Charles Plowden: ‘ESG is still a bit of a jungle’
Baillie Gifford’s outgoing senior partner discusses ESG’s jungle of definitions, whether the sector faces a surplus of capital or a shortage, and investment’s higher purpose
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Nick Clay: ‘Plugging and playing’ at RWC allows us to control our own destiny
Global equities heavy hitter joined boutique last year after two decades with Newton IM
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Coronavirus weekly round-up: UK delays lifting full lockdown measures while hawkish Fed derails reflation trade
Four investors mull the events shaping portfolios over the past week
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Trailblazer Scottish Mortgage sparks trend of equity trusts upping unlisted exposure
Baillie Gifford is not the only manager looking to boost exposure to private companies
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US investors buoy Lindsell Train Limited as flows into UK-based funds shrivel
North American sourced FUM makes up 11% of boutique’s total compared to 6.5% a year ago
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Chrysalis and Scottish Mortgage set for boost as Wise preps for £9bn IPO
Money transfer app makes up over 8% of Richard Watts and Nick Williamson’s late-stage company trust
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Departure of Invesco bond bosses a loss for investors despite ‘reliable and uncontroversial’ successors
Square Mile has suspended its ratings on two funds as veterans Paul Causer and Paul Read call time on 26-year partnership
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HSBC Asset Management creates £38bn alternatives business unit
Firm is rolling its existing alternatives businesses into a single entity
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Why bumpy data shows there is no roadmap for this economic recovery
No-one really knows what happens when an economy is forcibly shut down and then reopened
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Blackrock partners with global platform to distribute private assets to wealth managers
Tie-up to simplify ‘operational and administrative complexities faced by wealth managers’
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Avoiding the ‘sixth great extinction’: Addressing biodiversity loss through investing
‘People are unaware of the negative implications to the environment and society, and therefore their investment portfolios’
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T Rowe multi-asset boss: How we are navigating ‘uncharted’ post-Covid recovery
Yoram Lustig identifies five themes that will drive performance of global stock markets in the next 12 months
