Promoting climate investment in Hong Kong -- Deutsche Bank

Asian Investor: Deutsche Asset Management aspires to be a leading manager of climate change funds and says even non-believers stand to benefit from this investment theme. Deutsche Asset Management, which has identified climate change as one of the major long-term investment trends that will shape equities markets worldwide, has launched the DWS Invest Climate Change Fund in Hong Kong.

“We see the shift away from a carbon-based economy as a crucial trend and expect climate change will continue to create substantial new markets, ranging from clean technologies like solar and wind power to carbon trading,” says Mark Fulton, New York-based global head of climate change investment research at the firm.

…What’s unique about Deutsche Asset Management's pitch for this climate change fund is the message that even non-believers in the sense of urgency in saving the environment shouldn’t overlook this investment theme. “Even if you don’t believe in the science of climate change, governments believe in it enough to create investment opportunities,” says Fulton.

…“Clearly, we believe climate change is quite real,” says Bill Barbour, a Singapore-based specialist at DWS Investments, which is the global retail asset management brand of Deutsche Bank. “But one doesn’t have to be a zealot to invest in a fund like this because governments are going to be driving change on this.”

…The DWS Investment Climate Change Fund is based on two investment themes: mitigation and adaptation. Companies that protect the climate fall under the mitigation theme while those with products and services that fight against the consequences of climate change fall under adaptation…

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