A study conducted by the CFA UK has found that professionals in the investment management sector are making progress on ethics, with this aspect of their work growing in importance.
The Ethics Survey, conducted in time for Global Ethics Day (Wednesday 16 October), found that the number of investment professionals who find it challenging to adhere to the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct continues to fall. Some 43% of respondents said they find meeting duties to clients a challenge, down from 51% in 2017 and 52% in 2015, though the CFA said this number is still "stubbornly high", while the number of respondents saying they found it personally challenging to meet that duty has increased from 24% last year to 28%. However, the result...
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