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How to Fix Financial Capitalism? Focus on Ethics

Harvard Business Review

These were among the questions addressed at a luncheon in New York convened by CFA Institute President John Rogers with financial industry leaders that included representatives from private and not-for-profit asset managers, public pension funds, insurance companies, and diversified financial services firms.

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Sustainability in Financial Services Is Not About Being Green

Harvard Business Review

SASB recently released the results of its Industry Working Group on Financial Institutions comprised of the Asset Management & Custody Activities, Investment Banking & Brokerage, Commercial Banking, Consumer Finance, Mortgage Finance, Security & Commodity Exchanges, and Insurance industries.

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Why Those Guys Won the Economics Nobels

Harvard Business Review

[A mini-glossary: beta is the amount that an individual stock fluctuates relative to the overall stock market, and the equity premium is the difference in expected return between stocks and a “riskless” asset such as Treasury bonds.]. It seems like the clearest practical lessons from this academic work have been in asset management.

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Making Sense of the Many Kinds of Impact Investing

Harvard Business Review

Currently, impact can mean anything from venture investments in new health technologies to microfinance loans in Peru; from affordable housing in the US to renewable energy in India; from social impact bonds to private equity funds that create jobs. Ultimately, asset managers can develop a matrix with financial asset classes (e.g.,

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