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Wednesday, October 28
Monday, October 26
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Julian Parrott
on Mon 26 Oct 2009 12:00 GMT
Isa allowance rising to £10,200
In the Budget in March, the chancellor announced a rise in the Isa ... more » Sunday, October 25
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Julian Parrott
on Sun 25 Oct 2009 21:17 GMT
Ask the Ethical Experts As part of the programme of events for National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW) 8th... more »
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Julian Parrott
on Sun 25 Oct 2009 21:09 GMT
Apologies to anyone who's checked the blog over the past few months - we've been a bit pre-occupied with other ... more » Wednesday, June 10
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Julian Parrott
on Wed 10 Jun 2009 06:00 BST
UKSIF, the organisers behind last years successful event are pleased to announce the dates of National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW) ... more » Saturday, June 6
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Julian Parrott
on Sat 06 Jun 2009 09:00 BST
For those of you that are resident in the Edinburgh and Glasgow areas, I recommend that you keep a look ... more » Monday, June 1
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Julian Parrott
on Mon 01 Jun 2009 13:00 BST
Commenting in an article for Citywire magazine, ethical fund manager, Mike Fox has cited Barack Obamas recent green stimulus package as ... more » Thursday, May 28
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Julian Parrott
on Thu 28 May 2009 16:27 BST
The Ethical Investment Association is to host its summer conference in Scotland for the first time this year. The EIA ... more » Wednesday, May 27
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Julian Parrott
on Wed 27 May 2009 15:26 BST
On 26th May, Friends Provident announced further details regarding the next phase of the process of demerging ... more » Monday, April 6
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Julian Parrott
on Mon 06 Apr 2009 09:00 BST
Well, you make them at the new calendar year, so why not make a few now? Here's a few suggestions:-... more » Friday, April 3
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Julian Parrott
on Fri 03 Apr 2009 19:05 BST
In these times of million pound bonuses to directors of ailing banks, it nice to hear a good news story ... more » Wednesday, April 1
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Julian Parrott
on Wed 01 Apr 2009 18:54 BST
Countless column inches have been written in recent months about the impacts of the current fiancial crisis on the future ... more » Friday, March 20
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Julian Parrott
on Fri 20 Mar 2009 12:27 GMT
In our autumn newsletter we quoted the words of Franklin D Roosevelt, that “the only thing we have to fear ... more » Friday, January 2
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Julian Parrott
on Fri 02 Jan 2009 17:37 GMT
The team at ethicalfutures would like to wish you a Happy New Year and all the best for 2009. After ... more » Thursday, December 4
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Julian Parrott
on Thu 04 Dec 2008 11:50 GMT
As part of our professional development and involvement in the ethical investment arena, ethicalfutures are members of the Ethical Investment ... more » Saturday, November 1
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Julian Parrott
on Sat 01 Nov 2008 16:40 GMT
The latest edition of ethicalfutures news, the ethical futures newsletter is now out and a PDF copy is attached ... more » Monday, September 8
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Julian Parrott
on Mon 08 Sep 2008 13:02 BST
Our newest recruit - Gaby Gryzb - writes about the ethicalfutures summer awayday.
One thing I’ve learnt in my ... more » Thursday, June 5
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Julian Parrott
on Thu 05 Jun 2008 17:27 BST
Once again, ethicalfutures have been approached as leading commentators on ethical investment issues in Scotland. Attached are two article from ... more » Friday, May 23
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Julian Parrott
on Fri 23 May 2008 08:00 BST
Attached to this post is the first in an occasional series of newsletters for our clients. We want to try ... more » Thursday, May 22
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Julian Parrott
on Thu 22 May 2008 17:20 BST
‘MY GENERATION’ TO DRIVE NEW AGE OF MORALITY WITH SOCIAL SPENDING, SAY Teenagers vow to use spending ... more » Tuesday, May 20
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Julian Parrott
on Tue 20 May 2008 09:54 BST
Thanks very much to John Pearce, a client of ethicalfutures, who featured as a 'case study' in this article in the Herald ... more »
Monday, May 19
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Julian Parrott
on Mon 19 May 2008 16:09 BST
That was hard work but fun - lots of interesting questions posted today as part of the Guardians contribution to ... more » Sunday, May 18
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Julian Parrott
on Sun 18 May 2008 11:05 BST
As part of the National Ethical Investment Week, the Guardian website is hosting an ethical investment clinic. Julian Parrott, a partner ... more » Thursday, May 1
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Julian Parrott
on Thu 01 May 2008 15:22 BST
ethicalfutures are delighted to be involved with the first ever National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW). The NEIW will ... more » Tuesday, March 18
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Julian Parrott
on Tue 18 Mar 2008 15:30 GMT
From time to time, a really interesting investment comes along that aims to do something a bit different. Africa Invest ... more » Monday, February 11
