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Three of the biggest asset managers, BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street, are still voting against most shareholder motions on climate change, human rights and other sustainability issues, despite their insistence that they take environmental and social matters seriously. Often their ‘no’ votes are decisive in blocking resolutions — even though most are only asking for better disclosure. -
France and Germany will end up as the largest countries in the EU's capital markets after Brexit, including in primary equity and debt markets, according to new research from the think tank New Financial.
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Felix Fletcher has joined Investec’s power and infrastructure finance team as a senior coverage banker, originating for lending and advisory business across the group.
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Three of France’s best known entrepreneurs have partnered up to launch a special purpose acquisition vehicle (Spac) on the French stock exchange, which is seeking to invest in organic and sustainable consumer goods. The deal has made a fast start on its first day of book building.
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Veteran equity analyst and forensic accountant Steve Clapham believes it is stories that drive investment decisions and seldom cold analysis of financial accounts. But he believes it is hard to find a company which isn’t engaged in some level of financial wrongdoing and argues that auditors are blind to it, wilfully or otherwise.
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The first move has been made to consolidate the alphabet soup of industry bodies that try to raise standards in corporate reporting on environmental, social and governance issues — an essential feedstock for responsible investing. More mergers are likely as the private sector races to strengthen its influence before regulators take control.
