Network for Sustainable Financial Markets

NSFM director and Climate Bonds Initiative co-founder Nick Silver sets the bar for investors who say they have a long-term investment approach and a commitment to taking inter-generational matters seriously as they discharge their fiduciary duties. Let me deal with each word in turn: Climate, Bonds and Standards1. Climate. Everyone seems to have forgotten about [...]

Several NSFM participants have signed a submission to the UK Government’s Kay Review on short-termism which was created by Cynthia Williams, Frank Jan de Graf and Keith Johnson. NSFMKayReviewSubmission (Revised)

Steve Viederman has been elected to the board of the Responsible Endowment Coalition and as Chair of the Finance Committee of the Christopher Reynolds Foundation. More information available here: http://www.endowmentethics.org/board http://www.creynolds.org/who-we-are.html

Have any other NSFM participants heard from colleagues/friends/relatives comments along the lines of: “I really don’t get what these protestors are all about?”  “But what do they hope to achieve?” If so, why not suggest that they have a look at these easy to read slides written by a business friendly US website: http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10 Perhaps [...]

I am for a global financial transactions tax. The need to downsize the global bubble of financialization and tame this global casino ( as I have written for decades ! )  Today, HFT is another compelling reason. Specious arguments about  the supposed “difficulty” of  collection.  Nonsense , as we point out , can be done [...]