Tag Archives: ethics
Adapting to a New Reality: Investment Firms of the Future
Shifting cultural norms and quantum leaps in technology are accelerating change in the investment management industry. Read More
ESG Investing’s Growing Influence
The integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into the institutional investment analysis and decision-making process is a mega-trend that investors can no longer ignore, says Emily Chew. Read More
Why Everyone Hates Finance, and What to Do about It
“Finance is being demonized, and it’s being demonized because people don’t understand it,” Mihir A. Desai says. “If we want to stop demonization, we have to make it accessible.” Read More
The Robots Are Coming! The Robots Are Coming!
“I’m not worried so much about robots developing their own agenda and taking over the world,” says Kate Darling. “I’m a little bit more worried about people and how we decide to use the robots as a society.” Read More
Daniel Goleman: Finance as a Force for Good
Investment professionals across the globe need to take the long view and bend the arc of the future away from being self-focused and toward caring about others, says Daniel Goleman. Read More
Responsible Investment Is Coming of Age
In the 300 years since John Wesley’s sermon “The Use of Money,” responsible investing has evolved from the moral stance of a few to an approach now widely endorsed by global institutions and hotly pursued by millennials and seasoned advocates alike. So, where will it go from here? Read More
The Promise of Africa
Bob Geldof shared a stirring vision for Africa. Not surprisingly, the lifelong activist pulled no punches in calling on finance to do its job and invest in the continent. Read More
Paul Smith, CFA: “Let’s Make the World a Better Place for Investors Everywhere”
CFA Institute president and CEO Paul Smith, CFA, issued a rousing call for a more ethical and effective investment profession. He also laid out his vision of where he hopes to lead CFA Institute in the years ahead, offering a road map for how he intends to get there. Read More
Financial Innovation and Market Structure
High-frequency trading (HFT) is a topic we come across a great deal these days. Since the publication of Michael Lewis’s Flash Boys, HFT has been a hot-button issue worldwide. Read More
Carl Richards: Six Things the Investment Industry Can Do to Change the World
“We’re in a moment in time right now where there is so much change going on in our industry, really revolutionary change,” Carl Richards says. Read More
