Aegon Sustainable Diversified Growth Fund
A sub fund of Aegon Asset Management UK ICVC
B Acc GBP
ISIN: GB00B625LX43
SEDOL: B625LX4

This product invests mainly in assets that focus on sustainability for people or the planet. Sustainable investment labels help investors find products that have a specific sustainability goal. See FCA website for more information.

Key documents
Factsheet
KIID/KID
TCFD report
Objectives and Investment Policy

Objective: The financial investment objective is to deliver a total return (capital growth plus income gross of fees) that exceeds the UK consumer prices  index by at least 3% per annum over any 5 year period. By investing in the Fund, capital is at risk. There is no guarantee that the Fund will deliver positive returns over this, or any, time period. The Fund also aims to indirectly improve environmental and social outcomes by investing in corporates (via public equity and fixed income instruments) and in countries (via government and public securities) by seeking out investments that address developing global sustainable environmental and social needs, which will cover a broad range of sustainability topics through its investment in the following: Corporates: Responsibly managed corporates providing products and services that are aligned to one or more of the ACD’s 6 sustainability themes. 

 

Sustainable companies are those scoring 3 or higher on both its products and/or services ‘Products’ (revenue alignment to the 6 themes) and its business practices ‘Practices’ (responsible management of ESG) against the ACD’s scoring matrix and which are classified as ‘Sustainable’ or ‘Sustainable Leader’ to reflect the significance of a company’s contribution to the delivery of one or more of the ACD’s themes. The scoring of a company’s Products and Practices are undertaken separately and on a scale of 1 (best) to 5 (worst). Further details on the scoring and why a company scoring 3 is considered as sustainable is set out in the Prospectus. 

 

Countries: The Fund will invest in those countries that are making substantial progress in achieving positive environmental and social outcomes as defined by the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. 

 

Only countries that achieve an aggregated country-level score of 50 or higher through the ACD’s proprietary methodology are deemed “sustainable” and are eligible to meet the Fund’s sustainability objective.

 

By investing in the Fund, there is a risk that performance may be better or worse than funds not constrained by consideration of a sustainability objective.

The 6 themes are: 

Climate change
Eco-Solutions
Resource Efficiency
Health & Wellbeing
Inclusion
Sustainable Goals
Literature
All Documents
Download
Sustainable Diversified Growth Fund
SDR Consumer Facing Disclosure - Sustainable Diversified Growth Fund
Aegon Asset Management UK ICVC Prospectus
Supplemental Information Document AAM UK ICVC
Aegon AM UK Sustainability Risks and Impacts Policy
Value statement - Sustainable Diversified Growth Fund
TCFD Product Disclosure Report - Sustainable Diversified Growth Fund - 31 December 2023.pdf
Swing Pricing Q&A UK Funds
Fund managers
Colin Dryburgh, CFA
Investment Manager

Colin Dryburgh, investment manager, is a member of the multi-asset group. He is co-manager of the Sustainable Diversified Growth Fund. Prior to his current role, Colin worked for Aviva Investors, where he was a European equity analyst. 

Gareth Gettinby
Investment Manager

Gareth Gettinby, PhD, is an investment manager within the multi-asset group. He is co-manager of the Sustainable Diversified Growth Fund.

Disclaimer
Fund changes from 31 March 2025

Please note we are making changes to how we describe the fund from 31 March 2025 following the introduction of new FCA rules regarding Sustainability Disclosure Requirements.

 

A copy of the shareholder notice explaining can be found HERE.

 

A copy of the new customer facing disclosure effective on 31 March 2025 can be found HERE.

 

Prospective investors are advised to read the above in advance of investing.

 

Fund changes from 2 December 2024

We are updating the process for the determination of whether a dilution adjustment will be applied to the Net Asset Value of a Fund on a Dealing Day, to apply a partial swing pricing policy from 2 December 2024.

 A copy of the shareholder notice explaining can be found HERE.