ESG Archives – IT Investor Exploring the world of investment trusts Wed, 01 Sep 2021 11:13:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-IT_icon-32x32.png ESG Archives – IT Investor 32 32 Acorn Income Jumps On The Sustainable Bandwagon https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/2021/05/acorn-income-jumps-on-the-sustainable-bandwagon/ https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/2021/05/acorn-income-jumps-on-the-sustainable-bandwagon/#comments Wed, 19 May 2021 09:55:20 +0000 https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/?p=5204 It was only a few weeks ago that I reviewed Acorn Income Fund after it announced a strategic review ahead of a continuation vote due later this year. There was a further update this week and I thought I’d do another article to help collect my thoughts. The plan is to replace the current managers… 

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]]> https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/2021/05/acorn-income-jumps-on-the-sustainable-bandwagon/feed/ 7 Keystone Positive Change: Profit And Purpose https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/2021/05/keystone-positive-change-profit-and-purpose/ https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/2021/05/keystone-positive-change-profit-and-purpose/#comments Wed, 05 May 2021 09:00:03 +0000 https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/?p=5139 Baillie Gifford’s newest investment trust, Keystone Positive Change, got off to a volatile start earlier this year but its managers have their eyes fixed firmly on the long term. Perhaps somewhat hastily, I took an initial stake in Keystone when it proposed the manager change in late 2020. I added a little more before the… 

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]]> https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/2021/05/keystone-positive-change-profit-and-purpose/feed/ 8 Keystone Positive Change: Baillie Gifford’s Latest Win https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/2020/12/keystone-positive-change-baillie-giffords-latest-win/ https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/2020/12/keystone-positive-change-baillie-giffords-latest-win/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:30:07 +0000 https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/?p=4637 Baillie Gifford’s plan for world domination continues. It has been put forward as the new manager of Keystone Investment Trust, which is set to adopt its ‘Positive Change’ investment philosophy. Investors seem to like the idea. The shares closed up 9% on the day the news was announced, having at one point been 16% higher.… 

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]]> https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/2020/12/keystone-positive-change-baillie-giffords-latest-win/feed/ 19 Impax Environmental Markets: More With Less https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/2019/08/impax-environmental-markets-more-with-less/ https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/2019/08/impax-environmental-markets-more-with-less/#comments Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:10:56 +0000 https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/?p=2763 Impax Environmental Markets is one of three funds in the AIC’s Environmental sector. It is both the largest (with assets of £600m) and the oldest (having launched in 2002). Diy investor (uk) bought this fund last October and it’s been on my list to write up since then. A little history While Impax Environmental dates… 

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