“CFA warns of ‘unproductive’ adviser conversations on ESG”

Sep 4, 2020 | Ethical investing

ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance), Sustainable, Positive Impact…apparently, it’s the jargon surrounding and complexity of ethical investments which prevents over 80% of advisers ‘integrating’ them into their business and why 54% claim they’re only relevant to specific clients. None of that makes them more complicated than pensions, surely, which pretty much all of us have ‘integrated’ into our businesses. Learn a lesson from Boris and Trump, guys. Keep the message simple. Everyone’s heard of ethical investments. So talk about ethical investments. Not rocket science, is it? Although I’m not sure rocket science is sustainable…

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“Oh no! Not another ESG article”

“Oh no! Not another ESG article”

If you mentioned ethical sustainable investments to anyone in this business a year or two ago, they’d say limited markets, is it worth it for a few yoghurt-weaving sandal-wearers, clients just want performance and other unaware stuff. Now ethical, or at least its...