Investors increase their trust in ethical

Of the 115 people responding to IFAonline’s straw poll, 30% (34 people) say their clients do not put any money into ethical investments, however, 27 advisers (24%) say investors put between 26-50% of money into ethical funds. Just 4% say their clients invest more than 50% in funds which can place assets in companies with green tendencies, but 38% of advisers who responded – 44 in total – advise their clients to invest between 1-10% in ethical investments. This follows a growing focus on the performance of ethical funds, which are no longer seen as higher risk than traditional investment f...