CISI-endorsed social impact investing manual launches

Follows "increased demand" from advisers

Hannah Godfrey
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Impact investment hub Worthstone has launched a social investment training manual after seeing "increased demand" from advisers wanting to know more about ethical investing.

The manual, ‘The Adviser Competency Training (ACT)', aims to educate financial advisers on the key elements of social investing, including how social investment tax relief works and how their clients might benefit from it.    It has been endorsed by the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI) as a learning tool for which 18 hours of structured CPD can be claimed. Alhough in the past ethical investing investment has struggled to make a breakthrough and achieve momentum with the public, according to Worthstone, social impact investing is gathering momentum. The hub s...

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