Workplace culture has become a defining factor in organisational performance, talent retention, and long-term resilience. In the financial services sector, however, building and sustaining a strong culture remains particularly challenging future.portfolio-adviser.com/seven-key-ba...

The public narrative around investing using an ‘ESG’ lens over the past few years has been grim. future.portfolio-adviser.com/have-we-reac...

UN issues a ‘call to act’ as oceans heat up, sea levels rise and weather events cause devastation future.portfolio-adviser.com/every-climat... #PAFuture #UnitedNations #Environment #GreenhouseGasEmissions

New research exposes a stubborn bias in how we perceive risk, writes Rebecca Kowalski future.portfolio-adviser.com/it-wont-happ... #PAFuture #FinancialPlanners #Sustainability #InvestmentPortfolios #Clients #ClimateChange

Impax Environmental Markets plc (IEM) has published its exit tender offer following a fall-out with US hedge fund firm Saba Capital. future.portfolio-adviser.com/impax-enviro... #PAFuture #EnvironmentFunds #InvestmentTrusts #Shareholders

There are five lessons around clarity and credibility to learn from populists, says Royal London Asset Management’s Ashley Hamilton Claxton future.portfolio-adviser.com/what-populis... #PAFuture #ResponsibleInvestors #Stewardship

More than 80% of UK asset owners believe ESG is more important to them now than it was two years ago, despite backlash in the US and more complex issues coming to the fore. future.portfolio-adviser.com/uk-asset-own... #PAFuture #AssetManagers #ClimateRisk #ImpactInvesting #UK

Ahead of World Water Day 2026, Justin Winter explores gender biases and improving infrastructure future.portfolio-adviser.com/impax-ams-wi... #PAFuture #Infrastructure #Sanitation #Technology #WaterFunds #Women #ImpaxAssetManagement #WorldWaterDay

Nomura Asset Management has hired Nick Henderson, CFA from Columbia Threadneedle Investments as head of global sustainable equities. future.portfolio-adviser.com/nomura-am-hi... #PAFuture #Sustainability #EquityFund #PeopleMoves #NewHire #Management #NomuraAssetManagement #Global

Hargreaves Lansdown has partnered with Winterflood Securities to offer retail investors access to UK government green gilts. future.portfolio-adviser.com/hl-and-winte... #PAFuture #UK #Government #GreenGilts #RetailInvestors

The £314m renewable energy trust NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has initiated a series of sweeping changes to its mandate as part of a broader strategic reset, the firm announced this morning. future.portfolio-adviser.com/nextenergy-s... #PAFuture #NextEnergy #SolarFunds #RenewableEnergy

AI incidents can undermine trust and brand equity far quicker than traditional operational failures, according to Carmignac’s Rita Wyshelesky future.portfolio-adviser.com/growing-dema... #PAFuture #AI #GovernanceRisk #Carmignac

The £314m renewable energy trust NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has initiated a series of sweeping changes to its mandate as part of a broader strategic reset, the firm announced this morning. future.portfolio-adviser.com/nextenergy-s... #PAFuture #NextEnergy #SolarFunds #RenewableEnergy

City Hive’s Bev Shah on the changing structure of the industry and the cultural risk that can come with it future.portfolio-adviser.com/scale-listin... #PAFuture #AssetManagement #CityHive #CulturalRisk

Bridges Fund Management has hired a specialist climate technology investment team from HSBC Asset Management. future.portfolio-adviser.com/bridges-fm-h... #PAFuture #HSBC #ClimateTechnology #Investment #AssetManagement

Morningstar’s 2025 year‑in‑review has landed to the now all-too-familiar round of hand-wringing over the “death” of sustainable investment. future.portfolio-adviser.com/clearing-the... #PAFuture #Sustainability #InvestmentManagement

Some 250 asset managers have signed up to the official relaunch of the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative, meaning they will publicly disclose their individual net-zero commitments and implementation approaches, and report annually on progress. future.portfolio-adviser.com/250-asset-ma...

Sustainability reporting will sit closer to the “core of financial and risk reporting”, after the UK’s department for business & trade published the final versions of the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS S1 and UK SRS S2) last week. future.portfolio-adviser.com/final-uk-srs...

Despite intermittent volatility around trade and geopolitics, global equities delivered a third consecutive year of double-digit gains in 2025. future.portfolio-adviser.com/late-cycle-d... #FundManager #Infrastructure #WasteManagement

St. James’s Place has announced a set of changes to its £13bn SJP Global Equity fund, including a new name and investment adviser. future.portfolio-adviser.com/st-jamess-pl... #PAFuture #SJP #InvestmentAdviser #EquityFund

Sustainability reporting will sit closer to the “core of financial and risk reporting”, after the UK’s department for business & trade published the final versions of the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS S1 and UK SRS S2) last week. future.portfolio-adviser.com/final-uk-srs...

Roughly 25% of Article 8 funds and 30% of Article 9 funds were deemed to be at risk of greenwashing, according to MainStreet Partners’ recent ESG & Sustainability Barometer. future.portfolio-adviser.com/a-quarter-of... #PAFuture #Funds #Greenwashing #MainstreetPartners #ESG

The case for sustainability-conscious investing – also known as ‘ESG’ – particularly in the energy transition, is less cyclical than it may seem. future.portfolio-adviser.com/sustainabili... #PAFuture #Sustainability #Investing #EnergyTransition

Schroders has updated its engagement strategy for 2026, introducing new cross-thematic focus areas, clearer distinctions between asset classes and enhanced tracking of engagement outcomes. future.portfolio-adviser.com/schroders-do... #PAFuture #Schroders #Stewardship #PrivateMarkets

New issuance of green, sustainable, sustainability-linked and transition bonds in Europe reached $464bn in 2025, on par with 2024. future.portfolio-adviser.com/europes-infr... #PAFuture #Infrastructure #SustainableFinance #GreenBonds

