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Human rights custom index explained

MSCI has constructed a new index, based on client-specified customised ESG screening criteria, which aims to exclude companies directly implicated in certain serious human rights violations. This paper outlines the index methodology.
Amanda WhiteJuly 27, 2011
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CIC weighs into alternatives

The China Investment Corporation deployed nearly 30 per cent of its cash, or $35.7 billion, in 2010, mostly into private equity, real estate, infrastructure and other direct investments with its alternatives allocation increasing from 6 to 21 per cent in the year.
Amanda WhiteJuly 27, 2011
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Robin Hood had it so simple

A Maid Marian of sorts, I like the idea of taking from the rich to give to the poor, and I certainly believe in a low-carbon economy, so it’s pleasing to see momentum building for the causes behind a financial transaction tax in Europe and the UK. But I’m not convinced such a tax is […]
Amanda WhiteJuly 20, 2011
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Is this the beginning of real reform in NY?

New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has introduced a reform agenda for the $140 billion State Common Retirement Fund in a bid to reduce the burden of its liabilities on taxpayers, but there is no sign of fulfilling his election promise of changing the governance structure of the fund.
Amanda WhiteJuly 20, 2011
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Columbia students solve governance problems

Financial studies students at one of New York’s most-respected business schools, Columbia Business School, are asked to suggest a new governance model for the State Common Retirement Fund, as its current model of a single trustee is held up to be “the worst example of governance” in a large pension fund in the developed world […]
Amanda WhiteJuly 20, 2011
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