Featured in MoneyWeek: Look beyond Japan’s Olympic omnishambles

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

"Still, the long-term case for Japan is encouraging, says Simon Constable in The Wall Street Journal. The market was once shunned for its poor corporate governance, but reforms have forced Japan’s boardrooms to take shareholder value seriously. Schroders reports that the market’s average return on equity, a key gauge of profitability, has risen from 5% in 2013 to 6%-7% in 2019. That should spark more interest from global investors once the Olympics omnishambles has been sorted out."

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CityWire: Financiers should look beyond profit/loss to help save the planet

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Investors have long had a single focus: a searing eye on the bottom-line profit or loss in pounds and pence. Now, experts say change is needed in the financial sector if the world is to successfully tackle climate goals, experts told attendees at COP26. Read more here.

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CityWire: How the finance industry is essential to reaching climate goals

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Over a decade ago, taxpayers helped save the global financial system. Now the finance sector could repay the favour by helping save the planet, experts told attendees. Read more here.

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Featured in MoneyWeek: Investors lose faith in Brazil

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Featured in the November 5, 2021 edition of UK publication MoneyWeek.

"You would think that soaring energy, mineral and food prices would be good news for a commodity exporter such as Brazil, says Simon Constable in Barron’s."

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: Perhaps the fourth wave in Europe: & What's to be done?

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: After COP26, ESG investing and its unknowns

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

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WSJ: Environment and Climate-Focused Funds Dominate ESG Investing

By SIMON CONSTABLE

For funds focused on ESG (environmental, social and governance) principles, the “E” remains king as a magnet for investors. Read more here.

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