Sustainable wealth manager EQ Investors has hired Tom Wait (pictured) as an investment manager in its discretionary fund management team. Joining from RBC Brewin Dolphin, where he spent over nine years, Wait will be responsible for managing bespoke investment solutions for high-net-worth clients and charities at EQ, developing existing and new relationships. The hire marks the next phase of growth…

The sustainable investment industry is on a “rapid evolutionary trajectory” with assets in funds using responsible or sustainable investment approaches increasing by $5.5trn – or almost 50% – over the past two years, according to data from the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) and Morningstar. The latest biennial Global Sustainable Investment Review, published by GSIA during COP30, found despite a landscape…

Thousands of delegates have arrived in Belem and San Paulo as the COP30 kicks off in Brazil with nationally determined contributions (NDCs), adaptation and biodiversity being among the front of mind factors for this year’s discussions. From a sustainable investment perspective, all eyes will be on Finance Day – or dayS with there being two this year on 14 and…

My wife and I were watching a nature show one recent evening.   From deep within the burrows of field mice to the nests of owls inside tall cacti and the underground lair of tiny ants, the camera followed the animals as if they had lenses in their heads. We repeatedly asked ourselves: “How did… The post Journalism, Facts, Alternative…

This summer, the UK sweltered through its hottest summer on record.  The mean temperature between 1 June 1 and 31 August hit 16.1°C, according to the Met Office, which was 1.51°C higher than the long-term meteorological average. This eclipsed some of the country’s fabled heatwaves during the scorching summers of 1976 and 2022.   In London, office workers coped by slipping…

A leaked draft of the European Commission proposals for SFDR 2.0 has revealed plans to remove Article 8 and 9 labels in favour of three product categories. These will be i) transition investments, (ii) integration of sustainability factors, and (iii) sustainability-related objectives, according to reports. The release of a revised version of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) has seen numerous delays –…