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Friday 20 August 2021 10:50 am  |  Updated:  Friday 05 November 2021 6:27 pm

Investors in EU sustainable funds may end up with oil, mining or tobacco stocks

By: Michiel Willems

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If you want to invest in a fund branded as sustainable under new European Union rules, you’re spoilt for choice.

But you may end up owning shares in oil companies, mining conglomerates or tobacco firms. Watch the full report.

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