Hello, so glad you made it! I’m Christine, a journalist and mindfulness teacher and Dorset resident. I’ve launched this project so people…
PA Future: Climate litigation strategy targets reputational harm
UKSIF panel hears how winning climate litigation isn’t always the end game for NGOs
PA Future: Vanguard’s own goal: Carbon-heavy holdings and $3trn climate risk
Think tank Universal Owner claims asset manager is doing harm to the market on which it depends
Dorset Living: Find your inner calm with mindfulness
If 2020 taught us anything it’s to expect the unexpected. That can make it hard to look ahead with the…
Medium: Mindfulness tips from Love Island and Kimmy Schmidt
Discussing life’s challenges with my friend a while ago she said, ‘Well Christine, it’s like they say on Love Island…’…
New Model Adviser: Fossil fuels are stuck in the mud
There are £214.3bn of assets exposed to fossil fuels in the UK investment market – £321.2bn if you include exchange-traded…
New Model Adviser: Time is running out, all investments need to be sustainable
Good Money Week starts on 5 October. At the same time, Extinction Rebellion will be on the streets of London calling…
New Model Adviser: IFAs warned on ‘stupid’ fossil fuel investment
‘Stupid’ was how technology and trends expert Mark Stevenson described investing in fossil fuels when he spoke to advisers at a Citywire event…
New Model Adviser: The awkward tension of running ESG strategies at traditional fund firms
In many fund houses, just down the corridor from where a new sustainable fund is being run, you will find…
Money Marketing: Aberdeen launches investment trust to ‘democratise’ sustainable finance
Aberdeen Standard Investments will soon make an initial public offering for an investment trust it says will transform sustainable finance. ASI has…
New Model Adviser: Good Money Week: The best ethical funds go further than E, S or G
Behind the touchy-feely side of ethical investing lies a minefield of rapidly evolving vocabulary and processes. Which processes elevate it…
Money Marketing: Will a new benchmark set the standard for ethical investing?
A new benchmarking initiative is due to launch later this month attempting to boost trust in ethical investing. Many still…
Medium: Pants, petitions and protests: Chope’s sleepy town just got loud
For years tense, silent political melees have been fought on the pristine streets of the little seaside town I…
FT Adviser: Government wins £263bn pension investment case
The government has won a legal challenge to force some schemes to invest in line with UK foreign and defence…
Good With Money: How to make companies act better? Pick up the phone
Dirty Fashion is a sickening read. Companies in the fashion industry supply chain are guilty of some atrocious crimes against the…
Good With Money: How to make your workplace pension an ethical one
Auto enrolment means your workplace pension contributions are now taken care of automatically- hurrah! That makes life easier. Unfortunately though,…
New Model Adviser: Cold called investors left high and dry by £3m wind farm scheme
Investors in a multi-million pound wind farm project are crying foul after the company running the scheme was put into…
Good With Money: Confessions of an emotional spender turned money expert
If you find your spending habits problematic, it might be worth looking at the emotional drivers behind them. Just like…
New Model Adviser: ‘Smash the patriarchy’: female IFAs debate profession’s problems
Even successful women in advice are feeling like ‘imposters’, and the profession’s gender imbalance is still creating an ‘intimidating’ atmosphere…
New Model Adviser podcast: ‘IFAs are volunteering clients for losses’: don’t ignore sustainable investment
‘How much blood do you like on your hands?’ asks Ed Gillespie, co-founder of Futerra, in this episode of the New…