Jamie Linsley-Dearing

Institutional Investors Own the World, but Can They Save It? Universal Ownership and System-Level Impact

Jamie Linsley-Dearing is a DPhil candidate at the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group in the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment (SSEE). His research focuses on large institutional investors and their ability to create real-world, positive climate impact through capital allocation and stewardship. Jamie is also a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge where he researches how new types of corporate bond indices could incentivise companies to decarbonise. Jamie was previously a research assistant for the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group working on the IKEA Foundation-funded Future of Engagement program, and other projects related to sustainability-linked financial instruments and transition finance.

Previously, Jamie worked as a portfolio analyst at Brunel Pension Partnership, where he helped manage Global High Alpha, Global Small Cap, and UK Corporate Debt portfolios. He holds an MSc in Financial Analysis and Fund Management from the University of Exeter where his dissertation quantitively examined the factors driving ESG-mandated portfolio performance throughout business cycles. He also holds a BSc in Economics from the University of East Anglia, and has completed the CFA examinations.

• Linsley-Parrish, J., Liu, F. and Caldecott, B. (2026) Investor stewardship of sovereign debt portfolios: an evaluation of impact potential. Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, 1-33.