Archive for 2012
IPE.com News: ABP, Dutch FTT, LCP on Irish pensions, IPE-Quest, defined ambition, PGB
ABP: New Dutch government's plans could slash pensions by 20% NETHERLANDS – Scheme criticises plans to cap tax relief for pension savings. 01/11/12 Dutch pensions industry embraces financial transaction tax Irish pension funds scaling back equity exposure, LCP says Mandate roundup: IPE-Quest, Scottish Enterprise UK roundup: Defined [...]
Special Solari Report: Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012
We thank Catherine Austin Fitts for this succinct guide to the JOBS ACT, - Hazel Henderson, Editor By Carolyn A. Betts, Esq. with Catherine Austin Fitts The following table compares the crowdfunding provisions enacted in Title 3 of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (“JOBS Act”) (as well as a few expansions in the JOBS Act to Regulation [...]
CIF Pilot Country Meetings – Vol. 172 No. 6 – Forest Investment Program – Issue #2
The fourth meeting of pilot countries participating in the Forest Investment Program (FIP) convened today in Istanbul Turkey, in association with the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) 2012 Partnership Forum that will meet on 6-7 November. The FIP is one of the three targeted programs under the CIF's Strategic Climate Fund (SCF). Download the [...]
Solar Equipment Maker GT Advanced Technologies Lays Off 25 Percent of Workforce
Solar Equipment Maker GT Advanced Technologies Lays Off 25 Percent of Workforce by Jennifer Runyon, Managing Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com | October 31, 2012 | Responding to projections that the solar panel module overcapacity will continue for at least another year, solar equipment maker GT Advanced Technologies today announced a [...]
Dust’s warming counters half of its cooling effect
Dust's warming counters half of its cooling effect Posted: 31 Oct 2012 06:42 PM PDT Dust that routinely rises above the world's deserts causes a more significant localized warming effect than previously thought, a new study based on NASA field research shows. Folding funnels key to biomimicry Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:10 PM [...]
NSFM Roundtable Explores Risk Management and Fundamental Principles of Fiduciary Duty
Network for Sustainable Financial Markets has posted a new item, 'NSFM Roundtable Explores Risk Management and Fundamental Principles of Fiduciary Duty' A group of pension fund trustees, senior managers, advisors and academics gathered in Seattle in October, 2012 to discuss the challenges facing pension fund managers and trustees. Participants [...]
Bank of England’s Andy Haldane praises Occupy movement at NSFM supported event
Network for Sustainable Financial Markets has posted a new item, 'Bank of England's Andy Haldane praises Occupy movement at NSFM supported event' The Bank of England's Andy Haldane praised Occupy and criticised investors at a recent London event: Socially Useful Banking supported by NSFM. "Occupy's voice has been both loud and persuasive," [...]
80 Percent Renewables at Mid-Century – The smartest scientists at the nation’s energy labs explain how
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ ON-THE-ROAD-READING, Monday, October 29: While NewEnergyNews is on the road covering The U.S. Solar Market Insight Conference, check out these pieces written earlier this year for Greentech Media. Back soon. * On-the-Road-Reading: 80 Percent [...]
2012 State of the Future
By: Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu The 2012 State of the Future with access to all of The Millennium Project?s research over the past 16 years is now available in several different modes: Online Download, CD, Flash drive, and Print at http://www.millennium-project.org/millennium/2012SOF.html. You can purchase the [...]
Hurricane Sandy Reminds America Climate Change Is No Joke
Click for full article Posted: 31 Oct 2012 04:29 PM PDT The past 48 hours have undoubtedly reminded America that climate change and rising sea levels are not a joke. Initial estimates have placed a price tag of around $50 billion dollars on Hurricane Sandy, parts of the country?s largest city and financial center could be shut down for [...]
