23 August 2010
An international conference at Columbia University, New York, is set to debate the future of ethical investing facing the oil, gas and mining industries, including ways of improving partnerships and cooperation; and dealing with conflict. The fifth Columbia International Investment Conference will have a special focus on the oil, gas and other extractive industries and the [...]
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20 August 2010
UKSIF, the sustainable investment and finance association, have commented on the IMA’s quarterly statistics, which identify a growing interest in ethical investments. The Investment Management Association (IMA) recent quarterly statistics issued show that net retail sales of ethical funds totalled £98 million in the second quarter of 2010. This is well above the average of the past [...]
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20 August 2010
Ethical investment advisors at Barchester Green Investment, the ethical funds specialists, have published their latest best and worst list for the current crop of ethical and environmental funds available to UK investors. Jupiter Ecology was voted the best fund based on recent research. Jupiter, an environmental and ethical fund with an already impressive record, invests throughout [...]
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04 August 2010
F&C Stewardship Income and F&C Stewardship Growth funds have been enjoying a strong performance of late relative to the FTSE All-Share Index, with one analyst suggesting overall market volatility is partly responsible for an interest in ethical investment fund options. The F&C fund which has a strong ethical bent, pushed performance ahead over the last year, [...]
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30 July 2010
Family Investments, the market leader in Child Trust Funds with over 370,000 registered accounts, has launched an ethical stakeholder Child Trust Fund. Rising to meet the growing demand for ethical investments, Family’s latest Child Trust Fund (CTF) has been designed to help parents ensure the money they save for their children is not being invested in [...]
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29 July 2010
The Skandia Ethical Fund has been relaunched and is aiming to capture investors who want to focus specifically on environmental factors. Skandia Investment Group (SIG) has relaunched its fund by awarding a £74 million mandate to specialist environmental investment manager: Impax Asset Management. The Skandia Ethical Fund will cover alternative energy and efficiency as well as other [...]
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