The Investment Association’s head of market insight sat down with us to talk through findings on how we invested last year, and big changes coming up in the months ahead. 

A 44-minute watch.

From 19 April, around 500 ETFs will appeal in IA sectors for the first time, while the Global Bonds will also be split into 14 new sectors. With these big changes ahead, it’s the perfect time to hear from Miranda Seath on how these changes will be implemented.

In a longer discussion, Miranda also spoke about the IA’s responsible investment framework, the resilience of investment managers, and how they have adapted quickly to new ways of working during the pandemic.

“There’s been a wholesale move to digital working; you have an industry that has to pick up and get its staff working remotely, be up-and-running business as usual very quickly, and I think we’ve done that,” she explained.

“One of the positives, and the momentum that investment managers need to capitalise on now, is around removing barriers to digital adoption that were in place before the pandemic. There are digital signatures being accepted now for fund applications because the FCA has allowed that to happen since April.

“It’s taken years to do but had to happen because of conditions created by the pandemic. Firms have really been able to embrace that and wider ways of digital working. It’s been an interesting learning curve, but something that we have to build on”.

Do check out the video below and let us know how the introduction of ETFs in IA sectors might help you invest.