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Maria Municchi on the fight against modern slavery and the Just Transition

In this latest Podcast  Maria Municchi, Fund Manager at M&G, discusses the influence COP26 has had on the investment industry, the just transition and the strongest opportunities in the sustainable investment world.

Revolutionising Agriculture: Regenerate Ventures

We spoke to Paul Rous, Managing Director of Regenerate Ventures, about the opportunities in AgriTech. 

Does Smoothed Investment Mitigate Emotional Rollercoaster?

We Spoke to Paul Fidell, Senior Business Development Manager at Pru, about Pru's Smoothed Investment Fund and what benefits it provides to investors. 

If Omicron’s over, can we expect an Experience Economy Boom?

Harry Heartfield, Founder of Edition Capital, talks about Omicron and its impact on the experience economy. 

What are Donor Advised Funds?

We spoke to Lyn Tomlinson, Head of Impact & Philanthropy at Cazenove Capital, to discuss donor advised funds. 

A donor advised fund account is a philanthropic fund established under a charity, that administers the fund to benefit specific causes on behalf of a donor.

These are very popular in the United States, but less so in the UK, so Lyn explains why. 

We also discuss the growing client demand for impact investing in a balanced portfolio, in the shadow of COP26 and ESG regulation. 

The Fall and Rise of Structured Products

Ian Lowes, the founder of Structured Products Review, speaks about why the pre-packaged investment strategy is so misunderstood, and how so many advisers and clients often miss-out on great returns. 

In this episode we discuss the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Investec leaving the market, and the technical detail explaining the opportunity within the FTSE Order Call. 

Getting past quotas, why Diversity requires Inclusion

In this Episode we spoke to Steve Butler, he is CEO of Punter Southall Aspire, and author of Inclusive Culture: Leading change across organisations and industries.

Steve practices what he preaches and explains to us how SME's can help move the dial on diversity and inclusion in the finance industry.

 

COP26 Daily Briefing: Day 12

In our final daily briefing we spoke to Catriona McInally Investment Business Development Manager at Pru, to get her thoughts on the whole event on its closing day. 

We spoke about the role of advisers and investors in helping to make the green transition. 

COP26 Daily Briefing: Day 11

Today was Cities, Regions and Built Environment Day in Glasgow, with presentations on building materials, urban development and sponge cities. We spoke to Angus Parker who is the Global Equity Portfolio Manager at HSBC Asset Management, to get his insight on the days developments. 

Following the announcement of an unexpected US-China declaration that vowed to boost climate co-operation, Alok Sharma still admitted today, “we are not there yet on the most critical issues.”

However Angus, like our previous guest Randeep, remains optimistic about the outcomes of COP26. 

COP26 Daily Briefing: Day 10

Today we spoke to Randeep Somel who is the Portfolio Manager for M&G's Climate Solutions Fund.

It is transport day at COP26, and with many major announcements in this area of 'hard to abate emissions.'  Randeep gives us a rundown on the pledges on transport and what John Kerry has been saying about coal and carbon taxes. 

Randeep's work on M&G's Climate Solutions Fund gives him a real insight into how certain innovations are making a big impact and why there are many reasons to see Cop26, and the global battle against climate change, positively.