Finance
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06-02-20
Top Tips for Getting a Job in Impact Investment
Impact investment is the fastest growing sector of the financial industry. In a 2019 deal that signalled the scale and potential of the sector’s future, the British asset manager, Schroders (with over $400 billion of assets under management) acquired a majority stake in BlueOrchard. Schroders’ CE...
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06-02-20
Rostam Zafari Joins Cornerstone Capital Group Board of Directors
Cornerstone Capital Group (“Cornerstone”) today announced the appointment of Rostam Zafari to its Board of Directors. Zafari is a humanitarian who is passionate about providing access to affordable healthcare, economi...
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05-20-20
CIT Provides $37.3 Million Investment for Jordan Downs Apartment Project
CIT and its Pasadena-based banking subsidiary CIT Bank, N.A. today announced a $37.3 million investment in the Jordan Downs Apartments Project, a 92-unit multifamily apartment complex to support low-to-moderate income families in the W...
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05-19-20
Fifth Third Bank Helps More than 31,000 Small Businesses Secure Paycheck Protection Program Loans
Fifth Third Bank, National Association announced today that it has secured more than $5.5 billion in funding approval for more ...
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05-15-20
Wells Fargo Announces Efforts to Keep People Housed in Response to COVID-19
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced additional efforts to help people stay in their homes with funding for mo...
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05-12-20
Demand From Investors for Investment Managers to Demonstrate Additional Value Beyond Traditional Risk & Return Considerations
We are experiencing a transition to an era where total social benefit is becoming an increasingly important metric for the perceived value of products and services. Consequently, the investment industry is risking its enduring relevance and credibility by assessing and subsequently rewarding succ...
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05-11-20
Northern Trust Provides $100 Million in Small Business Support
Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq: NTRS) announced today it is providing $100 million in low-cost funding to assist Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) as they provide loans to small businesses and non-profit organizations under the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
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05-11-20
ESG Disclosure #1 Topic of Engagements in 2019 Between T. Rowe Price and Company Managements
In an era of rising concerns about climate change, T. Rowe Price reported today that environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure issues became the number one topic in its voluminous engagements with the managements of companies around the world in 2019. Looking to the future, the $1.01...
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05-05-20
Northern Trust Launches Enhanced ESG Analytics
Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) has enhanced its analytical capabilities to provide pension funds and other global institutional investors with heightened insights and transparency over their environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk exposures.
The ESG Analytics Summary, prepared by No...
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04-30-20
What the Crisis Has Shown Asset Managers: Industry Leaders Speak Out
Originally published by the CFA Society UK
The Covid 19 crisis has fundamentally changed things, not least for the asset management industry. Whether it is abo...
