June 2025
The Hive Mind
City Hive’s Q2 newsletter
There’s been no let up on pace this quarter - we’re sure you will enjoy some of these key themes:
Investment Week blog: Liquidity, uncovering hidden risks and how culture matter
Culture’s pivotal role in fund management from the perspectives of asset managers and fund buyers
How managers and employees navigate neurodiversity in teams, and optimise performance
Read on for the latest news from our ACT community and the City Hive Academy.
Investors ACT 2025: Learning from being the first
Jayne Fieldhouse shares why RBC BlueBay Asset Management becoming the first ACT Signatory was far from a leap of faith. Watch her fireside chat with Bev Shah: Watch here
And see more highlights from the day: Watch here
Culture risk in private markets
Read Bev’s latest blog for Investment Week on the different levels of trust required when investing in private markets.
Team culture 'pivotal' in good fund management
The cross-industry experts that sit on the ACT Stewardship Council continue to articulate they understand the importance of kicking the tyres, not just on fund performance and asset allocation, but also company leadership, accountability and challenge. Read more from Aviva Investors' Cameron Falconer.
ACT Signatories are stepping up with maturing perspectives - as evidenced in our ACT Case Studies.
‘This is a long-term movement, not a passing trend’.
M&G’s Alexander Matcham discusses the firm’s ongoing learning as a result of being an ACT Signatory and Partner.
Register now for our upcoming Academy workshops:
2nd July: Vocal confidence: Bring your A game to pitching and sales regardless of setting, using your authentic voice
Free access to all ACT Signatory firms. Please input your Promotion Code at registration. If you don’t know your code, please email Academy@cityhive.co.uk.
10th September: Neurodiversity Workshop
The second in our series with leading Neurodiversity specialist and founder of Adjust Services Daniel Ahern, is designed for team leaders, and explores practical considerations for supporting neurodiverse employees and optimising performance with cognitively diverse teams.
Free access to all ACT Signatory firms. Please input your Promotion Code at registration. If you don’t know your code, please email Academy@cityhive.co.uk.