UKSIF Leadership Podcast

We are delighted to have released our report on implementing the FCA’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labels rules (the ‘SDR package’), in collaboration with PwC.

Liza Hartley and Oscar Warwick Thompson are joined by Mark Manning to discuss the UK financial services sector and what needs to be done to drive private capital into the UK.

You can find the UKSIF report that we discuss ⁠⁠⁠here.⁠⁠⁠

Liza Hartley and Oscar Warwick Thompson are joined by Ben Nelmes, Chief Executive at New AutoMotive to discuss the UK transport sector and what it needs to succeed.

You can find the UKSIF report that we discuss ⁠⁠here.⁠⁠

Liza Hartley and James Alexander are joined by Kane Emerson, Head of Housing at the YIMBY Alliance to discuss the UK housing sector and what it needs to succeed.

You can find the UKSIF report that we discuss ⁠here.⁠

Liza Hartley and James Alexander are joined by Emma Pinchbeck, the Chief Executive of Energy UK to discuss the UK energy sector and what it needs to succeed.

You can find the UKSIF report that we discuss here.

Before we all wrap up for 2023, we wanted to publish this excellent conversation on whether sustainable investing can deliver strong returns over the long term.

Sally chats with Martyn Jones from Liontrust Asset Management to find out what's going on in the industry. They discuss the cause of the underperformance over the past 2 years in some sustainable investment strategies, how sustainable investing will hold up in the long term, opportunities in the market and much much more.

Please note: This podcast is for professional investors only and should not be construed as financial advice.

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Oscar and James give a summary of the FCA's SDR policy statement that was launched today.

Oscar talks to Claudia Chapman, the Head of Stewardship for the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), about her secondment to the FCA, the UK stewardship code, SDR, the future of voting and much much more.

Sally is joined on this episode by Jess Henry, Senior Research Analyst within Man Group's Responsible Investment team.

Ahead of Alternative Investment Week on 22nd June, they are diving into why these financial mechanisms have been ignored in sustainability for so long, why they're gaining attention now, how they can be used going forward and what the regulatory landscape is looking like. The article Jess refers to can be found here.

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On this episode of the UKSIF Leadership Podcast, Oscar chats with Katherine Annand about green mortgages, from motivating uptake, the benefits they have and the role of retrofitting.

The Spring Conference 2023 was kindly sponsored by Scottish Widows.

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