Investors have been increasingly looking for options aligning with their personal ethics and values, without compromising on potential returns – and evidence is saying they can get both.
Questions on Sustainable Investing
Many people want to align their environmental views with their portfolio objectives. But can you support your values while maintaining sound investment principles and pursuing higher expected returns? Here are three important questions that are important to ask your financial adviser.
ESG Investing hotter than ever
The only thing hotter than the Hawke's Bay summer right now? ESG funds. Between April and June, as the COVID-19 pandemic gained speed worldwide, funds that prioritised ESG investing saw global assets under management hit a record $1 trillion, according to Morningstar. That was on the back of net inflows of $7.1 billion in those three months alone.
Is 2020 the year of ESG Investing?
Started in the 1970s, the sustainable investing movement was already showing strong growth before the pandemic hit and the ESG-managed investments world-wide had reached almost USD 31 trillion by start-2018, a 34% increase over two years.
