Investment

Asset managers around the world are keeping a close eye on developing events in the Middle East, as US and Israeli strikes on Iran have already spiked global volatility. A series of...

The Green Party won its first ever Westminster by-election victory in Gorton and Denton, after facing off competition from Labour and the Reform Party. Hannah Spencer’s high-profile win has warranted a wider...

William Jackson has been appointed as an independent director to the board of infrastructure specialists IFM Investors. IFM Investors is owned by 15 Australian ‘superannuation’ pension schemes, and in 2025 Nest became...

Market trends such as artificial intelligence and geopolitical fragmentation have created economic uncertainty to which pension funds must adapt, according to findings by US manager BlackRock. BlackRock is by a margin the...

The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative has formally relaunched, although the move has revealed that large asset managers have since left the already floundering organization. NZAM relaunched with a public statement from...

Private markets continued to deliver insipid performance in the third quarter of 2025, with returns dwarfed by those seen in buoyant global equity markets, according to the latest data from PitchBook. According...

The Investment Consultants Sustainability Working Group (ICSWG) has launched a new tool designed to assess both the voting practices and engagement activity carried out by asset managers.  The ICSWG says this should...

The war in Ukraine and  geopolitical uncertainties have resulted in a significant shift in investor attitudes towards defence and armament stocks.  The latest sustainability survey by Hargreaves Lansdown shows that only 27...

Isio has promoted Ajith Nair, John McAleer and Samantha Coombes to be partners within the firm as it looks to further develop its integrated advisory and investment capabilities. The promotions follow a...

Schroders has accepted a £9.9bn acquisition offer from US investment giant Nuveen, to create one of the world’s largest asset management groups.  This takeover will end more than 200 years of family...