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The Face of Investing for the Future

Investors are becoming increasingly aware of how their money is invested. By avoiding certain industries, and integrating socially responsible criteria into financial analysis, investors can align their investments with their personal values.

Our fund managers and research team are leading the way in this area with in-depth research looking at a wide spectrum of socially responsible issues which help to guide our investment decisions. To help you and your clients we will be sharing some of this key research with you over the coming months, which will help you to understand why you are able to make a profit with principles.

Amity Insights will help answer the hard questions that are so important to the generations that follow.

Investing ethically isn’t always a straightforward process, particularly in China. Yet, according to our analysts, it could be as rewarding for your clients as it is for the world we live in. This report uses China as an example of how we analyse the factors involved to make inspired investment solutions.

The report summarises research undertaken by our in-house socially responsible investment analysts. It was an integral part of reviewing an attractive investment opportunity our financial analysts had identified in the confectionery sector. As well as making fascinating and in some respects disturbing reading, the report should help reassure you of the extent to which we go in matching profit with principles.

Can you invest in oil without getting your hands dirty?  It is common knowledge that the oil sector is highly profitable and accounts for almost 20% of the FTSE All-Share index. Yet the controversy surrounding this commodity has, for many years, prevented ethical investors from accessing these benefits. This report will give you an insight into the oil industry and explains more about Ecclesiastical – who we are, and why our unique approach to investment offers you some inspired ethical investment solutions.

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