Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has unveiled the MSINVF Short Maturity Euro Corporate Bond Fund and the MSINVF Global Credit Opportunities Fund. The Short Maturity Euro Corporate Bond Fund will predominantly target short-dated investment grade corporates with maturities or call dates of less than three years, whereas the Global Credit Opportunities Fund will invest in a “wide spectrum” of fixed income securities. Both listed as Article 8 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and will consider issuer sustainability factors as an “integral” part of the research, incorporating an assessment of sustainability-related risks and opportunities into the investment process. “We have seen a growing appetite among European investors for flexible credit strategies,” said Richard Ford, MSIM’s Co-Head of Broad Markets Fixed Income. “Both funds seek to provide investors with a flexible, active approach and we believe they will help to deliver strong risk-adjusted returns over the medium and long term for our clients.”
