Articles by Peter Michaelis, Head of Sustainable Investment team, Liontrust
Peter Michaelis, Head of Sustainable Investment team, Liontrust
Peter Michaelis joined Liontrust in April 2017 following the acquisition of Alliance Trust Investments, where he was Head of Investment. Peter has been managing money in Sustainable and Responsible Investment for over 19 years. After completing a PhD in Environmental Economics, Peter started his career working for the Steel Construction Institute as an Environmental Engineer. He then moved to Henderson Global Investors where he was able to use his experience as a Sustainable and Responsible Investment Analyst and Assistant Portfolio Manager. In 2001 he moved to Aviva Investors, where he was promoted to lead Portfolio Manager on a number of its Sustainable and Responsible Investment funds, before being made Head of Sustainable and Responsible Investment.
Continuing to fight the fashion revolution
Dec 08, 2020
Since the launch of the Sustainable Future (SF) funds in 2001, the view has always been that unsafe and degrading working practices make no business, common or investment sense.
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Building better cities: from Los Angeles to Copenhagen
Nov 09, 2020
Rising urbanisation, in broad terms, has been a demographic talking point for years but today, around half of us (55%) around the world live in cities. By 2050 this proportion is expected to reach as high as 68%.
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