The Investors Chronicle recently claimed that under a new financial advice regime called the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), advisers across the UK will be “preparing to dump their...
A recent report outlined that the financial performance of ethical and mainstream investment funds barely differed. Here, Julian Parrott, partner at independent financial advisers Ethical Futures, describes...
Aiming for high returns as an ethical investor is irrelevant and distracting, writes Edinburgh-based financial adviser, Julian Parrott. There’s rarely a day goes by when I don’t...
Tar sands, fur and animal testing are not sectors traditionally found in an ethical investor’s portfolio, but changes to F&C Asset Management’s policies mean that its...
Earlier this week, we asked, “What is a bond?”. Bond investment is a very complex area of financial services; Julian Parrott, chair of the Ethical Investment...