Andrew Harvie

The pandemic brought the S in environmental, social and governance investing more to the fore, and 2021 will see the fund looking at companies where underlying business models and growth opportunities are positioned for sustainable success

Covid-19 has obvious implications for companies’ cash flows and, consequently, their ability to return cash to shareholders (ie, pay a dividend).

Concerns around coronavirus have been felt in global equity markets for more than a month now. However, things escalated last week, with the steep sell-off in oil further compounding fear around the recessionary impact of the virus.