Investors increase their trust in ethical

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One in four IFAs say clients now choose to put up to half of their assets into ethical funds, according to an IFAonline straw poll.

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...

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