Network for Sustainable Financial Markets

Martin Wolf has presented a provocative diagnosis of the current flaws found in capitalism. Unfortunately, he has nothing to say about the biggest issue of all – how to transform capitalism so that it does not continue to destroy the planet. Read John Mathews’ full article here.

‘Remuneration for pension fund managers has come under the spotlight as investors have taken aim over investment banking pay, according to a paper published by Keith Ambachtsheer at the University of Toronto’s Joseph L. Rotman School of Management. While much attention in compensation strategy is focused on how pension funds should exercise their say on pay [...]

‘In the aftermath of the first proxy season of shareholder “say-on-pay” votes under the Dodd-Frank Act, shareholders have filed derivative suits against the boards of several of the companies failing to win majority approval. Many observers have been quick to dismiss the plaintiffs’ likelihood of success in these cases, given the well-established principle that decisions [...]

In a new report from the Globalist Research Center, NSFM supporter John Mathews explains how shale gas has been oversold as a way of breaking America’s dependence on foreign oil. What America should be doing, he writes, is focusing on renewables.  

‘If asset managers are cutting SRI funds teams, will they really back ESG funds integration if the price signals aren’t strong?’ Hugh Wheelan, Managing Editor of Responsible Investor and NSFM supporter responds to recent events in the UK SRI industry: http://www.responsible-investor.com/home/article/hen_aviva/P0/