Professional Adviser's investment detective Matt Morris delivers his verdict on developments in the investment and pensions arenas that have caught his eye over the last month or so
Who's That Girl? Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has launched the first gender-oriented fund to focus exclusively on UK listed companies - the L&G Future World Gender in Leadership UK Index Fund or ‘GIRL' fund. Its aim is to raise gender diversity standards in companies across the UK equity market by allocating more to companies that have achieved higher levels of gender diversity. The fund looks to empower investors to make a difference to the companies in which they invest. LGIM will score and rank companies according to four gender diversity measures - women on the board o...
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