The changes of suitability for ESG investing
07 Oct 2020
In this podcast, SimplyBiz Group Director of Compliance Services, Mark Greenwood, joins Royal London’s senior investment development and technical manager, Ryan Medlock, to discuss how suitability processes need to change in order to apply to the growing ESG sector. Mark observed that current guidance means advisers should no longer just be asking a single question during the fact find process to establish whether their clients are interested in ESG investing, but need to instead concentrate more on the process which follows the client’s response. The expert pair also cover the benefits of having a centralised investment propositions in place, and what we might see from the regulator in this area.