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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 14, 2013
Theme park? New offering lets advisers build portfolios around motifs

Online broker Motif Investing launches features that empower users to formulate their own mix of securities.

INVESTING ESG MAR 31, 2013
Happy returns: It's a sin how well this fund performs

Investment in vice paying off handsomely; antistocially conscious

INVESTING ESG MAR 31, 2013
Funds cater to the faithful

INVESTING ESG MAR 31, 2013
Socially conscious funds move beyond screen test

More proactive stock picking leading to more robust results

INVESTING ESG MAR 10, 2013
Buffett: Think green or forgo green

Think twice before dropping controversial stock holdings
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 15, 2013
Think twice before dropping controversial stock holdings

Public pensions are scrutinizing gun stock investments, but private plan advisers may want to hold off

INVESTING RIAS SEP 23, 2012
Radnor Capital Management is back - this time as an RIA

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 09, 2012
Ethical investments could give hedge funds an edge

INVESTING ESG JUN 10, 2012
Planting the sustainable-investing seed

Advisers keen to offer clients socially responsible investments: Survey
INVESTING ESG JUN 08, 2012
Advisers keen to offer clients socially responsible investments: Survey

Most advisers believe they can grow their businesses with investments that marry financial return with social and environmental impact, according to a new survey

Legacy of Occupy Wall Street? Green funds see more green
INVESTING ESG APR 26, 2012
Legacy of Occupy Wall Street? Green funds see more green

Environmentally responsible investing sees uptick in interest following protest movement; same thing for socially aware funds

INVESTING ESG JUL 15, 2011
Catholic values fund fires back at N.Y. Times

The editorial took specific issue with investments in defense contractors such as United Technologies Inc. and “junk food giant” ConAgra Foods Inc. while not investing in Playboy Enterprises Inc.

INVESTING ESG MAY 22, 2011
A portfolio that purrs

Animal lovers now have their own socially screened stock portfolio to cuddle up with — without the fear of fur balls, ticks or fleas

INVESTING ESG OCT 31, 2010
Advisers seen as key to success of 'impact investing'

The expanding universe of socially conscious investments is beginning to coalesce under one umbrella: “impact investing.”

INVESTING ESG MAY 24, 2010
Pax to launch socially conscious ETFs

Pax, based in Portsmouth, N.H., plans to list three ETFs on NYSE Arca, a division of New York-based NYSE Euronext, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week.

INVESTING ESG SEP 02, 2009
American Funds shareholders to vote on anti-genocide resolution

For the first time, American Funds shareholders will be voting this fall on whether to ask the boards of directors of 16 funds to institute a divestment policy against companies that do business in countries where genocide and crimes against humanity have occurred.

INVESTING ESG AUG 10, 2009
Green funds return 22.95% through July 31, outperforming the S&P 500

For green investors, patience is not only a virtue, it is a source of profits.

INVESTING ESG JUL 23, 2009
Power Play launches non-traded solar energy index

Power Play Research today launched the Power Play Global Solar Energy Index (PPGSEI), which will record the performance of more than 50 solar energy companies in developed countries worldwide.

INVESTING ESG JUL 22, 2009
Green Century touts small carbon footprint in fund

In a move to raise awareness about transparency in green investing, Boston-based Green Century Capital Management Inc. today announced the results of a carbon analysis of one of its mutual funds.

INVESTING ESG JUL 09, 2009
Genocide-free investing policy urged for Fidelity funds

Shareholders of 13 Fidelity funds will vote next week on a non-binding resolution that asks the funds' boards of trustees to establish a policy of so-called genocide-free investing.