Can you be passive about High Yield ESG investing? Investment manager, Lucy Isles thinks not.

In periods of uncertainty, our focus on analysing the resilience of the companies we lend to comes into its own.

From flat screen TVs to catalytic converters, you have probably been using Corning’s technology every day without realising it. Duncan Sutherland explains his enthusiasm for the material sciences innovator.

The most dangerous thing about a car is its driver. Automotive supply company Aptiv is developing advanced technology to make driving safer, greener, and even, driverless.

It’s not always easy to discern how green a company actually is. A detailed governance and sustainability review helps determine what the issues are, and whether they impact on the investment case. Wood pellet producer Enviva is a case in point.

Client focus on governance and sustainability (or G&S) factors has never been greater and is only accelerating with time – and rightly so. We believe our early decision to integrate G&S into our investment process has enhanced our ability to source dependable income streams, precisely because we take a broad and complete view of what makes companies succeed over the long term.

What does the White House’s china crockery have in common with Mercedes car seats, animal feed and biodiesel? The answer is both simple and incredibly complex – and probably not one for a dinner party chat. They are all products made possible by the bloody-minded genius of Texas-based Darling Ingredients, whose ability to turn unwanted remains into a diverse array of useful products is unsurpassed.

James Dow argues that dividend investors should avoid traditional high-yielding stocks and instead, look ahead to the global, high-growth companies likely to be big providers of the future.

Appearances can be deceptive. Not least in the credit markets, where companies tainted by problems can end up producing attractive buying opportunities as they start to return to health. Co-op is just one example.

Torcail Stewart wants those who are investing in bonds to slow down and take some tips from island living.

Macro-noise is a risk to credit analysis. Our approach is simple, except in extreme circumstances, we take no view of it whatsoever.

Netflix has shaken up the global paid TV market and is on track to becoming an investment grade company.