The words ‘Impact Investing’ and the rhetoric around achieving positive impact via investments has been steadily increasing for some time. Here we provide evidence that challenges the common misconceptions still persisting including: the lack of sector growth financial concessions for impact gains a lack of available funds ‘impact washing’ and the lack of language that advisers […]
Agricultural chemical giant, Monsanto, has once again hit the news for all the wrong reasons. It is the subject of a lawsuit for allegedly causing cancer through its flagship weed killer, Roundup. How does this relate to you? This landmark legal case is just the latest controversy of a series dating back many decades including […]
We’ve done the legwork for you and here are 3 news-worthy items to keep you up to date on the latest sector news: Nobel Prize winner Richard H. Thaler recently won “for his contributions to behavioural economics”, here’s a topical paper released here for the first time focusing on impact investing from a behavioural economic viewpoint. […]
Although these are new opportunities for clients wishing to invest for positive social outcomes while still retaining the potential for a level of growth or income, Government and the regulator, are keen that regulation should not prevent access by retail investors and therefore have made amends to the Financial Services Bill: In the Lords, the […]