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Impax Global Women’s Leadership Strategy

A systematic, global large cap strategy that seeks to invest in companies that advance gender diversity and equity.

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AUM
As of 31 March 2025
US$685m
Holdings
100-150
Re-launch date
March 2024
Portfolio managers
Scott LaBreche
Christine Cappabianca
Benchmark
MSCI World

Overview

A systematic, global large cap strategy that seeks to invest in companies that advance gender diversity and equity.

Proprietary gender score

The Impax Gender Score seeks to identify companies that advance diversity in leadership, gender equity in the workplace and who are committed to developing policies and programs that support diversity.

Gender leaders

Capital is directed to companies with consistent representation of women in leadership roles and those that promote gender equity and diversity throughout their operations.

Impact

Impax’s shareholder engagement and public advocacy efforts aim to further promote gender equity and diversity in the workplace.

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Portfolio Managers

Scott LaBreche

Portfolio Manager

Scott is a co-Portfolio Manager of the Impax Global Women’s Leadership, US Sustainable Economy, and International Sustainable Economy strategies. Additionally, as a member of the Quantitative Research Group, he is responsible for portfolio analytics, risk oversight and quantitative ESG research.

Before joining Impax in 2007, Scott was a Securities Fund Analyst at Lincoln Financial Group. He has been in the investment management industry since 1999.

Scott holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration, and a Master of Business Administration with advanced certificate in finance from Southern New Hampshire University.

Christine Cappabianca

Portfolio Manager

Christine co-manages Impax’s Systematic strategies and the actively managed Sustainable Infrastructure strategy. She has a key role in identifying optimal sources of return from the sustainable and thematic universes.

Before joining Impax Asset Management in 2021, Christine worked at The Boston Company Asset Management as a quantitative analyst, remaining with the firm through its merger with Standish Asset Management and Mellon Capital, which created Mellon Investments. At Mellon, Christine was involved in research and portfolio management responsibilities for the firm’s Internet of Things, Blockchain Innovation, U.S. Manufacturing and Smart Cures Innovation thematic strategies. She also served as the ESG data expert on Mellon’s ESG Council, ensuring that data and sustainability metrics powered active portfolios.

Christine holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University and a master’s degree in investment management from Boston University. She holds the SASB FSA Credential.

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