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Maitri
Maitri Asset Management, which is a Singapore-based, active responsible investment management firm, has launched its first fund, called the Sustainable Multi-Asset Absolute Return Strategy Fund.

The fund holds assets including fixed income, equities, currencies and commodities, and uses environmental, social and governance-driven ideas to pick investments.

The manager of the fund is the firm's chief investment officer Ankit Khandelwal. The fund allocates assets that fit with the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment and Maitri has its own list of firms which it screens out.

Maitri originated as the family office of the Tolaram Group.