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Bloomberg Launches Equity Benchmarks

Posted: Sep 17, 2019 – 05:20 PM EST

Originally posted on bloomberg.com. NEW YORK, September 17, 2019 /3BL Media/ Bloomberg today announced that it now offers U.S. equity benchmark capabilities. The equity offering includes the Bloomberg U.S. Large Cap Index (ticker: B500) as well as growth, value and dividend indices. These...

Wells Fargo Donates $600,000 for Revitalization Efforts in Los Angeles County

Posted: Sep 17, 2019 – 03:57 PM EST

LOS ANGELES, Sep. 17 /CSRwire/ - Wells Fargo Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced $600,000 in donations to local nonprofits to support housing, education and neighborhood revitalization for Los Angeles residents. The NeighborhoodLIFT program is another example of our commitment to Los Angeles and...

Wells Fargo Brings 75th LIFT Homeownership Program to New Jersey

Posted: Sep 17, 2019 – 03:49 PM EST

NEWARK, N.J., Sep. 17 /CSRwire/ - Wells Fargo Company (NYSE:WFC), NeighborWorks America and its network member New Jersey Community Capital today announced that the 75th LIFT program, designed to boost homeownership, will expand to Essex County, N.J., this fall. With a $5 million...

Helping SE Asian Companies Report on Sustainability

Posted: Sep 04, 2019 – 02:50 PM EST

Sep. 04 /CSRwire/ - A new GRI Regional Hub has officially opened today in Singapore, to serve the ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The office will support ASEAN companies with relevant services and training, helping them on their...

Homeownership in Dallas-Fort Worth to Get $6.6 Million Boost

Posted: Aug 28, 2019 – 06:35 PM EST

DALLAS-FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 28 /CSRwire/ - Wells Fargo Company (NYSE:WFC), NeighborWorks America and its network member Business Community Lenders (BCL) of Texas today announced the NeighborhoodLIFT program will expand to the Dallas-Fort Worth area to boost local homeownership. The $6.6 million philanthropic...

Knapp Community Care Foundation Selects Northern Trust to Provide Investment Management and Social Impact Advisory Services

Posted: Aug 28, 2019 – 06:19 PM EST

CHICAGO, IL, Aug. 28 /CSRwire/ - Northern Trust announced that its Foundation Institutional Advisors (FIA) practice has been selected to provide investment management and social impact advisory services for the Knapp Community Care Foundation and the Knapp Medical Center Foundation. Knapp Community Care...

Moody's Supports Latin America Launch of Village Capital's Finance Forward Global Initiative

Posted: Aug 28, 2019 – 07:45 AM EST

Washington, DC, Aug. 28 /CSRwire/ - Village Capital announced the launch of Finance Forward a global coalition created with MetLife Foundation, PayPal, and local partners to support more than 100 early-stage entrepreneurs building tech-enabled solutions around financial health in the United States, Latin...

National Financial Awareness Day Survey: Cash is Still King with Teens When it Comes to Purchases

Posted: Aug 20, 2019 – 06:37 PM EST

Aug. 20 /CSRwire/ - Teens may love technology, but most still rely on cash when it comes to purchases and getting money from mom and dad. In fact, 80 percent of teens who receive money from parents or caregivers say it is in...

Eileen Fitzgerald to Lead Wells Fargo’s Housing Affordability Philanthropy

Posted: Aug 13, 2019 – 05:48 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13 /CSRwire/ - Wells Fargo today announced that Eileen Fitzgerald will join the company as head of its housing affordability philanthropy. She begins work Sept. 30 and will report to Brandee McHale, president of the Wells Fargo Foundation. America cant...

Alaska Homeownership to Get $3.3 Million Boost

Posted: Aug 13, 2019 – 05:44 PM EST

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 13 /CSRwire/ - Wells Fargo Company (NYSE:WFC), NeighborWorks America and its network member NeighborWorks Alaska HomeOwnership Center today announced the NeighborhoodLIFT program will launch for Alaska with a $3.3 million philanthropic commitment by Wells Fargo to boost homeownership. The 2019...