Viva Lewes Issue #150 March 2019

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TRADE SECRETS Lee Waters Making things better with your money Barwells Wealth is based in a tranquil cow-shed conversion in Glynde. It’s on our (one) day of snow that I visit, and the short walk from the station, flanked by Downs, is still and evocative. I’ve come to chat with Chief Executive Lee Waters about ethical investing. “Barwells Wealth…?” I ask gingerly. He smiles, “no, it’s not about being wealthy! We were established as Barwells Solicitors in 1896, but have been operating as financial advisers since 1998. We split into two (connected) companies about five years ago. We advise on all angles of personal finance and our clients are many and varied.” We’ve agreed to talk about ESG – environmental, social and corporate governance – which, Lee confirms, “is becoming much more mainstream. It’s been around for a good 20 years, but in the last two or three many more people come through our door asking specifically for this”. So, what does it mean? “It covers a number of things”, says Lee. “Someone may have a particularly strong view about one area they don’t want their money near. Tobacco, alcohol, gambling, fossil fuels. This we call ‘negative screening’. We compile an investment portfolio with those areas firmly screened out.” And what about positive screening? “That’s where we actively look at areas the client wants to support. Corporate governance is a big one these days: companies that are being well and fairly managed. Obviously the basics are paying a living wage, and not relying on zero hours contracts. But of course there’s more. Gender equality, for instance. These days, good companies are a better investment anyway: they’re more sustainable.” He also tells me about “dark-green” and “lightgreen” investors. The former signifies someone who wants lots of detail, and has very specific areas of concern. “Climate change, of course – renewable energy – education, health and wellbeing, are all common. Light-green clients are concerned, but want us to sort the detail. Most people”, he says, “don’t want to feel they’re funding anything destructive. Take human rights. Is a company operating in countries with oppressive regimes? Are they operating in Syria, or parts of Africa?” He also says a client could fruitfully and confidently, today, invest “entirely in renewable energy. Recent governments have had to support this – offering tax incentives, and tariffs, for a windfarm, say, which are locked in for the next twenty or thirty years. This means, today, these make for good, solid investments. A lot of general investor money has flowed into renewables.” Lee enjoys working with his clients, many of whom stay for generations. He grew up in Eastbourne, and originally studied Law, before following in his father’s footsteps into personal finance (and, indeed, into Barwells; Roger Waters is Financial Planner). Lee feels strongly how attitudes to money change over time and with different generations. “Financial education should be taught at schools”, he says. “At GCSE level. It’s not about numbers – although, yes, that is a scientific calculator on my desk (I have another in my bag!) – it’s about people’s lives. That’s what matters.” Charlotte Gann 94
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