Some days, asset management executives can feel adrift in a bleak, roiling sea of regulation, writes Mike Webb, chief executive of Rathbone Unit Trust Management.
But, tempted as I am, I do not want to talk about that here. I want to talk instead about a heartening phenomenon that is growing in our industry. As we look forward to the decade ahead of us, one of the biggest changes will be the rise of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) movement. That is my belief, anyhow. This more holistic method of weighing risk is already moving toward centre stage. It intersects with so many trends running through investments today that it is impossible to ignore. Which technology companies are most ESG-friendly? Increasingly, fund manager...
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