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Sustainability

Carl Icahn’s McDonalds move highlights ESG risks for investors

Many investors will welcome Carl Icahn’s attempt to force the board of McDonalds to change its policy on cruelty in pig farming. Jeremy Coller, founder and chair of the FAIRR Initiative,argues slow movement on gestation crates is as much an investment risk as it is an issue of animal welfare.

Amanda WhiteMarch 10, 2022

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Worlds colliding

The debate about the effect of pay inequality on both the financial and real-world markets is about to get a whole lot hotter this year.

Amanda WhiteJanuary 22, 2016

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Siguler: buy good quality companies

As the world and companies globalise, George Siguler, managing director and founding partner of private equity firm, Siguler Guff, has a simple recommendation for investors. “My recommendation for stock investors is to look at great global companies,” he says. “Look at companies like Johnson and Johnson, Unilever or Boeing. They all have great balance sheets […]

Amanda WhiteApril 5, 2013

Investor Profile

Methodist morality delivers mainstream returns

When John Wesley, the 18th century Anglican cleric, preached that business practices should not harm one’s neighbour, he never imagined that his principles would guide the global investment strategy of an $18.4-billion pension fund. Today, the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits of the United Methodist Church, based in Chicago, ranks as one of […]

Richard TomlinsonFebruary 1, 2013