Co-manager Fabrizio Viola has managed corporate bond portfolios for third-party clients for Generali Investments since 2002. Generali Investments said the sub-fund offers a liquid and transparent investment strategy in bonds financing projects linked to climate change. As part of an active investment approach, the managers of GIS Euro Green and Sustainable Bond will be able to use a proprietary group ethical filter to screen and identify potential ESG controversies affecting issuers, and additional ESG risk ratings provided by Sustainalytics to monitor issuers on ESG criteria. The new sub-fund, which is registered in Italy, France, Germany, Austria and Spain, will use the Bloomberg MSCI Barclays Euro Green bond index as its main investment universe and official benchmark. According to Generali Investments, more than $250bn in green and sustainable bonds were issued in 2019.