The Sustainable Resources Fund Offers Crossover appeal to Both Islamic and Green Investors

Aug. 15, 2012 - PRLog -- This fund has the added advantage of being Sharia compliant and will therefore appeal to both Islamic and 'green' investors.

Combined with the skills of the investment manager Alpha Wealth Management, and the fund administrator Apex Fund Services, a strong fund advisor team has been assembled at Sustainable Capital S.A. to provide prudent diversified investments across diverse geographical regions, species and plantations to reduce project specific risk. Utilising tough ethical, environmental and commercial criteria to each investment, their mission statement is to generate wealth through sustainable resources.

Balancing high reward assets in Asia & Africa, with cash generating projects in Europe & America, the Sustainable Resources Fund is anticipating a target return of up to 15% for investors, net of fund fees, with a mix of Agro-Forestry, Biomass, Land and Sustainable Agricultural investments. "This class of investment also offers good levels of protection against inflation" stated Michael Young, Fund Advisor "it is also reasonable for most long-term investors to allocate between five and ten percent of their portfolios to green investments". The Agro Forestry sector has the additional advantage of not being correlated to equities enabling well informed investors to access interesting opportunities in natural resources. Additionally liquidity for The Fund will come from a percentage of funds being held in suitable listed equities.

As a fully regulated fund in this sector the Sustainable Resources Fund has already received considerable interest from pension funds and pension investors as the supporting case for sustainable agriculture, forestry and biomass investments is indisputable. The World's population of seven billion people continues to grow, and within this demographic there is a shift, predominately in Asia, of an increasing standard of living. By 2030 two thirds of the World's middle classes will reside in Asia. These increases will combine to generate substantial future demand for natural resources including higher protein foods and biofuel. New sustainably managed plantations, farms and agro-forestry projects in these regions will provide a commercial solution to demand, land utilisation and also help minimise the erosion of existing natural resources.

"There is a strong ethical case for allocating capital to the sustainable resources sector, and the portfolio diversification benefit makes investment in sustainable resources increasingly compelling" added Michael Young.