Investment industry faces widening skills gap around big data and ESG

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The investment industry will need to retrain and reskill a sizable cohort of midcareer, and middle-aged workers and nudge them into the age of technology

The investment industry in Canada has a somewhat vexing problem.

Sustainable investing is built on the idea that ESG/climate considerations are significant to both investors and society and that we need to develop sustainability accounting for both purposes. “The good news is that most investment roles are going to be changed in an interesting way because you will have data feeds that are much more reliable,” noted Rebecca Fender, head of strategy and governance for Research, Advocacy and Standards at CFA Institute and lead author of the report. “As a result, professionals will have more time to do in-depth analysis.”

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