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ethical investments

As ethical funds are increasing in number but are becoming more like conventional funds, they will need to perform as well as the best conventional funds

Followers of the recent Liberal Democrat leadership contest may have noticed the strap line at their recent spring conference which read: 'A fairer and a greener Britain.' Such a bold environmental statement by one of the UK's three main parties would have been inconceivable a decade ago, yet now politicians of all hues clamour to show their green credentials. In a world where ethical, and in particular environmental, issues have achieved an unprecedented level of awareness, it is unsurprising that an increasingly large number of investors, both retail and institutional, are choosing to d...