European individual investors show growing SRI interest but little investment so far - BNPP AM research

A majority of European individual investors are willing to invest in social responsible investing (SRI) funds but actual investment remains low according to latest research from BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM). In particular, some 64% of the respondents expressed to be interested in investing part of their savings in SRI funds. Italy emerged as the country where individual investors had the highest interest in SRI (80%). Italy was followed by Germany (65%), Belgium (63%), France (57%) and the Netherlands (52%). However, despite the survey indicated a 5% year-on-year increase in...