Moventum Asset Management adapted its standardised fund-based asset management and funds of funds to the criteria that justify their classification as sustainable products by the regulator. “It is already commonplace in the financial sector to include ESG issues – meaning the sustainability dimensions of Environmental, Social and Governance”, Pál pointed out. “We therefore consider effective management of ESG issues a necessity.”
And successfully so: According to a decision by the supervisory authorities, the Moventum Plus Aktiv SICAV funds of funds may now officially be referred to as “Article 8 funds” in accordance with the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The Regulation obligates companies in the financial services sector to transparently state how sustainable their products are, which is intended to prevent greenwashing.
The fund of funds complies with additional sustainability criteria, which should allow it to be classified as “sustainable” within the meaning of the European Financial Markets Directive (MiFID) as well. “In this respect, the work of Moventum Asset Management S.A. has been completed”, Pál added. “Only an auditor’s assessment is still pending.”
The sustainability steps implemented at the corporate level automatically affect the portfolios of MoventumPlus Aktiv asset management, which are congruent with those of the funds of funds, with the exception of the Private Wealth portfolio. “We are therefore confident that we will also obtain a sustainable classification for our portfolios ranging from Defensive to Offensive”, said Pál. Due to the lack of a fund universe, however, it will regrettably not be possible to classify the Private Wealth portfolio as a sustainable product in the foreseeable future.
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Moventum Asset Management S.A. (Moventum AM) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Moventum S.C.A. Since 2019 Moventum AM manages Moventum’s own funds of funds and individual mandates as part of its asset management portfolios.
As an independent financial service partner, Moventum S.C.A. has been providing a home for financial service providers such as advisors and asset managers as well as institutional clients from all over the world for more than 20 years. The digital “MoventumOffice” platform offers access to more than 10,000 funds, ETFs and other securities. In addition, it allows financial advisors to open securities accounts for their clients, to place trading orders and to use analysis, reporting and support tools. Institutional clients are able to outsource their entire fund trading with complementary services to Moventum as part of collective or individual custody account management. A variety of fund services are assumed for asset managers, ranging from registrar and transfer agent services to fund accounting, company administration and domiciliation services.
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