Sustainability in focus
Rapid water consumption caused by population growth in emerging markets is creating opportunities to invest in water-based companies.
The water sector's rally has been led by defensives, but investors should now consider infrastructure and cyclical names, explains Spike Hughes from Cohesion Investments.
The steady eddie water utility stocks should have been casualties of the improving economy. But this sector has outperformed the All-Share so far this year. Rathbones' Alan Dobbie explores this 'intriguing' performance.
Former Treasury minister Paul Myners has joined the board of the Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities investment trust as a non-executive and independent director.