Friday, 30 August 2013 10:08
Opportunity for advisers to learn about sustainable investments
Financial Planners with an interest in ethical investments are invited to attend a bootcamp on sustainable investments.
The session will take place on 26 September in London and count towards Institute of Financial Planning CPD points.
It is organised by Blue & Green Tomorrow which is a magazine focusing on ethical and socially-responsible investments.
The Financial Conduct Authority has stated that advisers should consider this area in order to be offering an independent service to clients.
It also said that advisers should be able to go 'off-panel' for ethical and sustainable investments to find funds that meet clients' needs.
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Attending the session will give delegates information on leading funds, data on who is investing in what, the importance of ethics and sustainability and how to secure new clients interested in this sector.
Simon Leadbetter, founder and publisher of Blue & Green Tomorrow, said: "Sustainable investments, a name that better reflects the range of options that are available today, has evolved considerably from its ethical negative screening origins.
"Alongside more traditional ethical approaches this sector is also concerned with positively selecting the fastest-growing, most innovative industries of the future, across big business and in cleantech, biotech, healthcare, sustainable transport, foresty and elsewhere."
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The session will take place on 26 September in London and count towards Institute of Financial Planning CPD points.
It is organised by Blue & Green Tomorrow which is a magazine focusing on ethical and socially-responsible investments.
The Financial Conduct Authority has stated that advisers should consider this area in order to be offering an independent service to clients.
It also said that advisers should be able to go 'off-panel' for ethical and sustainable investments to find funds that meet clients' needs.
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Attending the session will give delegates information on leading funds, data on who is investing in what, the importance of ethics and sustainability and how to secure new clients interested in this sector.
Simon Leadbetter, founder and publisher of Blue & Green Tomorrow, said: "Sustainable investments, a name that better reflects the range of options that are available today, has evolved considerably from its ethical negative screening origins.
"Alongside more traditional ethical approaches this sector is also concerned with positively selecting the fastest-growing, most innovative industries of the future, across big business and in cleantech, biotech, healthcare, sustainable transport, foresty and elsewhere."
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