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Foresight impact and real assets an 'ideal fit', says Guinness, as WHEB changes hands again

A deal to acquire Foresight Group's £1 billion ($1.3 billion) public markets business by Guinness Global Investors has been described as an 'ideal fit', although it means impact investor WHEB changes hands for the second time in two years.

What is the impact of the SDR's impact label?

The UK's regime has helped bring clarity to the impact label and could be copied by the EU, writes Jennifer Forrest

The impact of SDR goes deeper than its four sustainability labels

The FCA's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements regime is helping purge the fund market, writes Jennifer Forrest

Valuations are at rock bottom, says WHEB

Impact stocks are currently trading at attractive valuations, presenting a buying opportunity, WHEB Asset Management has claimed.

Foresight: Asset manager consolidation to continue as passives thrive

Consolidation in the sustainable asset management industry will likely continue as flows to passive investment strategies impact active managers, according to Foresight Capital Management's Nick Scullion.

Foresight acquires impact investor WHEB

Foresight Group has acquired London-based impact investor WHEB Aset Management for an undisclosed amount, in a deal that it says will reinforce its position as "a leader in impact investing in public markets".

People moves, 15 November: BlackRock, Barclays, South Pole, WHEB ... and more

Stewardship confusion creating 'engagement-washing', says WHEB

Consensus is 'critical' for designing engagement definitions and practices, amid industry confusion on stewardship in ESG funds, UK investor WHEB Asset Management has claimed.

Asset managers told to sober up from 'drunken search' for value of engagement

Asset managers have been urged to focus on improving how they articulate the intentions and outcomes of engagement or face feeding "concerns that sustainability investing does little to change firm behaviour".

Electricity versus gas - the devil is in the detail

Heating is still dominated by fossil fuels but scientists on the electric heat side are catching up, writes Ted Franks