Blowing the whistle on ESG

The French Revolution was a bloody fight for liberty, equality and fraternity. But it was also a battle over money.In part 1 of our series on the French Revolution, host Robin Wigglesworth explores the revolution’s economic origins with Rebecca Spang, historian and author of Stuf ...  Show more

The first world war was one of the deadliest conflicts the world has ever seen. And when the US entered the war in 1917, it faced a massive financial challenge: how to pay for its contribution? Enter Treasury Secretary William McAdoo who launches the groundbreaking Liberty Loan P ...  Show more

Financial News’s ESG and careers correspondent Kristen McGachey talks with Desiree Fixler, former head of sustainability at DWS, and Tariq Fancy, founder of The Rumie Initiative and ex-BlackRock exec, about the anti-ESG backlash in the US and whether this could happen in the UK a ...  Show more

The head of EY’s US business quit the Big Four accounting firm after a power struggle with its global boss, and German police raided DWS and Deutsche Bank offices over allegations DWS misrepresented green investments. Plus, Hungary’s autocratic prime minister is trying to buil ...

Environmental, social and governance rules have come under additional pressure since the election of Donald Trump as US President. American businesses have also called for the European Union to roll back its ESG regulations, and France and Germany have indicated they want changes ...  Show more

ESG funds - which claim to promote environmental, social and corporate governance best practice - are all the rage. But are investors being taken for an expensive ride?Ed Butler speaks to one man with his doubts - Tariq Fancy, who used to be in charge of sustainability investing ...  Show more