Let’s not beat around the bush - 2020 has been a dreadful year. With winter quickly approaching and Covid-19 cases rising once again, many of us will continue to share a nagging sense of vulnerability and concern for the welfare of our family, friends and colleagues.
We launched the SRI rating in 2012 – the first of its kind in the UK – and we’ve been very active in the socially responsible area of our industry ever since. We’ve grown our rated list and expanded our range to meet the increasing demand from advisers for solutions across differing risk categories.
The number of times we have seen journalists and economists try to extrapolate data to determine which letter of the alphabet typifies the shape of the recovery over the last few months has multiplied as the economy has changed. We started with a V shaped recovery, moved to a U, then a Nike swoosh and the latest is a K shaped recovery with many variations in between.