• Sustainable investing in investment products is no guarantee for performance
• The performanc eplus that many providers claim for their ethical, Islamic or sustainable portfolios are results of coincidence
• No systematic coherence found yet between sustainable management of a company and share prices although sustainable management can be successful
• Investors need to make their own decision on their own norms for investing
• Sustainable investments only make up a minority of investments and don’t put pressure on anyone - though shareholder activism and vote pooling makes sense

Topics Sustainability

• Although the trackers might contain Swaps to better track the index, they are Sharia approved by a respected comittee
• Investors will have a good performance in relation to the recent market turmoil but might lose performance when banks recover
• The product is Sharia approved but market making under strict Sharia rules can be tricky - the necessary hedge is hard to achieve

Topics Islamic, ETFs

• Consolidation will concentrate on multiple functions and backoffice
• Institutional business might be set to grow due to larger client network and sales resources

Topics Consolidation