About us
A global leader in active, responsible investment, we are guided by the conviction that responsible investing is the best way to create long-term wealth.
Social infrastructure
Innisfree Funds
We are invested in two social infrastructure funds managed by Innisfree. These are PPP and PFI funds managing social infrastructure concessions, such as transport, schools and hospitals, primarily across the UK.
Our history
Our story as a leading responsible investor has been decades in the making.
- Hermes explains what investors should expect of companies in its landmark Responsible Ownership Principles
- Hermes coins the term ‘engagement’ to help explain stewardship to international investors
- Credit ESG-risk pricing model developed
- Hermes launches Impact Opportunities and SDG Engagement Equity strategies
- Federated acquires Hermes
- SDG Engagement High Yield launched by Federated and Hermes
- Responsibility Office in Pittsburgh is established
- Federated Hermes brand launched
- EOS passes £915bn in assets under advice
- Saker Nusseibeh, CEO - FHL, awarded CBE for services to responsible business
- We join the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative
- Sustainable Global Equity and Climate Change High Yield Credit are launched
- Biodiversity Equity is launched
Becoming Federated Hermes
In February 2020, Federated Investors, Inc. and Hermes Fund Managers, Ltd. formally announced the rebranding of the two companies into Federated Hermes, strengthening our position as a global leader in active, responsible investment.
Since Federated acquired Hermes, we have been united by a shared commitment to client-centric responsible investment and long-term business growth. Today, we provide specialized capabilities across a wide range of asset classes to investors around the world, guided by our conviction that responsible investing is the best way to create wealth over the long term.
Wind energy generation
Fallago Rig
Fallago Rig is an onshore wind farm with 48 turbines and 144 megawatts of generation capacity. Located 35km south-east of Edinburgh, Scotland in a remote part of the Scottish Borders, Fallago Rig’s capacity to produce clean energy is estimated at 445,800 megawatt hours of electricity per annum, which could displace approximately 190,000tn of CO2 each year. Fallago Rig has the capacity to provide about 90,000 typical UK households with power each year.
Fallago Rig has predictable inflation linked cashflows, generated in a stable, transparent and supportive regulatory environment through its participation in the Renewables Obligation Certificate (‘ROC’) regime.
Managed stake: 80%
Acquired: 2013