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A Vision of 2020 and 6 Imperatives
PwC, the global network of business and tax consultancies, has put out a white paper on the near future of…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection, ESG
For The Netherlands: Sustainable Development Proposal
Eighteen major financial institutions, including ABN AMRO and ING Groenbank, have signed onto an ambitious…
State of the Industry, ESG, Emerging Asset Classes
Shedding Light on the ESG/SRI Scene      
The US SIF Foundation has published its latest Trends Report on sustainable, responsible, and impact…
ESG, State of the Industry
Impact Investing: The Impacts, Measurement and Profit
One candidate for the title “next new thing” is “impact investing.” As the term suggests, this refers to…
State of the Industry, ESG
Taking the Alcohol Out of the Wine:  A Decarbonized Index
A recent publication in the Financial Analysts Journal presents a model by virtue of which long-term passive…
State of the Industry, ESG
ESG Issues: The Material and the Immaterial
Activists pressing for corporate change on environmental, social, and governance issues often focus on issues…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection, ESG, Asset Allocation
Investors 'Misoverestimate' ETFs and a Push Towards ESG
In a newly released report, Natixis Global Asset Management speaks to the quite positive views of passive…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection, ESG, Asset Allocation
More about Arch Coal and the Dusty Trail Ahead
I wrote here last week about the demise of Arch Coal.  I was reminded of the incompleteness of my…
State of the Industry, ESG
Arch Coal: Another One Bites the Coal Dust.
Arch Coal, one of the biggest coal companies in The United States, entered Chapter 11 Monday morning, Jan 11…
State of the Industry, ESG
India: The Way Up and the Way Down Are Not the Same
Two scholars affiliated with the University of Delhi India contend in a newly published paper that the case…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, ESG, Asset Allocation
The ‘Sin Stock’ Premium: A Neat Illusion Dismantled
Two scholars associated with the University of Reading’s ICMA Centre, in a new paper, take on the notion that…
ESG
The Canary in the Coal Stocks and Fossil Fuel Divestment: the Portfolio You Save May Be Your Own
“Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.” — John Lennon, Strawberry Fields Forever We…
ESG
When Underfunded Pension Funds Take Up Social Responsibility Investing
A fascinating blog post by Bernard Sharfman takes a skeptical look at the activist investing of public…
State of the Industry, ESG, Access to Alternatives
MMIF Reporting: An Ongoing Challenge for Fund Administrators
By Shane Brett, Global Perspectives In April 2014, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) introduced new reporting…
Manager Selection, Hedge Funds, ESG, Access to Alternatives
A New Look at Last Year’s Conference Board White Paper on Governance
You don’t need to be a weatherman (or a hedge fund’s star trader, a corporate board member, a securities…
Risk Management, ESG