The role of the adviser has never been more critical in ensuring clients understand what’s available, what it means, and how it aligns with their personal views, write Elly Dowding and Lee Coates
Over the course of UKSIF's Good Money Week, we hosted a four-part Accord Talks podcast mini-series exploring how to embed sustainability, preferences and values into the advice process in a compliant and practical way. We focused on four key areas: fact-finding, due diligence, disclosures, and values-based investing. With support from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and a wide range of 19 industry participants, the message throughout was clear: regulatory frameworks like the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) provide the structure — but it's up to advisers to apply i...
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