Quilter: 43% of investors unsure if they own a responsible fund future.portfolio-adviser.com/quilter-43-o... #PAFuture #Quilter #ResponsibleFunds

Ostrum Asset Management has hired Maud Pierre-Minuit as head of sustainable transitions. future.portfolio-adviser.com/ostrum-am-ap... #PAFuture #Sustainability #AssetManagement #NewHire #PeopleMoves

EdenTree Investment Management has renamed its fund range to reflect the adoption of labels under the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR). future.portfolio-adviser.com/edentree-ren... #PAFuture #EdenTreeInvestmentManagement #SDR #FundRange

Sustainable investing has had a sobering few years. For many investors, an initial foray into ESG integrated or sustainable focused funds coincided with Covid, then rising interest rates, and a sharp reversal in market leadership. future.portfolio-adviser.com/sustainable-...

The largest US asset managers are unlikely to rejoin the Net-Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM), which relaunched in January, according to Lindsey Stewart (pictured), director of institutional content at Morningstar. future.portfolio-adviser.com/us-asset-man...

Sophie Meatyard from MainStreet Partners discusses the much-needed clarity being brought to sustainable investing by regulation future.portfolio-adviser.com/msps-meatyar... #ESGratings #fundmanagement #fundlabels #sdr #Financialregulation #SFDR

Companies with higher exposure to climate risk are seeing their cost of capital increase by as much as 22 basis points, according to Bloomberg research. future.portfolio-adviser.com/bloomberg-co... #PAFuture #ClimateRisk #Research

‘Responsible’ does not mean the same thing to everyone, writes Dominic Rowles, Hargreaves Lansdown future.portfolio-adviser.com/hl-responsib... #PAFuture #HargreavesLansdown #ClimateChange #ESG #Biodiversity #Stocks #NuclearEnergy #ResponsibleInvestment

Signatories to the City Hive ACT have risen to 40, with firms representing £13trn in assets under management now signed up to the corporate culture framework. future.portfolio-adviser.com/city-hive-ac... #PAFuture #CityHive #CorporateCulture #AssetManagement #Investing

Engaging well before investment can have a profound impact future.portfolio-adviser.com/from-influen... #PAFuture #SustainableInvesting #FinancialPortfolio #Diversification

Big Issue Invest has announced Jenny Knott (pictured) as its new chair, replacing Mark Porter. future.portfolio-adviser.com/big-issue-in... #PAFuture #BigIssueInvest #PeopleMoves

Alquity Investment Management has teamed up with Ashmore on the groups’ respective foundation work to fund social projects in emerging markets and is urging other asset managers to get involved. future.portfolio-adviser.com/alquity-and-... #PAFuture #EmergingMarkets #AssetManagers #Funds

Lauran Halpin (pictured), former portfolio manager and head of impact equities at Martin Currie, has joined the CFA Institute as director of global inclusion. future.portfolio-adviser.com/cfa-institut... #PAFuture #PeopleMoves #Inclusion #MartinCurrie

Nordea, Sycomore Asset Management and Evenlode Investment were among the asset manager names recognised in the sixth ESG and Sustainability Champions by MainStreet Partners. future.portfolio-adviser.com/mainstreet-p... #PAFuture #MainstreetPartners #ESG #Sustainability #AssetManagers

The blue economy is at an inflection point, writes PwC Luxembourg’s Geoffroy Marcassoli future.portfolio-adviser.com/is-blue-the-... #PAFuture #BlueEconomy #PwC #Biodiversity

ESG ratings are “subjectively assessed and opaque” and need to be overhauled to focus on strategic and behavioural change rather than commitments and disclosure, according to research from Imperial College London. future.portfolio-adviser.com/bias-in-opaq... #PAFuture #ESG #DataResearch #FCA

The ESG backlash didn’t come out of nowhere. It was predictable and to some extent, the investment industry brought it on itself. future.portfolio-adviser.com/hls-rowles-t... #PAFuture #ESG #Investment #FCA #SDR #Regulation

Castlefield’s Ita M. on why investors can’t expect instant resolutions future.portfolio-adviser.com/conflict-min... #PAFuture #Minerals #InvestorEngagement #Stewardship

Advisers need to ensure portfolios are fit for purpose, writes Parmenion’s Shri Krishnansen future.portfolio-adviser.com/sustainable-... #PAFuture #Diversification #SustainableInvesting #FinancialPortfolios

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has written to the UK government calling for a review of the proposed shift in inflation indexation within the Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme. future.portfolio-adviser.com/aic-calls-on... #PAFuture #AIC #Inflation #Renewables #Investment

Advisers need to ensure portfolios are fit for purpose, writes Parmenion’s Shri Krishnansen future.portfolio-adviser.com/sustainable-... #PAFuture #Diversification #SustainableInvesting #FinancialPortfolios

Asset managers are continuing to make substantial investments into fossil fuel developers’ bond issuance. future.portfolio-adviser.com/asset-manage... #PAFuture #AssetManagers #ClimateRisk #Investors #FossilFuel

SDCL’s Lolita Jackson reports back from a positive Local Leaders Summit, also held in Brazil future.portfolio-adviser.com/cop30-may-ha... #PAFuture #COP30 #AI #DataCentres

SG ratings will become a regulated activity under the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) from June 2028 if new proposals are approved future.portfolio-adviser.com/fca-unveils-... #PAFuture #FCA #ESG #Regulation

Wrangling over the mention of fossil fuels provided much drama leading up to the COP30 final outcome. But for the world’s investors, the high-wire act of climate diplomacy was neither here nor there. future.portfolio-adviser.com/for-better-o... #PAFuture #COP30 #FossilFuels #Investors