All articles by Christopher Walker – Page 2

  • Stefanie Drews Nikko AM
    Interviews

    Nikko Asset Management: Complex, creative thinking

    April 2023 (Magazine)

    Stefanie Drews is at home with complexity. She speaks several languages fluently, including Japanese, and tells us she still does her maths in Italian. 

  • Hanneke Smits - Global Chair of 30% Club
    Interviews

    Interview: Hanneke Smits of BNY Mellon IM on diversity

    April 2023 (Magazine)

    The 30% Club started in the UK in 2010 with the ambition to raise female board representation to 30%. It is largely run as a network of volunteers, so new chair Hanneke Smits stresses the importance of having the backing of her “day job” at BNY Mellon Investment Management, where she is CEO. The investment firm was an early supporter of the club, which was co-founded by Helena Morrissey, then CEO of Newton (part of the BNY stable). 

  • Ian Simm 2
    Interviews

    Impax rides the sustainability wave

    February 2023 (Magazine)

    One investment analyst sums up Impax Asset Management as a “pure sustainability play”. And certainly, according to founder and CEO Ian Simm, the core thesis of Impax is to “make the most of the investment opportunities offered by the transition to a more sustainable economy”. These are “on the scale of the Industrial Revolution”, Simm believes.

  • Vontobel graphic
    Special Report

    ESG: Will Scope 3 lead to a tech exodus in public markets?

    November 2022 (Magazine)

    Could the roll out of Scope 3 reporting bring ESG funds’ love affair with tech to an abrupt end?

  • Historical global CO2 emissions since 2000
    Special Report

    Consigning fossil fuels to the past

    May 2022 (Magazine)

    How are asset managers supporting the shift away from fossil fuels in energy intensive sectors?

  • Tord-Stallvik-HR-0060
    Features

    Strategically speaking interview: Redwheel’s new CEO

    April 2022 (Magazine)

    Last August, RWC Partner’s chief executive Dan Mannix left the company, and the head of business development, Tord Stallvik took over. Soon afterwards, the company rebranded as Redwheel – RWC was an acronym for Red Wheel Capital.