All Academic research articles – Page 2
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Academic research
Why and how investors can respond to income inequality
The gap in income and wealth between the very affluent and the rest of society has become one of the most noteworthy socio-economic issues of our time.
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Webinar
How and where will millennials invest?
Modern portfolio theory is core to finance and how we invest, but in its practical application ESG factors are merely “externalities,” therefore how can responsible investment ever become “investment” if education treats responsible investment as a module – or does not feature at all?
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Academic research
Academic Network Conference 2017: papers and presentations
View papers and presentations from the conference.
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Academic research
How engagement creates value for investors and companies: conclusion
By evidencing how corporations experience ESG engagement, unpacking the dynamics through which multiple forms of value are created for corporations and investors, and contrasting corporate and investor perspectives about the value of engagement, our analysis has resulted in a number of key insights. These insights have implications for current and ...
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Academic research
Enablers and barriers to successful ESG engagement
We identified common enabling factors and barriers to successful engagements, from corporate and investor perspectives.
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Academic research
Creating value for investors and companies: Individual versus collective ESG engagement
When asked about the pros and cons of individual as opposed to collective forms of engagement, few corporate interviewees could clearly differentiate between the two forms, as in both cases, a lead investor may be charged with approaching them.
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Academic research
How engagement creates value for investors and companies: (Re)defining engagement success
An implication of both the consideration of the corporate perspective on engagement, and a broader definition of value, is the reconsideration of how engagement success is defined.
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Academic research
How engagement creates value for investors and companies: Relationship building
ESG engagement encourages closer collaboration between ESG and financial analysts and/or fund managers. In addition, the relationships between investors and companies support the integration of ESG, in a self-reinforcing manner, within both investment firms and companies.
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Academic research
How engagement creates value for investors and companies: Political dynamics
This chapter looks at the role of political dynamics in how ESG engagement can create value for investors and companies.
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Academic research
How engagement creates value for investors and companies: Learning dynamics
The reinforcement of the communication channels between investors and their investee companies through ESG engagement also creates new opportunities for learning about ESG issues on the corporate side.
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Academic research
How engagement creates value for investors and companies: Communicative dynamics
We identified three main sets - communicative, learning and political - of ESG engagement dynamics which create value. This chapter focuses on the communicative dynamics.
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Academic research
Introduction to how ESG engagement creates value for investors and companies
A growing number of investors are undertaking corporate engagement and exercising their rights as shareholders to influence corporate behaviour.
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Academic research
How ESG engagement creates value for investors and companies
There is growing evidence that engagement by investors with companies on ESG issues can create shareholder value.
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News and press
PRI launches online platform to enhance academic-investor dialogue
The PRI has today launched the Academic Network Online – a unique platform that will connect 4,000 academics and investment practitioners to enhance dialogue and foster relationship-building.
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News and press
PRI announces plans to reimagine, look beyond modern portfolio theory
Examining the limitations of modern portfolio theory (MPT), the PRI has announced a programme of activities designed to analyse and consider the possibilities of investment decision making.
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Blog post
Social cohesion and inclusive growth: Investment risks and opportunities
Social cohesion is an increasing concern in the investment sphere, skewing traditional notions and models.
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Academic research
RI Quarterly vol. 12: Highlights from the Academic Network Conference and PRI in Person 2017
At a time of heightened political and societal sensitivity, the debates that took place at the PRI Academic Network Conference 2017 were brought into sharp focus.
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Blog post
How and where will millennials invest?
Millennials are changing the nature of finance and how it works (or doesn’t), corporations, the investment and pensions industry, and investment itself.
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Blog post
Handle with care: the empowered millennial
Millennials are more empowered than previous generations and they know what they want: to invest in the “future”.