Triodos Investment Management in 2019
Significant growth resulting from continuing rise of impact investing
PRESS RELEASE
Zeist, 18 March 2020 – In 2019, the assets under management of Triodos Investment Management grew to EUR 4.9 billion (end of 2018: EUR 4.2 billion). Compared to the year-end figures of 2018, the total volume of the assets under management increased by 18%. This significant growth of the asset under management is a result of continued inflow in almost all funds, as well as a favourable market environment.
Triodos Investment Management continues to see an increasing demand from investors for credible investments that deliver real impact and not just financial results, not least because of its own continuing growth. In 2019, Triodos Investment Management was able to further build on the activities in previous years to bring the financial asset management activities in-house for the impact equities & bonds funds and the discretionary portfolios of Triodos Bank Private Banking Netherlands. Also, most of the funds that invest in private companies and projects, overall performed well and showed consistent growth.
Jacco Minnaar, Chair of the Management Board of Triodos Investment Management: “2019 was a good year for Triodos IM and we are very pleased with the results that we have been able to realise, both from a financial and an impact perspective. For 2020, we are expecting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to have a downward effect on our overall growth. However, in general our funds are positioned well given the lower correlation with stock market developments for a large number of our funds and the cautious asset allocation that was already in place for our impact equities & bonds funds.”