When and Why Foundations Should Blur the Line Between Profit-making and Charity

kristyCommunity Development Solutions, SRI/ESG News

A recent New York Times article on program-related investing highlighted the $10 million equity stake the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation took in Liquidia Technologies. Some in the foundation world are concerned that the investment blurred the line between profit-making and charity. We and our Braintrust advisor Stephen Viederman say …

EM interest leads to rise in global manager searches, says Mercer

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EM interest leads to rise in global manager searches, says Mercer UK accounts for third of all emerging market searches, while commodity interest doubles. 17/05/11 APG adopts new ISAE-3402 standard on internal control Basel pension fund returns 4.1%, closes in on full funding Pension funds responsible for driving up food …