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Director of group investments talks growth plans and challenges for SRI managers

Ecclesiastical Investment Management has rebranded to EdenTree Investment Management in an effort to emphasise its socially responsible investment offering.

Old Mutual Wealth has hired Jane Goodland from Towers Watson to head its responsible business efforts.

Shell's planned £47bn takeover of BG Group could present ethical funds with a new dilemma as it removes one of their largest potential investments.

Investment limits for Social Impact Tax Relief are to be trebled from £5m to £15m per company, Chancellor George Osborne announced in the Autumn Statement.

Sustainable investment is a growing trend in the UK market, which has the second-largest sustainable investment industry in the world, according to the UKSIF.

Going green with tougher environmental regulation

The water sector's rally has been led by defensives, but investors should now consider infrastructure and cyclical names, explains Spike Hughes from Cohesion Investments.

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