Ethical investing turning point: Will advisers rise to the challenge?

Ethical investing – avoiding allocating funds to companies that sell arms, wreck the environment or use slaves to harvest, say, prawns – what's not to like? Yet, the UK retail sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) market equates to a meagre 1.5% of all UK funds under management (FUM). This is despite its growth from about £4bn FUM in the early 2000s to £12.2bn by June 2013, according to research provider EIRIS. "This makes no sense," said SRI specialist Julie Dreblow from consultancy SRI Services. "The reason I want to do a lot more talking about and explaining this issue to fi...