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Foresight: Asset manager consolidation to continue as passives thrive
30 January 2025Consolidation 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.
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Foresight acquires impact investor WHEB
28 January 2025Foresight 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".
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People moves, 15 November: BlackRock, Barclays, South Pole, WHEB ... and more
15 November 2024 -
Stewardship confusion creating 'engagement-washing', says WHEB
31 October 2024Consensus is 'critical' for designing engagement definitions and practices, amid industry confusion on stewardship in ESG funds, UK investor WHEB Asset Management has claimed.
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Asset managers told to sober up from 'drunken search' for value of engagement
23 October 2024Asset 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".
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Wheb to adopt UK impact label
02 September 2024 -
Starmer's UK is 'back in the race to net zero'
05 July 2024Sustainability-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".
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UK investors hit pause on sustainability labels
03 July 2024The "painful" process of applying for a sustainability fund label in the UK has led some asset managers to pause applications, Michael Hurley reports
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WHEB warns regulation is creating 'unintentional stewardship stampede'
01 July 2024The sustainable finance market is facing an avalanche of disclosures, which is reducing the quality of reporting, WHEB Asset Management has warned.
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Navigating policy uncertainty in sustainable investing
26 June 2024Despite the risk of policies being dialled back, the issue is speed rather than direction, writes Victoria MacLean