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  • Foresight: Asset manager consolidation to continue as passives thrive

    30 January 2025

    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

    28 January 2025

    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

    15 November 2024
  • Stewardship confusion creating 'engagement-washing', says WHEB

    31 October 2024

    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

    23 October 2024

    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".

  • Wheb to adopt UK impact label

    02 September 2024
  • Starmer's UK is 'back in the race to net zero'

    05 July 2024

    Sustainability-focused investors reacted positively to the landslide victory for Keir Starmer's Labour party in the UK's general election, amid claims that "the UK is back in the race to net zero".

  • UK investors hit pause on sustainability labels

    03 July 2024

    The "painful" process of applying for a sustainability fund label in the UK has led some asset managers to pause applications, Michael Hurley reports

  • WHEB warns regulation is creating 'unintentional stewardship stampede'

    01 July 2024

    The sustainable finance market is facing an avalanche of disclosures, which is reducing the quality of reporting, WHEB Asset Management has warned.

  • Navigating policy uncertainty in sustainable investing

    26 June 2024

    Despite the risk of policies being dialled back, the issue is speed rather than direction, writes Victoria MacLean