Structuring can be used to extend SRI

ethical investing

Socially responsible investments being confined to individual portfolios of equities or bonds, or SRI mutual funds, makes their risk profile unsuitable for some investors. But using structured products could enable more investors to buy them

To date, the scope of socially responsible investing (SRI) has been confined to individual portfolios of equities or bonds from qualifying companies, or the use of mutual funds based on SRI principles. These assets do not always have the right risk profile for particular investors; for example, some investors need capital protection. But socially responsible or ethical investments can benefit from the use of structured products, where an issue can be structured to meet suitability requirements. SRI investing is fairly new in the UK, especially in terms of structured products. Therefore po...