All Sustainable financial system articles – Page 2

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Supporting policy makers and regulators to build a sustainable financial system

2020-12-16T09:53:00Z

By Margarita Pirovska, Head of Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century, PRI, and Fiona Stewart, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation, World Bank
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Three ways investors can support the Principles for Responsible Banking

2019-04-17T14:18:00Z

By Will Martindale, Director of Policy and Research, the PRI
News and press
PRI publishes investment consultant services review

2017-12-07T15:28:00Z

Investment consultants advise on the investment practices of trillions of dollars worldwide.
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PRI announces plans to reimagine, look beyond modern portfolio theory

2017-11-13T19:32:00Z

Examining the limitations of modern portfolio theory (MPT), the PRI has announced a programme of activities designed to analyse and consider the possibilities of investment decision making.
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Beyond modern portfolio theory – how investors can mitigate systemic risk through the portfolio

2017-08-10T18:46:00Z

The near universally adopted modern portfolio theory (MPT) put forward by Nobel laureate Harry Markowitz in 1952 is blind to the effect of portfolio investment on the capital markets’ overall risk/return profile and on the macro systems upon which the market relies for stability.
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Long-term social issues drive economic growth, so why aren't investors behind the wheel?

2017-07-17T17:41:00Z

Long-term social issues – the ‘S’ in ESG – matter for investors. They are key factors determining both long-term GDP growth and the level of equilibrium of interest rates.
News and press
PRI undertakes work with Willis Towers Watson on megatrends

2017-06-21T20:59:00Z

The PRI and Willis Towers Watson have today announced that they are collaborating on a project to produce a report on megatrends.
News and press
European Commission calls for ‘deep re-engineering of the financial system’ to support sustainable economies

2017-06-09T21:00:00Z

The European Commission has taken unprecedented steps to bring sustainability into the heart of Europe’s capital markets.
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PRI launches South Africa roadmap

2017-06-05T21:05:00Z

Today, the PRI, UNEP FI and The Generation Foundation published a new report – The South Africa Roadmap– which builds on the report Fiduciary duty in the 21st century.
News and press
Letter from global investors to governments of the G7 and G20 nations

2017-05-08T21:16:00Z

This letter is signed by nearly 400 investors representing more than US$22 trillion in assets.
News and press
PRI publishes Japan roadmap: new report makes recommendations on ESG considerations for the Japanese market

2017-04-26T21:21:00Z

The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), UNEP FI and the Generation Foundation today published a new report — the Japan Roadmap — which builds on the report Fiduciary duty in the 21st century.
News and press
PRI sets out Sustainable Financial System programme

2017-04-10T21:25:00Z

The PRI set out its Sustainable Financial System (SFS) programme to US signatories at an event hosted by IEX in New York on 29 March.
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Fintech: Reshaping the investment industry

2017-01-11T20:14:00Z

Within the space of six years, finance technology – fintech – has gone from a technology that skirted the edges of the investment sphere to receiving billing at this year’s G20 summit where the world’s industrial leaders described its impact as something akin to a new industrial revolution.
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Are investment consultants' reputations the next stranded assets

2015-12-17T00:00:00Z

A paper from Ben Caldecott and Dane Rook lays out why investment consultants are not having a bigger influence on the uptake of green investment practices by asset owners.
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Long-term capitalism

2014-04-30T14:38:00Z

In these articles, Barton and Wiseman outline their view that the short-term approaches to managing and investing in companies, approaches which were responsible for the financial crisis, still exist.
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The basis of fiduciary duty in investment in the United States

2014-01-27T13:45:00Z

In this paper Youngdahl outlines the history and development of the concept of fiduciary duty in the United States.
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The role of investment tools, investment beliefs and industry convention in changing interpretations of fiduciary duty

2014-01-27T13:45:00Z

This paper examines how investment tools, beliefs and industry conventions impact the interpretation of fiduciary duty in the investment industry.
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The voice of the beneficiary

2014-01-27T13:45:00Z

Berry and Scanlan argue that beneficiaries should be consulted on the general policies of their pension fund, and that trustees should take their wishes into account when making investment decisions.
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The public fiduciary: a Canadian perspective

2014-01-27T13:45:00Z

In this paper Waitzer and Sarro examine the role of pension fund trustees in Canada, and how the Supreme Court of Canada has developed a framework for fiduciary duty that has adapted to changing social and governance challenges.
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Fiduciary duty and the search for a shared conception of sustainable investment

2014-01-27T13:45:00Z

This paper reviews the historical legal background to the evolution of fiduciary duty in the UK, with reference to the parallel evolution of the concept in the US.