Companies put themselves at risk by not developing a positive company culture and structure, which can lead to face lower investment returns, greater staff turnover and being shunned by investors, speakers at Investment Week’s Sustainable Investment Festival warned.
In the third year of the annual event, James Baxter-Derrington, editor of Investment Week, hosted a panel entitled ‘Exploring corporate culture to safeguard customer assets'. SIF 2023: ShareAction's Catherine Howarth on challenging asset managers Discussing the impact corporate culture can have on businesses, Bev Shah, co-CEO and founder of City Hive, said a firm's culture, its leaders and business values are "really important", citing the recent example of Crispin Odey, and other well-known cases, such as the one involving Neil Woodford. "I have seen very messy internal culture le...
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