This report examines the changing landscape of investors and how organizations are responding to their needs. It focuses on recent developments, trends, and emerging issues in the investor landscape since the global financial crisis. The report uses the UK and Ireland investor base for its analysis, but the trends identified have a wide international resonance. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is the global body for professional accountants, offering business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability, and ambition around the world. ACCA has consistently held unique core values, including opportunity, diversity, innovation, integrity, and accountability. The organization aims to develop capacity in the profession and encourage the adoption of consistent global standards. ACCA works to open up the profession to people of all backgrounds and remove artificial barriers to entry, ensuring that its qualifications and their delivery meet the diverse needs of trainee professionals and their employers. The organization supports its 154,000 members and 432,000 students in 170 countries, helping them to develop successful careers in accounting and business, with the skills needed by employers.
