Sunday, October 02, 2005

IMA’s free guide to ethical and socially responsible investment funds


The Investment Management Association (IMA) has produced a FREE fact sheet “Ethical investment – a guide to ethical and socially responsible investment funds”, which explains that it is possible to invest in investment funds in line with your ethical principles.

The fact sheet helps you understand more about the screening behind ethical funds and gives information on how to select a fund which matches your principles. It also explains that investing ethically does not necessarily affect the performance of your fund.

“Ethical investment” provides you with a useful list of negative and positive criteria used by fund managers when picking stocks for their portfolios - these include:

Access Fact Sheet.