Chris Cummings: Asset management industry 'front and centre' at COP26

Optimistic about future

The morning after finance day at COP26 in Glasgow, Chris Cummings, chief executive of the Investment Association, appeared energised and optimistic.

"This COP feels like we are at a pivotal moment where, for the first time, finance can be found front and centre," he said in a hotel lounge in the city centre. "It is a big opportunity for the finance industry and the spotlight is on asset managers." Cummings is particularly positive on the announcement of the ISSB, the International Sustainability Standards Board, which will be tasked with creating a single set of standards to "meet investors' information needs". "A coherent data set offers opportunities and I am really ambitious," the CEO said.   Using the data set the IA wan...