Interview with Allianz GI

Matt Christensen: “We Try To Show the Client That the Return Risk Profile Is Better with ESG”

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Matt Christensen, director global de Inversión Sostenible y de Impacto de Allianz Global Investors
Foto cedidaMatt Christensen, director global de Inversión Sostenible y de Impacto de Allianz Global Investors. Matt Christensen, director global de Inversión Sostenible y de Impacto de Allianz Global Investors

Author: Fernando Moldenhauer Ruiz

  1. The shift towards ESG policies is lagging behind Europe in the US and LATAM, but it is coming and is irreversible, according to the manager
  2. The new range of mixed and blended finance vehicles allows the manager to "eliminate some of the risk of entering emerging markets" thanks to loss protection programmes with groups such as the IFC and IDB
  3. 100% of Allianz GI's assets have an ESG risk profile, a strategy that the firm believes is essential to implement in the market
  4. After his participation at the COP26 in Glasgow, the manager shares the opinion that "we as a society are not moving fast enough" on the road to sustainability, but argues that too rapid changes could generate public rejection