Using ethical investments for income

ethical investment

As ethical investment grows there are increasing opportunities for investors to move away from growth and find income investments in bonds, property and even high-yielding equities

Ethical investment has grown substantially over the last few years, with the amounts in ethical funds topping £6bn recently. As a manager of discretionary portfolios for private clients with an ethical orientation, we have found growth investors well catered for. In contrast, the options for more cautious income-orientated investors have been more limited, particularly if they wished to adopt a positive approach to the ethical aspects of their investments. But this is changing, and in this article we look at some of the growing number of opportunities which enable ethical investors to gener...