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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. How Did We Get Here?

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Sustainability in Financial Services Is Not About Being Green

Harvard Business Review

Not surprisingly, as Jean Rogers, the Executive Director of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), points out in a Greenbiz blog , "It''s no surprise that banks and financial sectors are the institutions least trusted by U.S. Finance Sustainability SASB'

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A Short History of Golden Parachutes

Harvard Business Review

FOX News Chairman Roger Ailes was reported to have received an exit package worth $40 million after being ousted from his job amid sexual harassment claims. The junk bond market made financing large takeovers possible and even the biggest among the Fortune 500 firms were no longer safe from a forced acquisition.