By Naomi Rovnick, Iain Withers and Simon Jessop
London (Reuters) – European asset managers help invest investment in defense, client pressure and restrictions on some politicians and the continuation of the continent.
Under the rules of the European Union, a number of funds and investments are continuous to ensure that they do not cause an important damage. Many, Royce and Airbus, a large commercial aviation division, and Airlbus, Rolf and Airbus, have been overrated.
However, as US President of the United States increased by 800 billion euros ($ 870 billion) after Donald Trump, Europe is more responsible for its security, and the sector is ignoring the sector.
Britain’s largest investor is among those who plan to be legally and general, and the sector’s complaint, the deepest geopolitical tension, said on Thursday, saying.
Europe’s largest fund groups have begun to review the policies of the board, people who are familiar with the people, the complexity of sustainability and the controversial nature and arms producers, the people are the people, the people.
Swiss Asset Management Reuters stated that Mercer, the leading adviser to pension funds, said they wanted to include defense in the portfolio of investors, including those who sustain the sustainability.
The EU spent period has left European aerospace and defense shares, Germany’s Rheinmetall and Italy Leonardo, and leave investors without leaving investors.
“Some of the active managers) say that in fact, we think it is important that it is important … We can defend Europe. Therefore, we love to invest in this sector,” he said.
Investment in controversial weapons – as an ammunition and biological weapons, are widely held and informed by international agreements. The rules of the EU and the UK are not invested in most defensive companies, but an investor, social and management (ESG) helped to refrain from doing great active managers as tobacco.
“If you rule out the defense, you come to a point where the atmosphere is, not another way, the Finnish pension and the insurance group Veritas and former Defense Minister of Finland Carl Haglund.
Reuters, 10 of the largest active managers in Europe have contacted them to ask for their own policies. Both UBS, Allianz Global Investors have considered the exploitation of this, but the time is accidental.
France’s BNP Paribas has repeated its commitment to the defense.
Amundi and Schroders said their policies were unchanged, DWS, HSBC asset management and exceptions to the exceptions of the exemptions refused to say.
The global leader of the assets listed in Mirova, a small NATIS head, the threats of the smaller the hermit of discipline, in which the threats trying to balance ethical defense abilities, attracted the company to defend.
However, Herve Guez, the complexity of supporting weapons producers, stressed that there are problems around the risks that certain weapons end in the “disputed” countries.
Political pressure
Last week, British politicians called on investors to support the military sector and eliminated some areas related to ESG on French defense loans. Norwegian Central Bank Chief Ethics investment standards should be changed.
Customers began to ask about defense, as Rolls-Royce said companies “Our investments were completely excluded”, Siobhan Archer, LGT is part of the global governance leadership, Liechtenstein’s global banking group. LGT, looking for “truly closely”, which has to do is, adding.
Some stock managers are skeptical.
CARMIGNAC said that the LLOYD McAllister, Lloyd McAllister, most traditional funds, including traditional funds, traditional funds, including traditional funds, said the funds.
Sustainable funds said, “The positive benefit is more widted than a weapons sold in a warehouse,” he said.
Other investors capitalize at an opportunity.
Hisdomtree called the first European Defense Exchange Trading Fund this week.
Tom Vile Jensen said the deputy bodies of bodies and pensions were waiting for the most banned woman to protect the country’s retirement and pension groups, the country’s pension and pension groups.
Sustainability has signs of thoughtful funds back.
European active leaders accounted for 1.1% of aerospace and protection portfolios in late 2024, in advance of 0.7%, showed Morningstar information.
ESG Foundation Holdings rose from 0.4% to 0.5% years ago. Barclays analysts said ESG fell seriously in defense since last year this week.
“We will go along with a more positive position, consider the geopolitical situation,” Legally and General-In Cio Sonja Lauda said.
($ 1 = 0.9228 euro)
(This story is made to transfer quotation marks in paragraph 17 and correct a post on paragraph 19)
(Additional report by Sinead Cruise and Chandini Monnappa; Adjustment by Tommy Reggiori Wilkes and Susan Fenton)
