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Because we’re committed to supporting sustainable development and helping clients follow their values while meeting their investment needs, we recently added five new sustainable development funds to our range of funds.

• Green Bond                                                                               AlphaFixe Capital
• Canadian Ethical Equity Fossil Fuel Free                               Fiera Capital
• Canadian Equity Fossil Fuel Free                                            Jarislowsky Fraser
• Global Equity Fossil Fuel Free                                                 Jarislowsky Fraser
• Global Stewardship Equity                                                      Baillie Gifford

As part of the launch of these funds, on April 28, we held a roundtable-style webinar, “Group retirement plan and sustainable funds: now more than ever!”, which was one of our most popular webinars in recent years. Two fund managers, Amy Atack (Baillie Gifford) and Nessim Mansoor (Fiera Capital), demystified sustainable investment funds and demonstrated the added value of this type of investment. They also explained how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are integrated with fundamental financial analysis to select the best‑performing companies in terms of sustainable development, which was particularly well received.

If you missed the live version of the webinar, you can still watch it by clicking below.

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With these five new funds, iA Financial Group has made a significant improvement to its lineup of sustainable development funds, enabling group retirement savings plan members to invest responsibly while benefitting from sound asset diversification and excellent growth potential.