Mark Gilbert , Columnist

Fund Managers Are More Moral Than You'd Think

It turns out that the adoption of ethical investing standards is a lot more widespread than we thought.

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Including environmental, social and governance considerations in investment decisions is becoming of paramount importance for the fund management industry. Moreover, those principles may be coming into force in asset allocation even faster than previously thought.

A new survey of ESG adoption rates, from UBS Group AG’s asset management unit and Responsible Investor Research, covers more than 600 asset owners in 46 countries, responsible for more than 19 trillion euros ($21 trillion) of assets.