News & Commentaries
How ’Responsible’ Are Europe’s Mega-Managers Investing $22.4 Trillion?
"Research conducted by ShareAction, a non-profit group in the U.K. that campaigns for responsible investment, ranks the 40 mega-managers who,…
Is the finance sector really equipped to assess climate risks?
"10 years after the sub-prime mortgage crisis that triggered a global financial crash, analysts are still largely ignoring long-term financial…
Socially Responsible Funds Underperform. (Is this true?)
"In a new paper that will appear in the April 2017 issue of the Journal of Banking and Finance, a…
Dalbar: Active Investors Do Better Long-Term; Passive Investors Do Better Short-Term.
"The study concludes that the choice of active or passive investing should be based largely on the needs and preferences…
The Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility Assurance – A Longitudinal South African Study.
"Although the extent to which companies have provided independent assurance over their CSR disclosures has steadily grown, the study also…
The race is on for socially responsible investing in Japan.
"The Japanese market is finally moving towards an ESG environment, similar to the mature markets of the US and Europe."…
