Mandates need innovating to encompass sustainable investing

Amanda White

December 08, 2022

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Mike Clark

December 8, 2022

Colin is right about mandates. But “mandate” does not just need to mean the old IMA where lawyers arm-wrestle. The Investment Manager Accord (crafted by the EAPF years ago, and used by Brunel – UK LGPS) is a fine non-legal agreement between an asset owner and their investment managers. Why has it not caught on? Nobody seems to be promoting it! So I must…

It sets the AO’s direction of travel for the IM, and is a fine “relatoinship document”. Don’t need lawyers for that!

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