Your 2020 personal finance plan

The start of the year is the ideal time to overhaul your finances and make sure you’re not paying over the odds on outgoings such as mortgage and utilities bills, while also checking your savings and investments are on course to meet your medium- and long-term goals.
The future of food: Eat or be eaten

The food value chain is vital to the success of many economies and global financial markets, as well as sustainable development.
How airports are flying high: a social perspective

Holding airport bonds in our social strategies often raises questions. But aviation brings huge social and economic benefits, and is making great environmental strides.
Responsible Investment has become increasingly important for many asset owners, so what does 2019 hold?

At a time when demand for ESG integration is growing and confidence in the investment impacts of traditional ESG approaches remains high, data science offers the additional prospect of solving for the effective integration of meaningful non-financial analysis in investment, at scale and with global reach.
Air pollution: Sustainable development and investment opportunity

Air pollution is deleterious to human and ecosystem health, and there is a growing and important need to tackle it across the globe. But, via the adoption of a number of UN Sustainable Development Goals, there are a number of solutions which investors can support.
In Credit Weekly Snapshot

Our fixed income team provide their weekly snapshot of market events.
Tackling financial exclusion through the financial markets

We believe that tackling financial exclusion around the world is not just the right thing to do, it is something that will benefit economies and boost financial markets. More people entering the financial system will not only start up more businesses but also boost tax receipts.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals: A touchstone for today’s responsible investor?

Investors are increasingly seeking to understand and measure the wider consequences of where they allocate their capital. In this article, we look at how the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can help to inform investor choices.