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With growing demand from US and Canadian investors for systematic and fundamental investing, Vontobel has made available select strategies from its Vescore and Sustainable Equities boutiques.

The war in Ukraine has added continued volatility to emerging markets fixed income assets. According to a study published by Vontobel Asset Management, institutional investors around the world are wary of the war’s market and economic impacts but remain optimistic for the months ahead.

Vontobel Asset Management has appointed Luis Veiga as Head of Institutional Clients Romandie in Geneva.

Vontobel has launched three emerging markets fixed income strategies, providing US and Canadian investors first-time access to the time-tested bond market expertise of its USD 25bn Fixed Income Boutique.

Vontobel is expanding its suite of emerging market bond products with a fixed maturity fund, responding to investors demand for income with a predictable credit and duration risk trajectory.

Vontobel Asset Management has become first list signatory of the UK Stewardship Code 2021. The Code provides principles that institutional investors are expected to follow. The Code sets high stewardship standards for those investing money on behalf of UK savers and pensioners (asset managers), asset owners, and service providers (proxy advisers, investment consultants, and data providers).

In response to increasing demand for investments in transformational megatrends, Vontobel is expanding its suite of thematic funds for professional investors with the addition of a multi-theme equity fund.

Vontobel has expanded its suite of sustainable funds with the addition of a new global impact equity fund. This will be managed by newly-appointed Elena Tedesco, a highly experienced Portfolio Manager who further strengthens Vontobel’s growing Listed Impact team.

Vontobel Asset Management has appointed Jean-François Grun as Senior Relationship Manager in Geneva to expand its dedicated, in-market expertise to intermediary clients in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.