joined Syz Bank to build up and run the portfolio management department. In 2000, he moved to Lombard Odier as Senior Advisor, then focused on alternative investments. In 2006, he was taken on by Merrill Lynch to oversee the bank’s alternative investments, creating model portfolios and managing alternative mandates. Eventually he became Head of Portfolio Management and joined the bank’s Executive Committee, as well as the staff pension fund’s Board of Trustees. In 2012, Frank joined compenswiss, the Swiss Federal Social Security Funds (AuM CHF 37bn), as Head of Asset Management and member of the Executive Board.
Frank has a Master of Advanced Studies in Econometrics and Statistics from the University of Geneva. He also received the diploma from the Swiss Financial Analysts Association and was awarded best candidate in 1997. He remains today a member of the Examination Commission for this internationally recognized diploma. Since 2016 he is also a Board Member of the Swiss Association for Responsible Investments.
Beatrix Wullschleger
Member of the jury – Specialist for sustainable investments at the Basel-Stadt Pension Fund
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Beatrix Wullschleger
Member of the jury – Specialist for sustainable investments at the Basel-Stadt Pension Fund
Beatrix Wullschleger is Specialist in sustainable investments at the Basel-Stadt Pension Fund.
Previously, Beatrix Wullschleger was a research assistant and speaker at the University of Applied Sciences FHNW in Basel. As a specialist in sustainable investment, she was also Editor-in-Chief of Swisscanto.
Beatrix Wullschleger holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of St. Gallen.
Stefano Battiston
Member of the jury – Associate Professor of Banking and Associate Professor of Economic Policy
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Stefano Battiston
Member of the jury – Associate Professor of Banking and Associate Professor of Economic Policy
Stefano Battiston is Associate Professor of Banking at the University of Zurich, Department of Banking and Finance and Associate Professor of Economic Policy at Univ. of Venice, Department of Economics. He is also a Lead Author of the IPPC Report Chapter 15 Finance and Investments.
He is a leading scholar in the fields of sustainable finance and financial risk in networks. He has made advances in the scientific understanding of risk and interconnectedness in the financial system, and on climate-related financial risk, in particular in relation to climate scenario analysis and climate stress-testing. He has directed several research works and co-authored 60+ publications including on prestigious journals such as Science, PNAS, Management Science, Nature Communications and Nature Climate Change. His scientific methods have found applications in several policy-relevant studies carried by financial supervisors.
He has contributed as coordinator, or partner, to international research projects of the Future Emerging Technologies program of the European Commission. Within the Financial Stability Program directed by the Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and funded by the Institute of New Economic Thinking, he has coordinated the Working Group on Financial Networks.
Léa Dunand-Chatellet, Directrice du Pôle
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