Network for Sustainable Financial Markets

In an article in IPE this month, NSFMer, Raj Thamotheram tackles the ‘mother of all preventable surprises’: climate change. In Climate a major beta risk, he argues that “Investors could be a bigger part of the solution by: discouraging inappropriate corporate political lobbying; pushing for a level playing field in energy subsidies; and ensuring that their [...]

Event alert: Network for Sustainable Financial Markets fringe workshop prior to the opening of the Just Banking conference in Edinburgh, 19 April 2012: Did investors act as the enablers of the banking crisis?  What should / could we do to be a bigger part of the solution? Further details and instructions on how to register available here. **** Report: Long-term investing can [...]

Two dozen pension fund senior managers, advisors and academics gathered in London on 19 March 2012 for the first NSFM Roundtable on Fiduciary Duty to be held in Europe.  The event was co-sponsored by the Rotman International Centre for Pension Management at the University of Toronto.  Participants discussed various scenarios to help identify practices that [...]

A new report launched last week by former senior banker and NSFM participant Avinash Persaud challenges the arguments used by some of his peers and the government to oppose a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT). Professor Persaud, who was previously head of Currency and Commodity Research at JPMorgan & Co says: “What draws me to this subject is [...]

Several initiatives to increase understanding of the issue of fiduciary duty and acting in clients’ long-term interests are being rolled out, with NSFM participants at the forefront. As FTfm reports: “This week the International Corporate Governance Network is launching a Model Mandate at its annual conference, which provides a guideline for asset owners on the [...]