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Latest acquisition to boost the ethical investment market

By Arabella Murphy, Worldwise Investor on 20 March 2013 Market News

Royal London strikes a deal worth £220m for Co-op's life insurance and asset management arms, including the takeover of 5 sustainable screened funds, enhancing its offerings in the socially responsible investment market.

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UK | Ethical

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Behind the Fund: Schroder Global Climate Change Fund

By Arabella Murphy, Worldwise Investor on 29 January 2013 Fund News

Simon Webber, Fund Manager of the Schroder Global Climate Change Fund tells us that efforts to tackle climate change will be the next industrial revolution and that investors can tap into this trend.

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Global | Multi-thematic | Schroder

Marlborough close Malborough Ethical Fund

By Arabella Murphy, Worldwise Investor on 23 January 2013 Fund News

The Malborough Ethical Fund was launched on 21st October 2005 and after 8 years Malborough have announced that they will close the fund on the 31st January 2013 and recommend investors seek financial advice.

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Feeding the world: the crisis, risks and opportunities.

By Arabella Murphy, Worldwise Investor on 22 January 2013 Thematic News

The Food and Agriculture organisation estimates that $83 billion per annum needs to be spent over the next 30 to 40 years in order to actually meet the population’s food requirements by 2050. But the need for solutions that are both sustainable and ethical is increasingly required. We ask Ecclesiastical Invesment Management how they see the future of investing in such solutions and why...

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Global | Agriculture | Ecclesiastical

Watch the video: 2012 Climate Change and Ethical Investment Awards

By Arabella Murphy, Worldwise Investor on 22 January 2013

Watch the video of the 2012 Climate Change and Ethical Investment Awards and get an insight into predictions for the coming year.

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Behind the Fund: IM WHEB Sustainability Fund

By Arabella Murphy, Worldwise Investor on 22 January 2013 Fund News

We caught up with Clare Brook (pictured right of photo), founding partner of WHEB Asset Management to find out about new developments in the fund and why it's a good investment.

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Global | Multi-thematic | WHEB

Sustainability 'megaforces' impact on business will accelerate

By Arabella Murphy, Worldwise Investor on 14 January 2013

The resources on which business relies are becoming more difficult to access and more costly. Changing patterns of economic growth and wealth are likely to strain infrastructure and natural systems. The unpredictable results of a changing climate will affect physical assets and supply chains and businesses can expect an ever more complex web of sustainability legislation and fiscal instruments.

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Global | Multi-thematic

Fracking for shale gas gets the go ahead

By Arabella Murphy, Worldwise Investor on 13 December 2012

$hydraulic fracking$

The controversial practice of fracking for shale gas has now been given the green light by the government.

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Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!

By Arabella Murphy, Worldwise Investor on 12 December 2012

To all our readers, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!

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Triodos Bank tops survey of online savings accounts and it's ethical too!

By Arabella Murphy, Worldwise Investor on 30 October 2012 Thematic News

At a rate of 2.5% for an online savings account Triodos, with its ethical mandate, is currently as competitive as most of the main stream banks, such as ING, Santander and Nationwide. The account has a minimum of £1 and no notice period according to moneyfacts. Why wouldn't you go ethical?

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UK | Ethical

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