Climate Change

HOW TO INVEST IN CLEANTECH

THE BIG QUESTION

Pictet and Impax were jointly named Group of the Year at the third annual IW Climate Change Investment Awards yesterday.

Mark Hoskin, managing partner at Holden & Partners, identifies three high performing funds from the firm's 2010 Guide to Climate Change & Ethical Investing (available at www.holden-partners.co.uk) that may be be suitable for all investors.

Osmosis Investment Management has announced its climate solutions ETF is now quoted in sterling as well as US dollars on the London Stock Exchange.

FUND MANAGER FOCUS

The after-effects of the credit crunch combined with a lacklustre UN Climate Change Conference have led the BlackRock New Energy trust to underperform, its managers say.

Six months on from the UN Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, climate change-related shares look likely to remain at depressed levels, managers say, at least in the short term.

Henderson SRI manager says expectations of Copenhagen summit were unrealistic

Schroders'Simon Webber is planning to increase exposure to renewable stocks believing prices are about to reach rock bottom.