Financial Insight

In our second day round up we talk to Jonathon Spanos, who heads up Venture Investment for Vala Capital. 

Jonathon touches on much of the big news of the day, namely the pledges to the reduction of Methane and ending deforestation. 

Digging into Jonathon's expertise our conversation led into the role of tech transparency in achieving the aim of deforestation and climate neutral supply chains. 

Moreover we discussed the important role of innovative tech focussed companies in achieving many of the lofty pledges made by world leaders. 

In the first of Financial Insight's Daily Cop briefings Vince Smith-Hughes, Director Specialist for Business Support at Pru UK, gives us the run down on what to expect from the next two weeks, and what the early signals are for the adviser industry. 

In this absorbing episode of Financial Insight, Andrew Smith an esteemed Blue Economy advocate details why the Blue Economy is so appealing to investors, and what exactly it is. 

Andrew is the founder and CEO of Deja Blue Consulting, and has worked tirelessly with the United Nations and FANBEST to promote the Blue Economy and its potential for both impact and returns. 

In this fascinating discussion Henry Boucher, Partner of Sarasin, discusses Greenwashing in the ESG investment industry. 

Following the Paris Climate Agreement, private investment has been placed front and centre to help solve the climate crisis - but are investors doing everything they might be to help?

Henry started his career in fund management in 1983. He is Chairman of the Sarasin & Partners Investment Strategy Group, Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Fund Strategist for the specialist thematic Food and Agriculture Opportunities strategy.

Sir Steve Webb was Pensions Minister from 2010 - 2015 and currently sits as a partner with Lane Clark & Peacock LLP (LCP). 

In this insightful episode Steve talks about the recent news of state pension under payments to women, pension freedoms (something Steve helped to introduce as Pensions Minister), and the recent report on DB Pension advice carried out by LCP. 

In our inaugural weekly podcast Pete Wilson talks to Russell Andrews, Global Head of Advice Solutions, Asset Management Distribution at SEI about the evolving role a fiduciary for a generation where investment advice is much more likely to come from Tik Tok than a certified adviser. 

In this inaugural episode of the Wealth DFM podcast Howie Li and Lee discuss everything Fixed Income.