Financial Times advises on how to become a shareholder activist
The Financial Times celebrated its 125th anniversary this February. Recognised globally as a member of an elite group of financial newspapers, it is the paper of record for the City and investment in the UK. A piece we read on May 3 pleasantly surprised us. Without fear or favour, the...
WHEB Asset Management: a year in review
A year ago, the Henderson ‘Industries of the Future’ team merged with WHEB Asset Management, with Tim Dieppe taking over as manager of the IM WHEB Sustainability portfolio. Managing partner George Latham, ex-Henderson, marks the anniversary with a summary of the team’s achievements over the last 12 months. When...
European responsible investment grown 19% since 2010
Assets under management in European responsible investment funds now total €237.9 billion (£201 billion) – a 19% increase since 2010 – according to a survey by the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI). The European Responsible Investment Fund Survey, published by accountancy giant KPMG on behalf of ALFI,...
Switzerland, Germany and Austria see sustainable investment growth
Over €120 billion (£101 billion) is invested sustainably in Switzerland, Germany and Austria, according to the sustainable investment trade body that covers the three countries. In a report, Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen (FNG) – the Sustainable Investment Forum – also revealed that investments into sustainable funds in the regions now...
Looking forward with WHEB
WHEB Asset Management has come on leaps and bounds since bringing in the Henderson team in May 2012. A year on, Alex Blackburne sat down with managing partner George Latham and founding partner Clare Brook to speak about its success. This article originally appeared in The Guide to Sustainable Investment...
Land grabbing in Laos and Cambodia breach human rights
Land grabbing by two large Vietnamese firms has driven communities in Laos and Cambodia off their land and forced people to work on rubber plantations, according to international NGO Global Witness. Its report found that vast amounts of land have been acquired (land grabbing) for rubber plantations in the...
Conference calls for diversity in UK financial system
Recommendations on how to transform Britain’s “broken” financial system were suggested on Friday at a conference in London, attended by campaigners, economists and financiers. Speakers at Transforming Finance, which was organised by Friends of the Earth, the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the World Development Movement and others, said banking...
Finance that turns people’s lives around: social impact bonds
Blending social investment, public funding and social enterprise, social impact bonds are a groundbreaking way of raising private funds to finance essential public services. Public contracts are awarded on a payment-by-results basis, so investors are only rewarded if a set of agreed social outcomes are met. At a time...
Ethical bank Triodos considering launching current account
Triodos Bank has said it is considering entering the current account market, in an effort to expand the number of full-range ethical banking options for consumers. The breakdown of the Co-operative Bank’s deal to purchase 632 branches owned by Lloyds Banking Group recently brought to light the lack of...
A new beginning for sustainable investment in the UK
The UK’s sustainable investment industry has a new face among its leaders. Alex Blackburne spoke with Simon Howard, who on Tuesday began work as chief executive of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF). Around 24 hours ago, the sports world was rocked when Sir Alex Ferguson revealed...
Conference looks to transform ‘broken’ financial infrastructure
Campaigners, economists and financiers are gathering in London on Friday for a conference to work out how to transform the finance industry, so that unsustainable investment and irresponsible banking are outlawed. Transforming Finance is organised by Friends of the Earth, the Institute of Chartered Accountants, ShareAction, the World Development Movement...
Ethical IFA of the week: Equity Invest
There are plenty of independent financial advisers (IFAs) across the country who give advice on ethical and environmental investments. Our job is to tell you about them. Equity Invest is an independent financial advisory firm based in Wimbledon Village in London. Speaking to Blue & Green Tomorrow in January...
Economic historian Lord Skidelsky: we need to transform money for good
Everything we do is governed by money, and money cannot be good unless it is directed towards good ends, according to leading economic historian. Lord Skidelsky, the author of a critically-acclaimed three-part biography of prominent 20th century economist John Maynard Keynes, said that the banking industry had become greedy....
The diversity of renewables
Critics of renewables are often given powerful platforms to voice their opinions. This vocal minority skew the debate, especially when polls suggest the majority of the public is in favour. But, as Emma Websdale outlines, the story of clean, renewable, domestic energy is far greater than just wind and...
It’s banking, but not as we know it! Ecology Building Society’s AGM
“Any other business?” asked Ecology Building Society chair Malcolm Lynch, obligatorily, at the end of the organisation’s annual general meeting (AGM) in Leeds last month. A man in the audience stood up. “I’d just like to thank everyone for putting on a fantastic event”, he said. Mumbled agreement from...
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