RIA News: PRI Purchases RI Academy

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

STAY CONNECTED       RIA Newsletter September 2014 RIA News   PRI Purchases RI Academy We are pleased to announce that the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has purchased the RI Academy. This acquisition will strengthen the RI Academy’s content, expand its scope, and raise the RI Academy’s …

Responsible Investment Academy, will move to a new home

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Ethical Markets, a PRI signatory, congratulates RI Academy and PRI for this collaboration to advance education in responsible finance, Hazel Henderson, Editor       MEDIA RELEASE LONDON, 9 September 2014 – The world’s leading responsible investment education business, the Responsible Investment Academy, will move to a new home with …

3BL Media Announces the Acquisition of CSRwire

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

It is with great excitement that 3BL Media announced today the acquisition of CSRwire.  As you may know, some of us at 3BL came from CSRwire about five years ago, so this is truly an amazing opportunity to bring a brand we helped build into the 3BL Media family.   …

MEDIA RELEASE RI Academy welcomed into the PRI

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Ethical Markets, a PRI signatory, congratulates RI Academy and PRI for this collaboration to advance education in responsible finance, Hazel Henderson, Editor MEDIA RELEASE LONDON, 9 September 2014 – The world’s leading responsible investment education business, the Responsible Investment Academy, will move to a new home with the Principles for …

Another defining moment for crowdfinance

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Yesterday marked another defining moment for crowdfinance. Lending Club, the world’s largest crowdlender, announced that it has acquired Springstone Financial, a offline consumer lender that focuses on elective medical and dental procedure lending as well as tuition financing for K-12 private school education. The acquisition, totaling $140 million, was financed in …

The Crown Cafe: On Friday, I reactively penned my thoughts on the Ubuntu Edge’s failure to reach its $31 million goal. I think much of the press missing the story.

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

  Don’t hesitate to get in touch! [email protected] TheCrowdCafe Weekly – August 25, 2013 Aug 25, 2013 10:44 am | Jonathan Sandlund |View Original Post|   Happy Sunday, all. Another busy week in the crowdinvesting industry, with an acquisition in the UK and a number of new platforms & services launched. Before …

Now Street: Crowdnetic Acquires NowStreet Journal and Strengthens its Management Team with Key Hire

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

NowStreet Journal Acquired Dear Readers: I’d just like to take this time to say thank you for your readership and continued support of NowStreet Journal. It has been an incredible experience both witnessing and documenting the transformation of our financial markets. But this is merely the beginning. As the popularity …

Calvert Foundation: Engaging Diaspora Communities for Development

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

It’s a win-win. Earn a financial return and support communities. Empowering Investors to Empower Communities JULY 2013 Early this month we launched the new Calvert Foundation website! Throughout the redesign process we worked to create an experience to meet the diverse needs of the Calvert Foundation community. Notably, a revisedimpact section …

HFT: In Search of the Truth

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Advisors' Forum

Most studies on the impact of high-frequency trading on market quality include at least one fatal flaw. But the truth is out there. Statistics is a funny field – you can generally construct well-reasoned, well-supported arguments on both sides of an issue. I have found a paucity of independent, objective …

Energy Storage, Meet Energy Markets – GTM Daily Newsletter

Jay OwenGreentech

Wed May 22, 2013 LATEST NEWS: Cleanweb: Is IT the Secret to a New Energy Future?  Katherine Tweed – May 21, 2013 Entrepreneurs working to conserve our precious resources, one app at a time The Smart Meter Stimulus-Cash-to-Integration Equation font> Jeff St. John – May 21, 2013 How taxpayer-backed AMI projects …