Sustainable MPS
Our Sustainable MPS gives your clients the opportunity to utilise funds that exclude exposure to certain controversial sectors and seek to invest in companies that have a positive societal and environmental impact.
What is Sustainable MPS?
Sustainable MPS offers a suite of diversified portfolios that meet a range of objectives and risk profiles, and which are aligned to RBC Brewin Dolphin’s responsible investment philosophy.
The primary objective of Sustainable MPS is to maximise returns from income and capital growth from a portfolio of funds that exclude exposure to certain controversial sectors.
The portfolios will also seek exposure to companies that have a positive societal or environmental impact. The Sustainable MPS portfolios are managed by the same expert team behind our proven MPS service.
Key facts about Sustainable MPS
A choice of five risk-managed portfolios
Active asset allocation of lower-cost passive funds
Management fee of 0.3% with low charges on underlying funds
Robust and repeatable investment processes
Each portfolio’s ESG score is independently assessed by MSCI and holdings are UN PRI signatories
All portfolios are risk-mapped against Dynamic Planner, Defaqto, EValue, Finametrica, MorningStar, Oxford Risk and Synaptic
Why choose Sustainable MPS?
Positive contribution
Our sustainable MPS is an investment management service that offers investors the opportunity to avoid investment in certain harmful sectors and utilise funds that invest in companies which contribute positively to global environmental and social sustainability challenges.
Selective choice of funds
We offer a suite of diversified portfolios that meet a range of objectives and risk profiles, and which are aligned to our responsible investment philosophy.
Independently assessed
We believe transparency is important. This is why we use the UN Sustainable Development Goal alignment scores from MSCI, a leading specialist independent rating agency, to illustrate the positive contribution of our Sustainable MPS portfolios.
Our five portfolios
Income
Income higher equity
Balanced
Growth
Global equity
The above ratings are correct as at May 2024. For the latest ratings, please refer to our factsheets. MSCI’s ESG ratings are designed to measure a company’s resilience to financially material environmental, societal and governance risks. They are not meant to serve as measure of corporate goodness, a barometer on any single issue or a synonym for sustainable investing.
Certain information ©2022 MSCI ESG Research LLC. Reproduced by permission.
Sustainable MPS – Investment process
As a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), we ensure that the investment fund managers selected for inclusion also promise to incorporate ESG factors into their investment decisions and are active investment owners.
We also run a qualitative screen, which considers financial and non-traditional risks, our exclusion policies, and also including ESG risks and opportunities.
The team selects funds which are industry leaders in integrating ESG factors into investment decisions and stewardship activities, and funds that invest in companies which contribute positively and measurably to social and/or environmental challenges.
Rebalancing dates
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 October 2024 | 13 January 2025 | 14 April 2025 | 7 July 2025 | 13 October 2025 |
| 11 November 2024 | 10 February 2025 | 12 May 2025 | 11 August 2025 | 10 November 2025 |
| 9 December 2024 | 10 March 2025 | 9 June 2025 | 8 September 2025 | 8 December 2025 |
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Sustainable MPS
Our Sustainable MPS gives your clients the opportunity to utilise funds that exclude exposure to certain controversial sectors and seek to invest in companies that have a positive societal and environmental impact
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Passive Plus MPS
Our Passive Plus MPS gives access to lower-cost index funds, selected by our award-winning research team.
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Managed Portfolio Service (MPS)
Since 2008, more than 1,000 advice firms have signed up to use MPS, attracted by strong investment performance and a constant focus on client satisfaction.
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Voyager Risk Rated funds
Our Voyager Fund Range follows the investment approach of MPS but in a unitised structure.
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MI Select Managers funds
Our MI Select Managers funds hold multiple segregated mandates under one fund structure with the aim of improving operational and cost efficiency.
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Discretionary Fund Management
Our Discretionary Fund Management (DFM) offering builds bespoke solutions that are tailored to each of your clients’ unique priorities and goals.
