First there was ‘ethical’ investment, which meant no fag or gunmakers and avoiding those planet-raping mining and oil companies. Then we had positive as well as negative ethical investment, not just avoiding the bad guys, but seeking out the good ones. Along came ‘sustainable’, and the latest is ‘ESG’, Environmental, Social, Governance’. In other words, analysts and regulators have become involved, what was once straightforward is now so complicated that less people will bother and those that do will need the help, you guessed it, of a financial adviser. So every cloud…
“Platforms call for UK government to resist launching ‘retrograde’ British ISAs”
There is a school of thought which might say that, should you wish to revive and encourage investment in the UK Stockmarket, a starting point might be the reversal of Brexit.