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Julian Parrott
on Mon 11 Feb 2008 20:20 GMT
Watch out, there’s a green bandwagon trundling along and it’s coming your way. A couple of years ago, you ... more »
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Julian Parrott
on Mon 11 Feb 2008 19:30 GMT
Following consultation with their investors, Standard Life have decided to exclude airlines from their list of eligible investments for the ... more » Monday, January 28
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Julian Parrott
on Mon 28 Jan 2008 19:22 GMT
Attached is an article about ethical investment which appeared in the Scotsman 26th January 2008. Julian Parrott, Partner in ethicalfutures is ... more »
Tuesday, January 15
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Julian Parrott
on Tue 15 Jan 2008 10:20 GMT
All the best for an ethicalfuture in 2008 more »Wednesday, December 26
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Julian Parrott
on Wed 26 Dec 2007 10:00 GMT
On December 22nd 2002 Joe Strummer, the inspirational lead singe of punk group the Clash and arguably spokesman for a generation, died of a congenital heart defect. For some time, I have been meaning to visit the tree plantation, Rebel Wood in Orbost, Isle of Skye, that was dedicated to Joe on his death by Future Forests the Carbon Offsetting company that Joe helped to seed fund following one of his infamous ‘campfires’ at Glastonbury Festival. Visitors to our office will know that I have a number of trees in that wood and readers of my biog (on the website) will know of my political inspiration brought about by The Clash and punk rock. It seemed fitting therefore, to take a few days out form the late festive rush to visit Skye, see Rebel Wood and the area that Joe’s maternal ancestors hailed from. As with many things Joe was a bit contradictory on matters ecological, developing a keen interest in the issues of global warming but still delighting in cruising in his ’55 Cadillac when in LA or jetting the world on tours. I’ve read a lot about him and seen him many times and realise that, whilst he might have fallen down on detail, he genuinely believed that his actions had some positive purpose; in essence he tried to walk it like he talked it. Carbon offsetting is of course a bit of an ecological hot potato. Understandably, there is a concern of the rich West failing to address it energy habits and simply buying off the ‘unused credits’ of poor developing countries. Not unreasonably, certain industries the media and music business in particular have had ‘green wash’ criticisms leveled at them indeed, even Future Forests, the owners of Rebel Wood have been adcused of sharp practice;(http://www.robedwards.com/2007/02/from_sunday_her.html ). For me personally, I still see it as a relevant part of the overall mix in measures to tackle climate change. There is obviously a need to tackle behavior and I think that managing behaviour and consumption are far more important but there is certainly a growing market in carbon offset and climate change issues in particular and this is of relevance to the ethical investor. The issues are becoming such a market buzz that there has been a bit of a rash of new fund launches recently; all of this come under the broad banner of ‘Climate Change Funds’ which are basically offering investment in a range of climate change related technologies as well as carbon offset. We are still looking at these and think that many are a bit of bandwagon jumping – but if and when we find something of interest, we’ll let you know. For now, I can report that Rebel's Wood is doing its job, growing Scottish native deciduous trees slowly and steadily in a beautiful location and marking the life of a truly inspirational man…………………..and yes, I did offset the trip! Saturday, December 15
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Julian Parrott
on Sat 15 Dec 2007 09:37 GMT
Congratulations to our adviser Martin Wight on passing his exam on Equity Release Mortgages. At ethicalfutures we are keen to improve the standard and range of our advice and so we are committed to ‘continuing professional development’ to make sure we keep up to pace with current market developments. With the increase of property values and the squeeze on retirement pensions, one of the growth areas in financial advice of recent years has been ‘Equity Release’. This covers a range of products but essentially relates to a mortgage or similar arrangement which allows you to release some of the capital value of your home, to spend as you like, whilst deferring repayment of the loan capital (and possibly the interest as well) until sale of your home. It’s a complicated area of advice and not one to take lightly but it does have an important role to play in advising elderly clients who are property rich but cash poor or possibly those who are keen to look at an alternative estate planning option. Quite rightly, there is now increasing pressure from regulators to ensure that advisers have adequate knowledge of this subject. One of the key qualifications in this area is the Equity Release qualification offered by the Chartered Insurance Institute. Having now completed and passed this exam, Martin is now licensed to advise on the important subject. Wednesday, November 28
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Julian Parrott
on Wed 28 Nov 2007 14:32 GMT
In 2002 I was asked by the People & Planet group at Edinburgh University to help with their campaign to ... more »
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Julian Parrott
on Wed 28 Nov 2007 14:00 GMT
We are delighted to announce that Julian Parrott, a partner in ethicalfutures, has been awarded the prestigious title of Money ... more »
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Julian Parrott
on Wed 28 Nov 2007 11:22 CET
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