Should funds banking on clean energy be whiter than white? Or do they need to spread their net wider?

The question of how Europe transitions to clean energy sources has never been more pressing.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has shone the spotlight on how and where we source the gas and oil to keep wheels turning and houses warm – not to mention reducing our dependency on the stuff over the longer term to keep the planet from overheating.

Which is why Frank Talbot looks this week at fund manager Suzanne Senellart who runs the huge Europe Environmental Equity fund for Mirova, a boutique dedicated to ESG funds.

Along with Nisha Long and Angus Foote, we take a deep dive into what should and shouldn’t go into such funds (Tech companies? Mining giants that extract the materials we’ll need to build the green infrastructure?). Piotr Kuszneruk produces the show.

And with that, it’s goodbye from us at the Citywire Ratings Radar Show. After two years and 42 editions, we’re calling it a wrap.

Thank you so much for listening – we hope you enjoyed it all as much as we did.

Tech stock prices have collapsed in both public and private markets. What happens next?

This latest edition of the Citywire Ratings Radar show has a different flavour.

We’ve taken a break from the usual format of four talking heads around a virtual table.

Instead, I sat down in the Citywire Studio to talk with Katelyn Donnelly, managing partner at New York VC firm Avalanche on everything from tech stock prices to private market funding and DAOs.

There are so many good female fund managers that finding one to focus on for International Women’s Day wasn’t a problem.

Amid all the turmoil in Ukraine, It was also International Women’s Day last week when we all sat down for the latest edition of the Citywire Ratings Radar Show.

So it was only natural that Nisha Long – one of the industry’s biggest champions of female fund managers - should pick China specialist Rebecca Jiang of JP Morgan to focus on.

And her track record is amazing – AAA rated by Citywire ever since she became eligible in 2020 – all with six funds encompassing billions of dollars.

Lots to talk about with Frank Talbot, Angus Foote and Richard Lander asking the questions and Alan Walsh looking after the production.