ESG Special Reports – Page 33
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Special Report
Down with pension silos
Peter Drucker was in town recently. Well, at least electronically, as at a ripe 93 years of age, the world-renowned business philosopher doesn’t fly anymore. He was the final speaker in a series on ‘integrative thinking’ at the University of Toronto. Drucker observed that in both higher business education, and ...
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One manager's crusade
Corporate governance and better investor relations have become some of the main buzzwords for listed companies and investors in continental Europe. But there is much discussion without coming to the point. Commissions hold dozens of meetings and statements are made without any commitments. Especially in Germany, the concept that the ...
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Ethix in AP7 Fund deal
Swedish ethical consulting firm, Ethix, says it is about to sign a deal that will see AP7 and a number of other institutions take an approximately 50% stake in the firm. Ethix was formed this year after a number of staff left SRI consulting firm CaringCompany –Etikanalytikerna, which re-cently changed ...
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Name change for CaringCompany
Nordic socially responsible investment consulting firm CaringCompany has changed its named to GES Investment Services. The company says the aim of the rebranding exercise was to strengthen the profile of the company for an international expansion effort. Managing director Magnus Furugård says the name change would give the firm one ...
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New alpha sources
Three years of bear markets and growing pension deficits have significantly accelerated and intensified the institutional search for out-performance. It is somewhat perplexing, therefore, that one potentially robust – and growing – source of alpha has scarcely been examined – at least not in a disciplined, sophisticated, and widespread way. ...
