Morals, Markets and Money The Case of Ethical Investing

Name: Morals, Markets and Money The Case of Ethical Investing
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ISBN: 9780273653233

ISBN-10: 0273653237

ISBN-13: 9780273653233

Edition: 2002

Authors: Alan Lewis

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The first UK ethical fund was launched by Friends Provident Stewardship' in 1984. There are now about 44 ethical funds totalling around 3 billion in assets, involving 200,000 individual investors. The current government are actively encouraging ethical investment and looking to recommend it as a method for cleaning up markets and industry without direct government intervention. As a result, in July 2001 the first standardized benchmark for socially responsible investment in the UK - the FTSE4Good UK Index - was launched, provoking criticisms concerning the criteria for inclusion in the index. Ethical investors, on the one hand, are driven to increase their wealth but, on the other hand,…

Book details

List price: $79.50
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Financial Times/Prentice Hall
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.78" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English




What is ethical/green/social investing?



Are ethical unit trusts authentic


Interviews with the great and the good


Observations of policy meetings



Marketing and reporting: content analysis of marketing material and financial journalism



Who are the ethical investors and are they prepared to take a loss



What are ethical investors trying to achieve? How do they deal with mixed motives



Policy implications? Can ethical investing make a difference to markets?



Policy implications? Can ethical investing make a difference to markets?