Tag Archives: ESG

How savers can change the world

Posted on March 26, 2020 by henry tapper

Direct involvement with the way your savings are invested I spent time (on Zoom)  with a young entrepreneur  whose business it is to get people to change the behaviours of companies they invest in. I won’t go into detail about … Continue reading →

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What do savers and pensioners say on climate change?

Posted on February 29, 2020 by henry tapper

  Three events have dominated my news this week The impact of Coronavirus on people, events and financial markets The ruling against Heathrow’s third runway interventions by the DWP to ensure schemes measure and mange their carbon footprint. The arguments … Continue reading →

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8.5m Nest members behind bid to buck-up Barclays

Posted on February 24, 2020 by henry tapper

  You may not know it, but you could just have become a stakeholder in how Barclays finances companies and in the process become a climate change activist. Share Action has co-ordinated a group of organisations , including NEST to … Continue reading →

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Time for pensions to act on climate change

Posted on February 21, 2020 by henry tapper

The DWP has written a letter to the Pensions Regulator telling it to set out its climate change strategy. The letter is a little awkward as it tries to shoehorn the need for this strategy into TPR’s core objectives.  It’s … Continue reading →

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Our right to dream of a fairer deal for older people.

Posted on February 16, 2020 by henry tapper

It’s been another brutal week in politics. I’m glad that the pensions team in place at the start of it – remain in place at the end of it.  I’m pleased  that Guy Opperman remains our pensions minister. As my … Continue reading →

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Now it’s a Pension “Green” Bill

Posted on February 12, 2020 by henry tapper

  The Government has introduced  radical new amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill  which allows it to force effective governance and disclosure of climate risk by occupational pensions schemes. What’s “radical” is that these amendments give the DWP the power … Continue reading →

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“Is the fund industry morally bankrupt?”

Posted on January 9, 2020 by henry tapper

It is 80 years since the United States set down the Investment Act that established four principles on which fund governance sits. Fund governance refers to a system of checks and balances and work performed by the governing body (board) of … Continue reading →

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Christmas cards and transparency

Posted on December 23, 2019 by henry tapper

It’s an unlikely chain of events that leads to us asking whether we should be buying charity Christmas cards from Tescos. It depended on a Florence Widdicombe, a six year old girl reporting to her Dad, her Dad reporting (via … Continue reading →

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Do we have to be told to save our planet?

Posted on December 21, 2019 by henry tapper

Do we have to be told? Share Action’s Master Trust survey starts with the question “IS REGULATION ENOUGH?” and through the 26 pages of Lauren Peacock’s survey that remains the key question. But there are secondary questions… Can we trust … Continue reading →

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Why the FCA cares about IGCs

Posted on December 20, 2019 by henry tapper

New powers for IGCs Slipped into the wash-up of consultation responses and Calls for Input published in the last full business week of 2019 was the FCA’s PS19/30 which substantially extends the role of IGCs IGCs currently provide independent oversight … Continue reading →

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