The OP-Europe Index fund offers an affordable and cost-effective way to invest in European stock markets and complements actively managed stock and fixed income funds. The largest target markets of the fund are the UK, Germany, France and Switzerland.
In an index fund, the fund's assets are invested to track the performance of a given group of stocks, or market index. OP-Europe Index tracks the MSCI Europe Screened index, and the fund's investments are focused on the industrial, financial services and healthcare sectors. Index funds are a form of passive investment, which means that the portfolio manager does not select stocks independently but instead tracks the movements of the selected index. Dividends from stocks are automatically reinvested into the fund.
Our view is that companies that act sustainably hold a competitive edge on the markets in the long term. For this reason, the fund tracks an index that is committed to maintaining a 30% lower carbon intensity compared to the parent index. The index also excludes industries that are harmful to the environment and society, such as coal, tobacco and controversial weapons.