This site requires JavaScript to be enabled. Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings, or upgrade to a modern browser.

Podcast: An ESG whistleblower's vision for the responsible investment industry

Loading player...

Desiree Fixler was formerly the group sustainability officer at German asset manager DWS. But after accusing DWS of publishing misleading information about its ESG integration and assets, she was fired.

In this interview, Fixler shares her story, unpicks common issues within the ESG investment universe, and calls for a reform of how sustainability is regulated.

19 Apr 2022 English United Kingdom Business · Investing

Other recent episodes

The Advice Show: Chris Jones

Chris Jones, Dynamic Planner's financial services director, joins this week to discuss the FCA's recent landmark reforms to the advice market, artificial intelligence and whether lower qualified advisers should be permitted to deliver advice.

24 Apr 33 min

Platform One: We get excited about AI, implementation is a different story

Platform One CEO Alex Cowan-Sanluis talks to Citywire’s Advice Show about the regulatory challenges of implementing AI and what advisers should be operating their own platforms.

2 Apr 28 min

Hayley Rabbets: There's nowhere to put new advisers

Head of Evergreen talks about the pitfalls in bringing in new talent, and how perception in advice matters the most.

20 Mar 31 min

The risers and fallers in Citywire’s PE Leaderboard

Citywire’s Dan Grote and Jack Gilbert discuss the movers and shakers in PE-backed advice

3 Mar 27 min

FCA director: We want consolidators to think about incentives

Laura Dawes, the FCA’s director of authorisations, joins the Advice Show to discuss how the regulator is handling authorisations, what advice firms can do to make applications smooth and how the regulator still thinks about advice firm phoenixing. Dawes also discusses the regulator’s consolidator review last year, and how the…

26 Feb 23 min

All episodes