10th Mar 2014 Moral money: Investors 'put ethical concerns on par with price Share Investors are almost as likely to switch providers over ethical concerns as they are for poor customer service or because they can get a better deal elsewhere, research suggests.Just over half of financial services clients are likely to consider switching providers if they believe their financial activities contribute to human rights abuses, child labour or forced labour, according to an Ipsos MORI poll by responsible investment research firm EIRIS.When asked if they would consider switching over concerns the provider has breached financial regulations such as money laundering, product mis-selling or manipulation of interest rates, 47% of the 1,837 clients said they would - against 13% who said they are unlikely to switch.Read More by SmartSearch See more articles by SmartSearch Share post See our other popular articles 18th Apr 2024 Fighting FinCrime in financial services: optimising the balance between innovation and compliance by SmartSearch 14th Feb 2023 ‘Failure to prevent’ fraud, false accounting or money laundering could soon be a punishable offence by SmartSearch 2nd Feb 2023 SmartSearch COO named Technology Businesswoman of the Year at national award by SmartSearch See more
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