Ethical Investing in Focus

The momentum behind Ethical Investing continued throughout 2018 both here in Australia and globally. As more asset owners demand such an approach from their asset managers, taking account of ESG risks in addition to traditional financial aspects of investments will continue to have an ever greater influence on company share prices. An example of this has been the decision of various large investors (including AMP Capital) to divest of all tobacco stocks. We expect to see even bigger movements around other negative activities such as coal, oil and gas exploration and production …