In his Lecture, Matthew Taylor chief executive of the RSA emphasised the need for greater citizen engagement as a key part of solving the current financial crisis. He also discussed the RSA's Tomorrow's Investor project.

The Annual Lecture was followed by the presentation of the results and awards of the Thomson Reuters Extel SRI/Sustainability Survey 2008 (in association with UKSIF).

The Annual Lecture was preceeded by the UKSIF AGM. At the AGM, four new directors were elected onto the UKSIF Board: Ed Blamey (Jupiter Asset Management), Aled Jones (Pension Protection Fund), My-Linh Ngo (Henderson Global Investors), Helen Wildsmith (CCLA Investment Management). [Note: Board members serve in a personal capacity. Organisation affiliation is for information only]

The AGM also marked the retirement of the following directors: Mark Camapanale, Lee Coates, Rod Schwartz and Meagan Thompson-Mann.

Press Release: Citizen Engagement is Key to Financial Reform

Copy of Matthew Taylor's Lecture

Press Release: Results of Extel SRI/Sustainability Survey 2008

Download the 'Sustainable Alternatives' report

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‘Sustainable Alternatives’ looks at the growth in the number of sustainable investment opportunities in alternative asset classes available to pension funds including in private equity, property and infrastructure.

With this paper, UKSIF aims to generate debate as to how pension funds can best take advantage of emerging sustainable investment opportunities. The examples given illustrate that any pension fund may be able to use sustainable investment opportunities to the financial benefit of pension scheme members.

The paper is published as part of the UKSIF Sustainable Pensions Project.

Eurosif has published the latest SRI figures and trends in its 'European SRI Study 2008'.

The study highlights the scale of European SRI as well as European and National trends across thirteen countries.

It values the European SRI market at €2.7 trillion, at the end of 2007.

UKSIF was responsible for producing the UK data and analysis. Total SRI AuM in the UK was estimated at £764 billion with £54.1 billion defined as Core SRI and £709.4 billion as Broad SRI. 

For the full UK section of the study click here.

For the full study click here.

The second National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW09) will continue the momentum gained from this year.

In particular it will provide increased support for financial advisers to enable them to advise interested clients and benefit from increased profile for green and ethical investment during the Week.

UKSIF is pleased to announce that AIFA will be our partner in delivering NEIW09.

Visit www.neiw.org for more information

Press Release: 'Dates for Second National Ethical Investment Week Announced'