Tag: Firearms

Pensions March 16, 2021

CalPERS Rejects Reinvesting in Tobacco Again

Pension plan’s investment committee votes down a second attempt from member Jason Perez to reverse its 20-year-old ban.

August 11, 2020

Sin Stocks, Once Heavenly Performers, Now Are Damned

Shares in tobacco, booze, gambling, and the like are suffering in the pandemic era.

Regulation December 5, 2019

Connecticut Moves to Embrace ‘First-of-its-Kind’ Gun Divestment Policy

State treasury plans to divest from civilian gun manufacturers to mitigate the national gun violence crisis.

Newsmakers November 15, 2018

Institutional Investors Launch Firearms Industry Framework

Coalition with nearly $5 trillion in assets under management aims to engage industry to improve gun safety.

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2021 Outsourced-Chief Investment Officer Survey

2020 Transition Management Survey

2020 Liability-Driven Investment Survey

2021 CIO Influential Investors Forum and Industry Innovation Awards Dinner

December 7, 2021 | Chelsea Piers, Pier 60 New York

Clint Coghill discusses the data challenges facing the institutional investment community

Backstop Solutions Group CEO Clint Coghill provides insight in the challenges Institutional investors face in today's data-driven marketplace.

Sponsored by Backstop Solutions

A customized approach to ESG doesn’t have to be expensive Many investors are finding that off-the-shelf approaches are not meeting their organization’s unique ESG needs. This case study explores how Invesco created a suite of ESG mandates which track custom-built indexes for a large US-bank, focusing on specific environmental and social issues.
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