Finance and fintech
Enough of the bullsh**! Our banks are greenwashing
Updated: Jul 14, 2022 Fossil fuel companies cannot scale-up without money. They need banks to invest in them or lend some cash. Of course, this is hugely profitable for banks and asset managers. But
How Sustainable Investing is f***ing with managers’ brains
Updated: Jun 11, 2021 From game theories to daddy issues, there’s a lot going on for today’s wealth managers. And this workplace psychology makes a huge impact on the industry approach to Sustainable Investing.
The Unlikely Origins of Sustainable Investing 🤔
The concept of sustainability, derives from the Latin verb ‘sustinere’, meaning ‘to hold’. And like its ancient namesake, it’s not a new thing. Believe it or not, it’s been going on for centuries.
Sustainable Investing has so many meanings, it means nothing
Updated: Aug 6, 2020 ‘Sustainable Investing’ as a term is incredibly broad (Krosinky and Robins, 2012; Gerrard, 2015; Mclean, 2015), and fluid. Over time, different organisations have applied their own individual meanings. And so
Less than 1% of investment managers are black: How can we improve?
Updated: Jun 29, 2022 Across England’s schools, black girls get better grades than white boys[1]. But life after the classroom is not so rosy. People of colour are not represented across positions of power.
A plea to wealth managers: Stop fast fashion greenwashing
Updated: Aug 13, 2020 As part of its commitment to Responsible Investing, Nordea Asset Management recently published a “successful example of engagement” with fast fashion retailer H&M (Hennes Mauritz AB). This is what it
5 more jokes for Investment Managers
Updated: Dec 15, 2022 The analytics speak for themselves, I’m delighted (and baffled) that people seemed to really go for my 10 festive jokes for Investment Managers. So to help you keep on smiling
Support small businesses right now, an interview with Tim Fouracre
The 4th of May, normally known for its Star Wars fanatics, had a grim new record this year. That day, every two seconds, a small business applied for a bounce back loan[1]. More
Fintech is our best chance of saving small businesses
Updated: Feb 18, 2021 What kind of crazy world are we living in, where the man who invented e-commerce is being ignored by the government who invented Brexit? … Where the finest fintech brains
Let fintech help SMEs access loans now, an interview with Nick Ogden
Updated: May 7, 2020 Across the UK, the number of workers being furloughed is rising. As of today, it’s already hit a staggering 6.3 million people, or 23% of the UK’s working population. To
Expert view: How our pensions are not living up to our values
Updated: Aug 6, 2020 Over the past year, we’ve seen an extraordinary worldwide change, sparked by teenage campaigner Greta Thunberg. Millions of ordinary citizens are pausing everyday life to take to the streets and
5 Vice fund companies in ESG investments 😱
Updated: Jun 9, 2021 Is there anything so villainous as a sin stock making its way onto an ethical fund? If you imagined that Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) funds were all about clean