Committed to raising standards together
The ACT Alliance is a collective of companies committed to raising standards across the investment management industry.
They are collaborating to create systemic change in the investment ecosystem to improve trust and transparency across the value chain.
Join the ACT Alliance to demonstrate your companies leadership.
Raise industry standards by publicly supporting the ACT standard and strenghtening transparency and accountability.
Evidence your commitment to clients, The Regulator and other Industry stakeholders through the display of the The ACT Alliance emblem.
Access to peer collaboration, research, and insights to support continued improvement and innovation.
Who can join the ACT Alliance
Investment Management Firms
Firms that incorporate ACT as part of their research and oversight of third-party managers they invest in or allocate capital to can join the ACT Alliance. Evidence cultural due diligence and responsible manager selection using ACT data. Demonstrate to clients and regulators that they are actively integrating culture and governance insights into research and allocation decisions.
● Enhance their own resilience and client outcomes by identifying, managing, and mitigating non-financial and reputational risks within their portfolios.
Non Investment firms
Non-investment firms committed to raising standards across the investment ecosystem are welcome to join the ACT Alliance.
Analysts and Researchers
Individual investment professionals, analysts, or consultants who apply ACT in their research or due diligence can join the ACT Collective.
Why become a member of the ACT Alliance?
● Trust as currency: The post-Woodford landscape has shown that investors and clients demand verifiable integrity, not just good intentions. Firms that help enable transparency in culture strengthen the entire ecosystem’s credibility.
● Risk mitigation: Businesses connected to financial services are increasingly judged by the company they keep. Embedding and promoting cultural awareness protects against reputational contagion.
● Regulatory alignment: Principles of good conduct and fairness are central to the FCA’s Consumer Duty and the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR). Demonstrating awareness and advocacy of cultural standards shows readiness to operate in a post-Consumer Duty world where both intentions and outcomes are scrutinised.
● Commercial differentiation: Clients, partners, and employees increasingly prefer to work with organisations with clear principles. Supporting ACT makes a statement: your firm takes transparency and accountability seriously.
For Investment Management Firms
☐ We integrate ACT into our investment, research, and oversight processes, using the ACT framework to evaluate and monitor third-party managers, thereby strengthening our risk-management and due-diligence practices.
For Non-Investment Management Firms
We publicly support higher standards to strengthen trust and accountability across the investment ecosystem, and we commit to promoting the principles of ACT within our organisation and throughout the industry.