There was a time when an institutional investor owning equity in a company simply sat down with its directors to make sure they were managing their financial risks and to ask how much money they will make this year.
Things have changed. Savers and other stakeholders now want companies to be greener and more socially responsible and so are pushing those managing their retirement funds to create more sustainable portfolios.
Therefore, attitudes towards stewardship of the assets have changed, but how does this work in practice? portfolio institutional sat down with a panel of experts to find out.
