MMS #72 | Does ethical investing compromise your returns?

About this episode

In this episode, Jennie discusses ethical investing with Barry Coates, exploring its implications for returns and values in investment.

In this episode of Money Made Simple, Jennie sits down with Barry Coates, CEO of Mindful Money, to unpack what ethical investing really means and how Kiwis can put their KiwiSaver and other investments behind the values they care about. Barry brings decades of experience from the UK and NZ ethical investment communities, and more recently founded Mindful Money as a charity to give New Zealanders free, comparable information on what's actually inside their funds. This episode covers: What ethi...

People in this episode

Host: Jennie

Guest: Barry Coates

Topics covered

• ethical investing
• KiwiSaver
• investment values
• financial education
• sustainable finance

Keywords

• ethical investing
• KiwiSaver
• Mindful Money
• investment returns
• financial values
• New Zealand investments

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mindful Money

Places: New Zealand, UK

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