Aviva Investors walks back ‘watch list’ pledge to ditch least green investments

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  U.S. Energy Secretary Pledges to Reverse Focus on Climate Change

  To applause from oil and gas executives, Chris Wright said natural gas was preferable to renewable energy and climate change was a “side effect of building the modern world.”
  
  The New York Times - 5d

• Wealth managers dump investment trust shares

  But retail investors buy into the troubled sector
  
  Financial Times - Mar. 8
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  Blackstone ditches Hipgnosis brand and renames $3bn music business ‘Recognition’

  Investment group with rights to songs by Shakira will be ‘fundamentally different’ under unified structure
  
  Financial Times - 5d

• ‘We don’t believe in the velvet rope:' One money manager is giving retail investors access to private credit. But is it worth it?

  The exchange-traded fund industry is looking to give retail investors more access to alternative investments including private credit.
  
  CNBC - Mar. 8

• David Sacks sold $200 million in crypto-related holdings before taking White House job, ethics memo says

  The White House memo revealed that AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks divested over $200 million in digital asset-related investments.
  
  CNBC - 2d
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  Chinese investors privately take stakes in Musk’s companies

  Asset managers have been promoting tech mogul’s ties to Donald Trump to lure capital to xAI, Neuralink and SpaceX
  
  Financial Times - Mar. 9
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  Trump Administration Claws Back $20 Billion in Climate Project Funds

  After the EPA announced the move, an advocacy group sued, saying the agency broke a contract that denied eight organizations money to address climate change.
  
  Inc. - 4d

• The stock market is wobbly. Is now a good time to change how much I invest?

  With markets falling in response to economic uncertainty as the Trump administration moves forward with a trade war, some investors are wondering if they should keep investing in the stock market ...
  
  MarketWatch - 4d

• UK minister in ‘active discussions’ with pension funds to invest more in private markets

  Torsten Bell says government is ‘encouraging, not instigating’ investment in wider range of assets
  
  Financial Times - 5d

More from Financial Times

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  FCA to ban Crispin Odey from financial services industry

  Odey has said he will challenge the decision through the courts
  
  Financial Times - 1h
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  How Jack Ma’s pivot to AI rehabilitated Alibaba

  The Chinese tech giant is establishing a lead in a fiercely competitive sector, and its billionaire founder is back in favour
  
  Financial Times - 10h
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  How Trump could destroy his own political movement

  The US president and his followers are entering new and dangerous territory
  
  Financial Times - 3h
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  What should Reeves and Starmer say and do next?

  The government needs to view the hard times coming upon us as an opportunity, as well as a crisis
  
  Financial Times - 10h
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  Thames Water wins approval for controversial £3bn creditor loan

  Judges rule deal can go ahead with only a small change to releases freeing directors from future litigation
  
  Financial Times - 3h

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  Forever 21 blamed its second bankruptcy on rising competition from upstarts like Shein and Temu and their use of the de minimis exemption, a trade law loophole.
  
  CNBC - 12m

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  CNBC - 14m

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  MarketWatch - 15m

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  “They have spent thousands of dollars taking month-long earthship-building classes.”
  
  MarketWatch - 17m
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  Tensions grow over UK government plan to cut welfare payments

  Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall prepares to slash spending on health-related benefits
  
  Financial Times - 22m