About Us

ABOUT US

Asteria IM is the a fully dedicated impact investment management firm based in Switzerland. With our state-of-the-art technology, deep research capabilities and impact investment experts, we offer a unique range of impact investment strategies that can truly make a difference to the world we live in.

Asteria IM is majority-owned by Man Group, the global, technology-empowered active investment management firm, and 49% owned by the leading private Italian bank Fideuram – Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking (F-ISPB). The strategic partnership, established in 2023, brings together Man Group’s expertise in bespoke portfolio solutions, the strong investment management capabilities of both Man Group /Asteria IM and F-ISPB’s private banking expertise.

OUR PURPOSE

The demand for impact investments is growing exponentially every year, with more investors looking to use their financial assets to tackle some of the biggest challenges our planet is facing.

Even though the impact investment industry is still in its infancy, it is rapidly growing in prominence. Investors understand that impact investing not only enables them to meet their financial objectives but can also help to achieve environmental and social objectives.

Currently, around 50% of assets worldwide are managed taking into account ESG factors, but only about 1% are invested in strategies with the intention of real and positive impact. We have made it our mission to respond to the growing need for sustainability by focusing on investments that drive measurable positive impact and have attractive return potential.

Asteria IM brings together the fragmented impact investment market to offer investors a highly focused and agile investment business with cross asset class capabilities.

In addition, we take pride in making impact investment accessible to a wide client base, actively building bridges between private and public capital for the benefit of investors and society alike.

IMPACT

At Asteria IM, we want to support the status of our society. We are convinced that to tackle the most prominent challenges, every component of our economic system must become a positive contribution and at a large scale.

Identifying products and services providing demonstrable and measurable contributions to the global sustainability agenda can be evaluated through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). With estimation of over USD 2.5 Trillion of private capital needed to tackle the SDG, listed assets intentionally redirected to the right solutions can obviously help deliver progress. Undeniably, secondary markets are necessary to support innovation and value creation from primary markets.

We are convinced that directing that capital effectively can bring the greatest improvement and enables to lower the cost of capital over the long run. Not only does it provide scale, but it also gives access to impactful investment solutions to more investors.

Impact investing goes beyond ESG investing as the investment must have the intentionality to generating positive impact, and thus influencing all steps of the investment process. This is the reason why transparency is crucial to overcome the challenge of “impact washing” the sustainable investing industry is facing.

We are committed to share our decision-making process at each step:

Strategy definition: our strategies select companies or projects that offer game changing products or technologies as part of the solution to some of the largest issues society is facing
Investment selection: we identify companies and projects generating benefits to the real economy through their products and services and provide exciting investment opportunities. Additionally, we avoid investing in companies that produce goods and services harming the environment or the society.
Performance measurement: we measure how much impact the products and services from invested companies delivered in the real world
Engagement: we joined collective actions to put pressure on companies whose climate strategy is not ambitious enough.

At Asteria IM, we use the lever of investment to act positively and on scale.

We have combined a team of investment professionals with proven track record from the asset management and the impact investing industry. We rely on collective intelligence where knowledge sharing and cross-expertise are the foundation of our collaboration.