The City View: River and Mercantile's James Sym on ESG and your investment portfolio

Today Andy Silvester chats to James Sym, Portfolio Manager of European Equities at River and Mercantile, about whether investing in ESG truly and effectively aids decarbonisation; deglobalisation; and how investment portfolios will need some tinkering in the coming years as a result of high inflation and geopolitical issues. Andy also goes through the headlines: the UK government has issued a wide range of sanctions on oligarchs -- including Roman Abramovich, which will greatly impact Chelsea F.C.'s ability to function as a business; M&S CEO Steve Rowe has announced that he will be stepping down; and CF Industries -- a leading fertiliser, CO2 and ammonia provider -- has maintained that in spite of rising energy prices, there have been no changes to its operations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The City View is a new podcast from City A.M. - London's daily business and finance newspaper. City A.M. was launched 15 years ago under the strapline "business with personality" - and The City View podcast follows the same philosophy. Every day, City A.M. Editor Andy Silvester will open the podcast with a quick look at the headlines from the worlds of business, finance, economics and politics, before introducing his guest of the day. Guests will be industry leaders, economists, pundits, investors, journalists, politicians and senior figures from the City of London. Expect insight and analysis mixed with good conversation, humour and expertise as Andy and his guests attempt to make sense of the world in extraordinary times.