Time for Reflection

Covid -19 has brought home the challenges of a tightly networked globe and showed investors how a healthcare, societal or environmental issue can rattle the global economy to its very core.

The pandemic has brought into question – what in fact is the purpose of a company? Are they here to solely serve shareholders and yield profit, or should they pursue more altruistic endeavours such as reducing their carbon footprint? How will companies embrace the working from home model going forward? Can society fully embrace a new work life balance?

It’s going to take some more time to find out.

The value of investments and the income from them may go down as well as up and is not guaranteed. Investors may not get back the amount invested.

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Issued in September 2021 by Royal London Asset Management Limited, 55 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0RL. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, firm reference number 141665. A subsidiary of The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited.