US ESG demand starting to transfer to UK retail market
The rising popularity of ESG retail funds in the US is starting to take hold among retail investors in the UK, according to Parmenion investment manager Andrew Gilbert.
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FCA bans two advisers over “lack of integrity”
A British financial adviser and his boss have been banned from working in the financial services industry for lying to clients about where they invested pension pots totalling nearly £24m ($34.9m, €30.7m).
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Axa goes cold turkey, divesting €1.8bn of tobacco assets
While the insurer takes a bold stance against big tobacco, its investment management arm will have a tougher time kicking the habit.
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LGIM makes headway on executive pay battle
The number of FTSE 100 companies with more than one executive remuneration incentive plan has fallen in the past three years from 43% to 18%, Legal & General Investment Management said on Monday.
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JP Morgan launches new ESG platform
JP Morgan has launched the JP Morgan Ethos Investments platform, providing exposure to institutional investors looking for ESG products.
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Rise of passives risks diminishing shareholder influence
Three-fifths of UK and European institutional investors expect the rise of passive investment vehicles to have a negative impact on shareholder engagement, reported the latest paper in the Hermes Investment Management Responsible Capitalism survey.
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PA ANALYSIS: Wealth managers ignore ESG investing at their peril
The rising tide of regulation and ever increased scrutiny on fees has meant that scale is ever more important for wealth managers.
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Nuveen and TCAM bring ESG funds to UK market
Nuveen Investments and TIAA-CREF Asset Management have made two environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds available to non-U.S. investors including those in the UK via UCITS vehicles.
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Unpicking the four biggest current consensus calls
Investec Wealth and Investments’ Nick Sketch interrogates some of the biggest consensus trades in the market right now looking for both problems and potential.
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Picking winners by avoiding the poorly governed
Environmental and social issues have less of an impact on shareholder returns than whether or not a company is well governed, says Hermes.
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Hermes jumps into the ethical investing fray
Managed by Geir Lode, head of Hermes global equities, the fund will target a return of 3% above its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index, on a three-year rolling average basis by “investing in companies with favourable ESG characteristics”. And, according to Lode, such a focus does not need to come at the expense…
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ethical investment
The motivation behind making a commitment to an ethical fund varies, and the importance of the underlying moral stance will of course be different from investor to investor.