The trusts leading the way on ESG

Making the push towards ethical investment

ESG is now a staple part of the investing conversation, writes William Sobczak, analyst at Kepler Trust Intelligence.

However, much of the focus has been on the open-ended funds championing this form of investment, with the closed-ended sector often overlooked.  Despite this, closed-ended fund managers have been making great strides in this increasingly popular investment market. According to PwC's Private Equity Responsible Investment Survey 2019, 91% of respondents now have ESG policies in place, or in development, and of these 78% now use (or are developing) strategies to track, evaluate, and report improvement towards their responsible investment of ESG policies.   With this in mind, there is ...