Would your organisation be more inclined to invest...
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When asked what support is needed to make investments more faith-consistent, 50% of respondents mentioned they would significantly incline their investments (assuming they had the necessary financial resources) if its investment manager were able to offer an option for aligning investments with their religious beliefs. Furthermore, 51% said they would be inclined to invest more if there were reliable tools for developing and maintaining an investment fund that reflected their religious beliefs. When asked what evidence is needed to incline investments in a faith consistent way, religious institutions focused more on having a positive impact on society and on company behaviour rather than on avoiding the risk of poor financial performance.
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Overall, it seems there are difficulties in putting religious beliefs into investment practice. Faith institutions cannot implement faith consistent investing alone; they depend on the offerings of financial institutions. The current investment market is not capable of providing tools and services that are required by faith institutions. Faith institutions require a less complex investment market. Customised religious investment products could attain this. Customisation and simplification would attract more religious money into the global responsible investment market.
No Difference
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