MoneyAM Fund Centre

Quick Stats

Fund Objective

The Fund has two aims: • To provide a higher total return (the combination of capital growth and income), net of the Ongoing Charges Figure, than the MSCI ACWI Index over any five-year period; and • To invest in companies that aim to have a positive societal impact through addressing the world’s major social and environmental challenges.

Fund Managers

John William Olsen

John William Olsen, a Danish national, has been the manager of the M&G Positive Impact strategy since launch in November 2018. Two years later, John William became deputy manager of the M&G Climate Solutions strategy upon launch. He joined M&G in April 2014 and was appointed manager of the M&G Global Select and M&G Pan European Select strategies in July 2014 and, two years later, deputy manager of the M&G Pan European Select Smaller Companies strategy. John William joined M&G from Danske Capital, where from 2002 he had managed non-domestic equity portfolios, including the Global Stock Picking, Global Select and European Select strategies. He joined Danske Capital in 1998 as a fund manager on the domestic Danish equities team, and in 2000 also became a global sector analyst focusing on technology and telecommunications stocks. John William gained a BA in business economics and then an MSc in finance and accounting from Copenhagen Business School.

Thembeka Stemela

Thembeka Stemela joined M&G in July 2018 as an investment analyst for the M&G Positive Impact strategy and was appointed deputy manager in August 2019. Before joining M&G, Thembeka was a vice president (VP) in the equity research department at Credit Suisse International, where she joined as part of the Graduate Programme in 2012. She served as a primary analyst for the UK and Nordic non-life insurers in Credit Suisse’s European insurance team. Thembeka has a Bachelor of Business Science Honours Degree from the University of Cape Town (UCT), specialising in Economics.