Finance

July 9, 2007- Progressive Asset Management Inc. (PAM) wishes to announce that it has entered into preliminary discussions with Financial West Group (FWG) regarding a possible merger or acquisition between the two firms.

Financial West Group is ...

NEW YORK- July 9, 2007 "“ Shared Interest, a leading New York-based social investment fund, has received a $1 million investment from The United Methodist General Board of Pension and Health Benefits to support small and micro-enterprise development in South Africa’s most im...

July 4, 2007 - Geneva, Switzerland "“ A comprehensive survey of the world’s largest institutional investors released today shows that the global giants of investing are now actively integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into their investment polici...

OXFORD, OH - June 15, 2007 - ICValue announced today that its 60-Stock Model Portfolio outperformed five of six comparable socially responsible investment funds during 2006. A comparison of one-year and five-year returns for the period ending 12/31/2006 shows that ICValue...

PORTLAND, ME- June 15, 2007 "“ IW Financial, Inc. and its terrorism research partner Conflict Securities Advisory Group (CSAG) are offering the first comprehensive solution that will enable institutional investors, asset managers, and plan sponsors to satisfy the divestment ...

(This release is an update. A press release on the above-referenced title dated June 4, 2007 was inadvertently and prematurely made public. A corrected version is expected within the next few days.)

OAKLAND, CA - June 4, 2007 - In another grou...

June 7, 2007 (Paris) "“ Novethic presents the results of its exclusive annual survey on the French SRI market. SRI*assets held by French residents at the end of 2006 totaled 16.6 billion euros, of which 63% in the hands of institutional investors. This data confirms the g...

June 5, 2007- Gabelli Funds, LLC is pleased to announce the initial public offering of The Gabelli SRI Fund Inc., the firm’s first socially responsible open-end investment company. Gabelli Funds, LLC, the adviser, is a subsidiary of GAMCO Investors, Inc., (NYSE: GBL).

May 31, 2007- Kashf Foundation has signed a US$ 8 million (PKR 484 million) Commercial Loan Facility, with a consortium of local Pakistani commercial banks. This Commercial Loan Facility is a 3-year facility in which Grameen Foundation, through its Growth Guarantee Program, ...

LOS ANGELES, CA- May 29, 2007- The LOHAS industry (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) has kicked off its second decade in style and with unprecedented momentum, as new announcements and predictions have emerged following the first "sold out" LOHAS conference in 11 year...