The Church of England has been criticised for owning £10m of shares in one of the world’s biggest arms manufacturers, which opponents say clash completely with...
A week on Sunday, the world marks five years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the spark for the worst global downturn since the Great Depression....
Big Issue founder John Bird has described ethical investment as “the biggest of fights” and encouraged people “become savvy” to bring about real financial change. In...
It’s a week since it was revealed the Church of England invested indirectly in Wonga – the payday lender that the archbishop of Canterbury had vowed...
Seb Beloe of WHEB Asset Management argues that the Church of England should focus its energy on the growth markets of the future, over its current...
Back in the mists of AD2008 a conference was held at the IMAX in London by the now defunct enterprise Library House. The event had a panel...
Citizens Advice has urged payday loan customers to make a complaint if they feel they have been treated unfairly. Starting on August 5, the charity will...
The Telegraph’s Questor column leapt onto the Wonga bandwagon on Friday, boldly and unsubstantiatedly declaring, “There is no such thing as an ethical investment.” There is certainly such...
One of the defences in the Church of England’s clerical kerfuffle over its indirect seed funding of payday lender Wonga (APR 5,853%), was that investment managers...
The Church of England declares war on payday lenders and then it’s uncovered it’s one of their investors. It’s a perfect story. And it draws back...
The day after the archbishop of Canterbury said he would try and compete payday lenders like Wonga “out of existence”, it was revealed that the Church...
The Church of England invests part of its £5.5 billion portfolio indirectly in Wonga, the same payday lender that this week the archbishop of Canterbury said...
The archbishop of Canterbury has waged an economic war on payday lenders, with his weapon of choice being church-backed credit unions. In an interview with Total...
The government is to conduct a study into the impact of payday loan adverts, in an effort to crack down on the irresponsible sales activity displayed...
The payday loan industry, which includes Wonga, PaydayUK and QuickQuid, is worth £2 billion and is now subject to an inquiry by the competition commission. Concerns...