Square Mile: Nearly all asset managers have made RI a strategic priority

90% believe RI contributes to returns

Valeria Martinez
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Nearly all asset managers surveyed by Square Mile consider responsible investment to be a strategic priority, with over 80% of respondents expecting to have finalised its RI propositions by the end of 2025.

According to a survey of 59 asset managers over the course of March and April 2022, funds are still developing their responsible investment proposition. Just 15.5% of participants felt they had completed their RI offering, though 82.8% expected this process to be finalised by the end of 2025. The study also revealed that the most widespread external initiative asset managers had subscribed to was the UN PRI, with 98.3% of groups being signatories.  This was followed by the Investment Association (84.7%), the Task Force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (76.3%), Climate Acti...

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