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Ethical Money by John Hancock
  • Ethical Money

  • How to Invest in Sustainable Enterprises and Avoid the Polluters and Exploiters

  • by John Hancock
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    • Product code: 14168
    • ISBN: 074943712X, ISBN13: 9780749437121, 240 pages, paperback
      Published by Kogan Page on 2002 , 1st
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    Description of Ethical Money

    Investing in socially responsible companies is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the unit trust industry, and ethical investments are increasingly generating superior returns. This practical guide reveals the commercial and ethical logic of investing in such companies, showing the reader where to find out about ethical unit trusts and investment trusts. It also reveals how to compare these in perfomance against both peer funds and their own past performance. Based on research of the criteria, strategies and finance policies of specialists in ethical investment, this accessible book outlines how the reader can make considered decisions about both present and future investments that allow them a clear conscience as well as a high return.

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    'This jargon-free book outlines how the reader can make considered decisions about both present and future investments that allow them a clear conscience as well as a high return.'

    Contents of Ethical Money

    Foreword
    Introduction

    1. Why concern yourself?
    2. The history and current state of affairs of ethical investment
    3. The advantages of ethical investment
    4. The different 'green' credentials and concerns that motivate people
    5. The dilemmas of an ethical investment management approach
    6. Performance: can you afford to put your money where your heart is?
    7. How investors can sort out their own concerns
    8. Green legislative and other outside influences
    9. The impact of 'green' investment
    10. The different priorities of fund managers
    11. The who, why and wherefore of ethical investment opportunities

    Index

    About John Hancock

    John Hancock spent over 20 years in financial services working for Sun Life, Mondial Citibank and Hill Samuel. Since the early 1990s he has worked as an established freelance financial journalist writing for Money Management, the Financial Times, The Times and Director magazine. He also writes for corporate clients and Web sites and edits Selling Financial Services, the leading publication for independent financial advisors. John is a member of Mensa and was Ethical Investment Journalist of the Year 1999.

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