To View PDF Click Here By Theresa Gusman, Alex Cote, and Kaitlyn Mitchell Overview – All Eyes on Global Economic Recovery The vaccination race has begun with nine countries already exceeding 25% of their population inoculated with at least one dose of vaccine.1 Traders are anticipating rate hikes enacted rate hikes to curtail impending inflation, […]
Back from the Abyss By Theresa Gusman | To View PDF Click Here April 19, 2021 Overview A year ago, we stared into the abyss. We wondered how bad the damage – economic, social, personal, and professional – would be. Now, although challenges remain, ongoing policy support and the quickening pace of vaccine distribution have […]
By George Gay | Click Here to View PDF Sir David Attenborough, renowned nature documentarian, has produced his “witness statement” regarding human life on earth, his forecast for the future, and his prescription for avoiding it. When man first landed on the moon, in 1969, the human population on earth was less than half of […]
Reading the Tea Leaves for Proxy Season 2021 By Holly Testa | Click Here to View PDF The spring crush of annual shareholder meetings is upon us, and this year promises welcome and much-needed change that reflects increasing investor focus and concern with regard to environmental, social, and governance issues. We may well see record-breaking […]
Women and millennials value investment principles that have a positive impact on challenging issues, such as climate change, gender diversity, social justice, and employee equity. Demographic trends are among several powerful political, economic, and societal forces combining to produce a global investment landscape that demands increased alignment of core values and investment decisions. Please read […]
First Affirmative Plays Matchmaker to Escalate Renewable Energy Adoption Sometimes the most effective engagement strategy is to make some introductions and get out of the way! We asked one of our portfolio companies to address our concern that their growing global data center energy footprint continues to be powered by fossil fuel sources. Our discussions […]
Listen to today’s KOA NewsRadio’s interview with George Gay, CEO of First Affirmative Financial Network. View original content here: https://koanewsradio.iheart.com/featured/colorado-news/content/2021-03-04-becoming-a-socially-responsible-investor/
As a fast-growing investing theme, ESG faces some challenges but has a lot of opportunity. By Paulina Likos, Staff Writer – U.S. News & World Report ESG INVESTING, WHICH includes three broad categories, environmental, social and corporate governance, allows you to invest in companies seeking solutions to the challenges we face in the world today that perform […]
ESG challenges and opportunities are poised to shape the future of the global wealth management industry. Boston, February 16, 2021 – The global wealth management industry, overall, experienced a good year in 2020, and sustainable investing took a giant leap forward. Many consumer surveys in the market report that individual investors are interested in investing for […]
2020: Taking Stock of Shareholder Engagement during Disruption Last year garnered its own unfortunate but well-earned twitter hashtag: #2020worst. It brought us the onset of COVID-19, growing inequality as the stock market reached new highs and employment levels plummeted, rise of Black Lives Matters, ongoing political strife, a record year of natural disasters made worse […]
