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Friday, September 8, 2017

UBS (UBS) soon plans to push further into sustainable investing with a series of indexes that can be used to create ETFs and other investment products for retail investors, annuities and retirement funds. The indexes will include a global sustainability index and indexes aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, like eliminating hunger.

The global bank, which has more than $1 trillion in assets invested in sustainable strategies — a third of global assets under management — plans to amplify the impact of the indexes by channeling a yet-to-be-determined percentage of revenues that they generate to the Optimus Foundation, UBS’s philanthropy arm, according to Michael Nelskyla, head of investor solutions Americas, UBS Investment Bank.

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