The Commission has announced it will finalise its bond issuances for this year with an up to €4bn auction on 27 November.

Do Sovereign Wealth Funds Reduce Fiscal Policy Pro-cyclicality?

New Evidence Using a Non-Parametric Approach from the IMF publishes their take on the impact this important group had

In this week's Friday 5: 🚀 The launch of the Carbon Accounting Alliance 📜 CCLA Investment Management release its Modern Slavery UK Benchmark 🥐 We invite you to a DE&I breakfast 🍦 Unilever have shaken up the ice cream industry with a new announcement 💰 We look forward to learning more about capital as a Force For Good #sustainability #newsletter

Forget what you think you know about investing. The forces of disruption are coming, and they'll change the way that asset owners invest their money forever.

We’re all for the overall aim: moving away from a reactionary approach to individual issues, towards a more coherent and proactive engagement in the political arena, where companies make considered choices about when and where to engage, and do so meaningfully. Says Giles Gibbons

In February 2024, the Sub-Group 1 working on Usability will publish a compendium of market practices, showing how different sector entities are using the EU Taxonomy and the wider the EU Sustainable Finance framework. 

'Carbon skid marks' A new advert on Channel 4 has been turning heads this week – depicting the business and political elite in a new light: in their ‘carbon skid marked’ underpants. Giles Gibbons suggest you let the video show you what this looks like.

Two heads are better than one. But only in certain circumstances. A new era of thinking for Fund Owners & Asset Mangers requires new mindsets. But who has the adaptability?

Capturing interconnected relationships and their impact on investment value requires sophisticated analytical models and approaches.

The correlation between Rugby Tries & the Financial community’s resiliences and commitment.

……..once the applause dies down, the hard work begins. Even when you’re riding the crest of a wave, people on the shore are looking to you to deliver.

Caroline Hopper of influential communications & brand agency Quietroom: “I know that when you communicate that to end investors – how their money can make a difference – you can help them connect to their money in a way they never have done before.”

Marina Claire Wheeler KC (born 18 August 1964) is a British lawyer and writer. As a barrister, she specialises in public law, including human rights, and is a member of the Bar Disciplinary Tribunal. She was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2016.[2]

She is the author of The Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition and the Punjab (2020) and is an ex-wife of former British prime minister Boris Johnson.

The American investor's short-term greed leads him to be more interested in the appearance of a business than its substance…..said the NYT in 2004

The ESG bond market's growth is expected to continue, with new issuers entering the market and existing issuers expanding their ESG offerings.

Is it true that some in the Investment community are suffering from 'ESG fatigue’? If so, what’s the tonic or is the patient beyond recuperation?

“The job of a Conservative government is to make the economy competitive, to make money for all the things we care about for our public services and so on.”

Be careful what you ask…….

The association aims to ensure that its members are recognised as leaders in the industry, and works towards achieving this by focusing on three key areas.

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A recent study even suggests that the world's entire energy consumption in 2050 could be completely and cost-effectively covered by solar technology and other renewables.