Samuel Johnson once said, “When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” So how would the threat...
Social finance firm Investing for Good has launched a guide that aims to provide impact investors with best-practice information into the sector. The Good Investor, which...
In 2009, business secretary Vince Cable said, “Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down...
Julie King is an ethical investor. After setting up a private pension, she began looking for ways her money would be able to make a positive...
The UK could see plastic banknotes in circulation as early as 2015, after the Bank of England revealed details of the process by which future money...
Jonathan Chilvers is an ethical investor. Through a child trust fund set up for his four-year-old daughter, his motivation is to ensure he’s doing his bit...
We seem to be locked in an endless financial crisis. Starting with a sub-prime housing bubble, complex financial derivatives linked to those assets contaminated global finance,...
Twenty-eight years ago today, pound notes were discontinued after more than 150 years of circulation. The former chancellor Lord Lawson delivered the news, claiming that the...
The principles of ethical investment chime notoriously well with the values held by charities, faith groups and the public sector. Alex Blackburne spoke with Helen Wildsmith...
In September 2011, Emily Mackay saw a gap in the market for a website that allows people to put money into a renewable energy project. Twelve...
Paul Gaston, Head of UK Sales at Pictet, explains why, in today’s economic climate, there’s never been a better time to invest in water. The past...
Those of us with an interest in the energy industry are aware of the pressures businesses and organisations are under to meet ever tighter government environmental...
Most people are well aware of the crisis that continues to engulf the banking and financial systems, but how many know about what caused it? To...