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10 ways to minimise your tax bill

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10 ways to minimise your tax bill

Our top ten tips to reduce your tax bill. Including ensuring your tax code is correct and tax efficient disposal of a second property.

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Do ethical investment funds perform as well as conventional investment funds?

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Do ethical investment funds perform as well as conventional investment funds?

A look at the evidence of the performance of ethical investment funds compared to conventional investment funds.

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Q&A with Clare Brook of WHEB Asset Management

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Q&A with Clare Brook of WHEB Asset Management

Clare Brook has been a leading figure in the ethical and environmental investment sector for 20 years. Barchester’s John Ditchfield finds out more about the WHEB Sustainability Fund.

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Ethical funds: doing ‘what it says on the tin’

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Ethical funds: doing ‘what it says on the tin’

There are now more than 100 ethical and environmental funds to choose from. We look at the advantages and challenges of this growth.

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Zouk private equity fund exceeds fundraising target

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Zouk Capital, a UK investor, has announced a successful fundraising round for it’s latest cleantech fund.

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Food producers criticised over palm oil sourcing

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Food producers criticised over palm oil sourcing

Palm oil is a plantation crop extracted from the pulp of the oil palm. It is a highly versatile vegetable oil, which is grown in Asia, Africa and South America. However 85% of production currently comes from two countries: Indonesia …

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Barchester concludes investment review for UK Charity

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Barchester Green Investment recently concluded it’s review of the investment policies and procedures of a large UK Charity; Family Action.

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How will the crisis in Japan and North Africa impact on the renewable energy sector?

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The last six months have seen a sharply rising oil price as unrest within key oil-producing states has intensified. This, combined with dramatic and still unfolding news from Japan highlighting the huge dangers associated with nuclear power, is causing some managers to look closely at the potential for renewable energy stocks to advance through 2011.

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