P1’s research and thought leadership allow us to continually improve our investment solutions for the benefit of you and your clients. Our research predominantly covers ethical investment, stress-testing and portfolio construction.
We conduct both qualitative and quantitative investment research making sure our investment solutions are leading the way. Our research is written for a broad audience from trustees and charities to financial advisers and wealth managers. The calibre of our research permits it to be published in leading industry titles across financial services and in peer-reviewed academic journals, again cementing our work as genuinely groundbreaking.
Ethical Oversight Committee
P1 has taken the unusual step of appointing an external ethical oversight committee to guide its position on ethical investment topics and policies. We are one of only a handful of wealth managers and fund houses in the UK to adopt external monitoring of this kind.
The Ethical Oversight Committee reviews ethical issues, and topics posed to them by the investment team to ensure that every fund P1 selects has robust ethical investment policies. The Committee meets regularly, engages on ethical issues, raises difficult questions and audits our process.
The Ethical Oversight Committee, combined with P1’s proprietary research, ensures that P1 selects funds that meet the highest ethical standards. It also helps us to avoid funds that are “greenwashed”, merely seeking an ethical label for marketing purposes.
Learn more about the committee
HEAD OF ETHICAL INVESTMENT
Introducing Dr Quintin Rayer
As our Head of Research & Ethical Investing, Quintin is the mastermind of our exhaustive due diligence process. He has extensive experience in quantitative fund and risk analysis and has worked for some of the biggest names in financial services. He was also the second person in the UK to earn the Sustainable Investment Professional Certification (SIPC). Besides a wealth of qualifications, Quintin has an Atmospheric Physics Doctorate from Oxford University and has applied computational models he learnt in engineering to areas of investment.
We have a fantastic supporting cast too
We have a supporting cast of research and analysis experts – each of whom holds formal qualifications in investment management and averages 12 years of investment experience. Because we care about the authenticity of our investment portfolios, we have voluntarily appointed an external ethical oversight committee to guide our ethical policies. And we are one of the only discretionary fund managers in the country to have done so. When we say ethical, we mean ethical.
Meet the P1 Team
Our Research
Ethical Investment
In our research, we look to raise awareness about the fundamental importance of ethical investment and increase familiarity with concepts and phrases such as ‘sustainable investment’, and ‘Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance’ (ESG). We also consider the various approaches used for investing ethically. At P1 investment we work hard to reflect these values in our everyday culture.
Stress-testing portfolios
Often, conventional risk measures do not fully capture all risks inherent in a portfolio, particularly under difficult market conditions. Portfolio stress testing helps identify and quantify risks within a portfolio and can reassure an investor as to how their portfolio might respond to specific market outcomes or other concerns.
Portfolio Construction
Portfolio Construction theory requires critical thought in the context of the theory of investment as applied to the management of private client funds, the tailoring of a portfolio to clients’ needs and much more. It covers topics, including Asset Classes, Asset Allocation, Modern Portfolio Theory, Capital Asset Pricing, Ethical Investing and Behavioral Finance.
We provide ethical and sustainable investment consultancy for those needing it.
Our research has featured in
How Extreme Weather Caused by Global Warming Is Driving New Investment Risks
Due to improvements in the ability to trace losses from extreme weather events back to emissions, climate-related litigation risks are…
As featured in GARP
Water Cycle Changes in a Warming World: The Scientific Background
In collaboration with Dr Karsten Haustein of the Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany, Dr Quintin Rayer outlines the…
As featured in Palgrave Macmillan
Global warming is not new news
Dr Quintin Rayer provides a brief history of global warming and questions why warnings have not been acted upon
ESG Clarity
A load of hot air: Is hydrogen the clean fuel of the future?
Hydrogen is being touted as a clean fuel that could support the transition to a low-carbon or net-zero emissions future.
IEMA TRANSFORM
Water Insecurity and Climate Risk: Investment Impact of Floods and Droughts
Investors who are concerned about climate are likely to consider water security. Potential liabilities for extreme flood and drought events…
American Geophysical Union
Risk-Rating GHG Emissions Offsets based on Climate Requirements
To keep global warming below Paris Agreement levels of 1.5-2.0°C, greenhouse gas emissions need to be net-zero. As absolute emissions…
American Geophysical Union
Fifty shades of hydrogen
Hydrogen is seen as key in supporting the transition to a low carbon or net-zero emissions future. It does not…
As featured in New Model Adviser
Water Insecurity and Climate Risk: Investment Impact of Floods and Droughts
Concerns about water security often inform climate risk-related decisions made by environmentally focused investors. Yet share prices do not always reflect potential liabilities for damage caused by extreme flood and drought events linked to global warming.
Palgrave Studies in Sustainable Business In Association with Future Earth
A moral approach to climate-friendly investing
Climate remains a significant theme in ethical and sustainable investing. Global warming may be the greatest threat that humanity, and…
Pax Christi Scotland
A Dirty Business: investing in a new coal mine is not a sustainable investment
Environmental groups are opposing plans for a new coal mine at Whitehaven, Cumbria. The mine was initially approved by Cumbria…
TRANSFORM Magazine (IEMA)
The climate questions advisers should be asking fund houses
CISI member and P1 Investment Management head of research and ethical investing Quintin Rayer explains how advisers can select climate-friendly…
ESG Clarity
It it Moral to use Taxes to support Fossil Fuels?
In this short article by Dr Quintin Rayer, P1’s Head of research and ethical investing, begins summarising the moral argument…
Oxford Climate Alumni Network