The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, the Government Pension Fund of Norway (GPF), could begin investing in renewable energy. The country’s newly-formed minority conservative government, which...
The government has given formal notice to the stock exchange that it plans to privatise the Royal Mail within weeks. The Business Secretary Vince Cable has...
Capitalist lore states that shareholders have more concern for the long-term interests of companies they invest in than managers do. The increase in high frequency trading...
Shareholders are increasingly feeling disgruntled, and rightly, by the risks fossil fuel companies are taking with their money. Gyorgy Dallos of Greenpeace International writes how investors...
David Gait, senior portfolio manager of First State, has criticised the wider investment industry, saying it is “not fit for purpose” due to its inherent short-term...
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...