A new EDHEC-Risk Institute publication, “The Performance of Socially Responsible Investment and Sustainable Development in France: an Update after the Financial Crisis”, concludes that SRI should be integrated in a global process combining quantitative and qualitative approaches.
Venture hangs on to long-term pole position
Venture capital has been through probably its worst decade ever as an institutional investor asset class, as private equity – as dominated by buyouts – recovered over the past few quarters from some of the ground lost during the global financial crisis.
HOOPP ‘healthy’ building to reduce energy by 50 per cent
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) Realty-owned AeroCentre V opened in Mississauga this week, a cutting edge “healthy” office building with features that include windows that open, and natural light that will help will reduce energy consumption 35-50 per cent.
Dodd-Frank Act will stand or fall on right people
Why the UK needs longevity bonds
David Blake, director of the Pensions Institute at the Cass Business School in London, believes the UK government should issue longevity bonds to help create an efficient capital market for the transfer of longevity risk. But given the government’s reluctance to do so, he says, perhaps the private sector should step up.
Rival bodies vie for European hedge fund investors
While the hedge fund space may have contracted in the past three years, manager representation at an association level in Europe is set to increase with the launch of a US-based rival group to the London-based Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA).
