MFS adds buy and maintain credit strategy to its arsenal

MFS Investment Management has launched a UK buy and maintain credit strategy, in response to growing demand for buy and maintain portfolios from UK defined benefit (DB) schemes and insurance companies.

Buy and maintain can reflect important investment themes, such as the inclusion of the growth of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, and a focus on carbon neutrality.

The new climate change governance and disclosure requirements contained within the Pension Schemes Act 2021 which came into force in October make this particularly relevant.

“Buy and maintain strategies tend to be built to meet the bespoke requirements of each scheme or insurance firm,” said Kelly Tran, head of UK and Ireland institutional sales at MFS.