Mickey Morrissey assesses the state of ESG play in the adviser market and says both understanding and implementation have come a long way as sustainable investing moves firmly into the mainstream
The adviser market is coming round to ESG investing fast. A recent survey found that four-fifths of advisers believe ESG is important when building portfolios, about 15% higher than the previous year. Advisers are increasingly offering sustainability portfolios as a routine part of their investment propositions and there is an increasing range of tools to help them. In this, they are still somewhat ahead of their clients. Until recently, most advisers would have no more than a handful of clients who requested sustainable investment portfolios. It was often confined to those with chari...
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