After a number of years of stellar growth, responsible investment funds have struggled in both performance and sentiment terms in more recent times.
On top of the usual market and economic uncertainties for advisers, clients and providers of investment products in this space is the potential for the regulatory environment to change, and clients to be place in products deemed unsuitable for their requirements.
This article, which comes with 30 minutes of CPD, will explore the regulatory outlook for the responsible investment universe, and how it may change in future.
This is particularly relevant as the Financial Conduct Authority is presently preparing its own set of regulations in relation to this area of the market.
david.thorpe@ft.com