Fran Boait, campaign manager at Positive Money, looks at the role of the housing market in creating a more sustainable economy. This article originally appeared in...
UK consumers and investors continue to use and value the independent financial advice (IFA) sector for financial help and guidance, a survey has found. IFAs were...
Anthony Hobley, global head of sustainability and climate change at legal firm Norton Rose Fulbright, and founder of Green & Tonic, a London-based network for sustainability professionals,...
A “radical course of correction” in the banking industry, to boost shareholder returns, could lead to 20% of the world’s biggest banks being broken up or...
The government has issued a response to the Kay review, which urged longer term thinking in the investment world. Its feedback outlines plans to act on...
At the Envirotech & Clean Energy Investor Summit in London on Thursday, former US vice-president Al Gore, now chairman of Generation Investment Management, spoke about climate...
The world is in danger of making the same mistakes with sub-prime carbon assets as it did with the sub-prime mortgages that led to the financial...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has confirmed it will not split into a ‘good bank’ and ‘bad bank’. Instead, it will create an internal ‘bad...
Global wealth reached an all time high in 2013 despite difficult economic conditions. However, the richest 1% own 46% of global assets demonstrating that inequality remains...
The Co-operative Group may no longer keep a majority stake when the Co-op Bank floats on the stock market, with two hedge funds reportedly poised to...
Inside Job is a well received and Oscar-winning documentary on the financial crisis. The film argues that the crisis was predicted and could have been prevented....
Creativity, entrepreneurship and ingenuity helped the UK lead the Industrial Revolution. But it is now in a dangerous position where it is afraid of making mistakes...
Values-based banks offer better returns on assets and provide more capital to the real economy than mainstream banks, according to a new report by the Global...
The head of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned that there will be no bailout for climate change threats. Ángel Gurría criticised...
Banking does not have to be evil. It is absurd that we even have to say those seven words, but the last five years of scandals...