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INVESTING ESG DEC 08, 2014
The top 25 socially conscious funds

Ranked by one-year total return

INVESTING ESG NOV 14, 2014
Who is pushing – and buying – socially responsible investments

New survey finds female advisers more likely to offer impact-investing options to clients.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 03, 2014
Markets in a 'bad mood' as S&P 500 gives back year's gains

Weak economic numbers and an Ebola panic spurred a pullback, causing the S&P 500 to give back the year's gains.

INVESTING ESG OCT 27, 2014
Morgan Stanley adds 'impact' portfolios in brokerage

Program uses outside managers to screen to avoid certain companies or seek businesses that have shown success in environmental or social issues

INVESTING ESG OCT 27, 2014
Impact investing soars with $12 million green bond sale by Merrill Lynch

Last week's purchases illustrate the growth over the last few years in investment options tied to social improvements.

INVESTING ESG SEP 17, 2014
Impact investing on the cusp of mainstream wealth management

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 29, 2014
Schorsch REIT board member recommends 30% alts exposure for retirees

Bob Froehlich says the industry needs to catch up with the pressing demands of a yield-starved world.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 28, 2014
Smart beta, by any other name, is still smart

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, a look at how smart beta has grown in prominence despite criticism, the performance-killing fees of active management, another type of corporate inversion, and more.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 26, 2014
Values-based investing entices advisers as client demand grows

New survey finds 83% of financial professionals are interested in investing based on societal or environmental impact.

INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 19, 2014
Female clients' unique approach to investing

Female clients think about investing differently, with focuses ranging from retirement to impact investing, and it's up to advisers to meet them on common ground. <i><b>More: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20140817/WOMEN&quot;>The Women and Investing special report</a></b></i>

INVESTING PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 25, 2014
What is impact investing and which wealth demographic cares?

The segment is growing in importance among your future top clients.

INVESTING ESG JUL 23, 2014
Sallie Krawcheck and Pax team on women-friendly corporate index fund

The ex-wirehouse executive is throwing her weight and her money behind a revived mutual fund that invests in publicly traded companies that have greater numbers of women in management positions, saying values and returns can align when advisers invest in gender diversity.

INVESTING ESG JUL 09, 2014
Impact investing here to stay

Financial advisers need to resist the urge to roll their eyes when the issue of impact investing comes up in conversation.

INVESTING ESG JUN 25, 2014
Schwab, Merrill and Wells find unity on impact investing

At a Washington conference for fund managers, executives from the rival firms agree on what the investors of the future want.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 10, 2014
Buffett is ready to double down on his wind and solar energy bet

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Buffett doubles down on green. Plus: ECB stimulus gains traction, Apple shares at less than $100, Alibaba IPO risks, when prostitutes become currency traders, and how to buy Scotch for your dad.

INVESTING ESG MAY 25, 2014
When money has an impact

Why impact investing, which targets companies or projects that effect positive change, while at the same time delivering a return, is gaining a foothold among advisers and clients.

INVESTING ESG MAR 03, 2014
Tax turmoil boosts donor-advised funds but stock market rally helps too

Charitable income tax deduction one of the few tax shelters remaining.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 13, 2014
Bill Gross compares Chinese economy to 'mystery meat'

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>The Bond King: China's a big risk. Plus: JPMorgan goes on a settlement binge, finance industry tells investors to stay calm, Obama administration catches a CBO boomerang, and some healthy balance sheets for the New Year.

INVESTING ESG OCT 31, 2013
Calvert launches diversified green-bond fund

Calvert launches diversified green-bond fund, an actively managed intermediate-term fund that will invest across bond subcategories

INVESTING OPINION SEP 24, 2013
Adopting ESG factors to improve returns, reduce risk

How traditional investment managers are looking at environmental, social and governance practices to identify top-performing companies