Hermes blasts VW’s corporate governance shortcomings ahead of AGM
Hermes EOS pushed clients and shareholders to back a vote of no confidence in Volkswagen’s (VW) supervisory board ahead of its first annual meeting since the emissions scandal.
Hermes EOS pushed clients and shareholders to back a vote of no confidence in Volkswagen’s (VW) supervisory board ahead of its first annual meeting since the emissions scandal.
Hermes Investment Management has appointed Carl Short as director of engagement for Hermes EOS.
As the world wakes up to the new reality of extremely slow growth, there seems little doubt the returns investors became accustomed to during the ‘Great Moderation’ are a thing of the past.
The drop in oil prices has not fed through to economies in as strong a way as many expected, but ultimately the price drop will be expansionary at the global level, said Eoin Murray, head of Hermes’ investment office.
Last year saw record inflows into SRI funds yet the choice available is ok at best according to the buyers and potential buyers of said funds.
The pressure to preserve world growth is moving from emerging to advanced economies, said Neil Williams, group chief economist at Hermes Investment Management.
Hermes chief economist Neil Williams has outlined four reasons to be optimistic about the prospects for growth assets ahead of next week’s decision on rates by the Federal Reserve.
Lewis Grant’s Hermes Global Equity fund is benchmarked against the MSCI World index so is a developed market proposition.
George Osborne provided a welcome boost to United Kingdom equities in spelling out why Britain is walking tall again as he delivered the 2015 Budget.
According to a survey by the Bank of England, inflation expectations for the next 12 months among the general public fell to the lowest since November 2001.
Hermes Investment Management has appointed a new head of investment office with the recruitment of Eoin Murray
Hermes Investment Management has recruited a permanent chief operating officer over six months after the role became vacant