Top Story of the Week Fed Ties Rates to Joblessness, With Target of 6.5%
(Thursday - December 13, 2012)
Source: NY Times— The Federal Reserve made it plain on Wednesday that job creation had become its primary focus, announcing that it planned to continue suppressing interest rates so long as the unemployment rate remained above 6.5... ESG / Sustainability Over 80% of Manufacturers Call Sustainability Key
(Thursday - December 13, 2012)
Source: Environmental Leader - More than 80 percent of manufacturers say sustainability is essential to the success of their business, according to an Underwriters Laboratories report. Boardroom Diversity Is Good Corporate Governance
(Wednesday - December 12, 2012)
Source: American Banker - In her article "How to Get More Women in Banks' Senior Ranks," American Banker's Editor at Large Barbara Rehm concludes that one of the fundamental reasons why we don't see more women in "banking's inner circles" is because they... The Companies With the Best CSR Reputations
(Tuesday - December 11, 2012)
Source: Forbes - In today's reputation economy, what you stand for as a corporation often matters more than what you produce or sell. Hard to believe? This was confirmed in June when Reputation Institute, a private global consulting firm based in... Commentary Is CSR Dead? Or Just Mismanaged?
(Wednesday - December 12, 2012)
Source: Forbes - Companies spend millions of dollars every year on Corporate Social Responsibility. They invest in programs to support local communities. They give away products to support people in need. They invest in clean technology to lower... Sovereign Wealth Funds NZ Super drops firms over Israel-Palestine positions
(Thursday - December 13, 2012) Associated Profiles : New Zealand Superannuation Fund
Source: opalesque.com - New Zealand Superannuation Fund has excluded three companies from its US$17 billion portfolio for their roles in the Israel-Palestine conflict. The sovereign wealth fund passively held shares of Africa Israel... BRIEF-Dutch fund settles with JPMorgan over mortgage pools
(Wednesday - December 12, 2012) Associated Profiles : Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP
Source: Inside Fidelity - – Stichting Pensioen fonds ABP: * says reached agreement with JPMorgan Chase (Symbol : JPM) to settle claims for mortgage-backed securities * does not give details of... China makes biggest acquisition of U.S company yet, as AIG sells 90 per cent to superpower
(Monday - December 10, 2012) Associated Profiles : China Investment Corporation
Source: Daily Mail - This deal is significantly larger than the $3 billion purchase of a stake in Blackstone Group by China Investment Corporation in 2007. U.S. regulatory approval is needed. AIG said the agreement had been... US Pension Funds Texas Pension Manager Paid $1 Million Trails Peers Who Make Less
(Thursday - December 13, 2012) Associated Profiles : Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System
Source: Bloomberg - By comparison, the three highest-performing funds over the past 10 years, the Pennsylvania School Employees Retirement System, Ohio Police, Fire Pension Fund and Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System,... Pension funds pare hedge bets
(Wednesday - December 12, 2012) Associated Profiles : New York State Common Retirement Fund
Source: New York Post - The New York State Common Retirement Fund, which had invested $252.3 million in Diamondback as of March 31, has also pulled its money from the fund. Private equity investors gain from performance-linked pay, Coller report finds
(Monday - December 10, 2012) Associated Profiles : North Carolina Retirement Systems
Source: pionline - Private equity investors who link pay of their own executives to performance have better performance than their peers, according to private equity manager Coller Capital's latest Global Private Equity Barometer. More... Asset Managers EU secures deal on banking union and debt crisis: live
(Thursday - December 13, 2012)
Source: Telegraph.co.uk - The Eurogroup of 17 eurozone finance ministers has approved of Greece receiving its next tranche of bail out cash. Eurogroup president Jean-Claude Juncker said "money will flow to Greece as early as next week" and the group is... Outlook is more positive for 2013 as signs show 'fiscal cliff' bears could be wrong
(Thursday - December 13, 2012) Associated Profiles : MSCI Group (NYSE: MDX)
Source: Independent - That all bodes well for a low-growth, sustainable recovery in which basic materials ... Two worthy choices in this arena are the Shares MSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility Index or... Exclusive: Schwab eyes commission-free ETF supermarket - sources
(Friday - December 07, 2012) Associated Profiles : State Street Global Advisors (SSgA)
Source: FOX Business - Despite these concerns, three ETF officials told Reuters that, if one of the big three ETF providers, BlackRock, State Street Corp's State Street Global Advisors, The Vanguard Group, participated in... Commentary
Chevron Aims at an Activist Shareholder
(Monday - December 10, 2012)
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