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Hello! My name is Eve Gilmour and I am the summer intern here at Ethical Futures. I wanted to use this opportunity to say thank you to all the clients who took part in our survey. Your responses have proved to be extremely interesting and will help to inform investment managers about your concerns and aspirations. I really appreciate the engagement with my survey and will use this process as a learning…

We are pleased to continue our association with Church of Scotland. This year we shall be partaking in the Good Money Week Fair to be held on Saturday 5^th October from 9:30am-1.30pm at City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX – {https://gmwcofs2019.eventbrite.co.uk}.…

Here at Ethical Futures we want to know more about your ethical values and how they influence your investment decisions. We would love for you to take part in our survey.

We are giving our staff a hard earned rest and closing for the Festive Season.

As a result of the likely forthcoming ‘Brexit’ from the European Union, Triodos Bank are to change the structure of their UK banking operations.

When it comes down to it, what makes Christmas special is the sense of giving, family and indulgent food the season brings. Especially for adults, it’s not really about the physical gifts under the tree. Instead, many of us would say we’d prefer less stuff and more giving this Christmas. That’s what makes charity gifts such crowd-pleasers.

Kames capital have recently published a survey regarding their ethical investment criteria. Kames capital are a subsidiary of Aegon and are based at the Gyle in Edinburgh. They are one of the longest established providers of ethical investment funds. In terms of the range of investment providers available in the market, we have always seen them as a traditional and strongly screened ethical investment…

Looking for lunch on the Southside?

At Ethical Futures, we're always happy to feature local community projects. One of our longstanding clients, Claire Stevens was recently telling me about this project that she is involved in at Bridgend Farmhouse, on the south side of Edinburgh.

Since moving to the south side of the city, Claire and her partner have been very heavily involved with…

We are once again grateful to bring you a guest blog post from Lauren Janus of Thoughtful Philanthropy. This time she explores some of the reasons you may consider setting up a charitable foundation through analysis of the potential challenges and benefits.

You wait for ages for consumer legislation…then two pieces come along at once! That’s a bit what it has felt like to be a financial adviser over the last 12 months. The current notifications about GDPR highlight the most impactful update on use of personal data for 20 years, but there is another equally important,…

On 25th May 2018, new data protection regulations come into force. By now there surely can be few people in the UK who have not been touched in some way by organisations preparing for the introduction of these new rules.  GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation, and applies to every company in the world that operates in the European Union and uses personal data. The regulations cover…