Hat tip to Yves Smith! John O’Brien: Mortgage Settlement Fails to Address Banking Criminal Enterprise Posted: 22 Feb 2012 03:09 AM PST Yves here. The release by San Francisco county assessor-recorder Phil Ting of a study of document irregularities in foreclosures has put a spotlight on the failure of Federal …
Occupy the Neighborhood: How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain
Occupy the Neighborhood: How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain Ellen Browneb_small Chairman and President Public Banking Institute An electronic database called MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) has created defects in the chain of title to over half the homes in America. Counties have been cheated out of …
Emerging Markets ESG publishes extensive database of ESG practitioners
Emerging Markets ESG publishes extensive database of ESG practitioners On Friday, December 30, 2011 Emerging Markets ESG published an updated Database of Contacts in the Field of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI). To download the database, please visit the Research of Emerging Markets ESG. The Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) Program …
The network of global corporate control
The structure of the control network of transnational corporations affects global market com- petition and financial stability. So far, only small national samples were studied and there was no appropriate methodology to assess control globally. We present the first investigation of the architecture of the international ownership network, along with …
UNEP FI September Newsletter
Highlight THE HIGHLIGHT 13th Global Roundtable fast arriving, Washington, D.C., 19-20 October Join over 100 speakers and 600+ participants for a one-of-a-kind summit in Washington, D.C., on 19-20 October. Gain valuable insight into the emerging financial sustainability sector’s most pressing issues. Global Roundtable speaker Terry Vaughan Global Roundtable speaker Terry …
Babcock Foundation Report on CDFI Growth and Sustainability
The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation in Winston-Salem, NC, recently commissioned and published Community Development Financial Institutions: A Study on Growth and Sustainability, featuring input from the leaders of more than a dozen local, regional and national CDFIs working in the Southeast. The report considers the Aspen Institute’s formative study on sustainability …
A proactive response to regulation can boost the competitiveness of financial institutions, according to new research
Press release Press enquiries: Joanne McKenna: +44 (0)20 7576 8188 or joannemckenna@economist.com For immediate release: Wednesday, June 29th 2011 A proactive response to regulation can boost the competitiveness of financial institutions, according to new research Seven in ten say proactive compliance can create a competitive advantage. A wave of financial …
Jane Ambachtsheer: Honorary Recipient of the SIO Lifetime Achievement Award
Last updated: 28 June 2011 Issue 18 Contact us Jane Ambachtsheer, Partner and Global Head of Mercer’s Responsible Investment business, has been chosen as the honorary recipient of the Social Investment Organization’s 2011 Canadian SRI Lifetime Achievement Award. The Social Investment Organization (SIO) is a national membership-based organization that includes …
Treasury Opens Small Business Lending Fund to CDFI Loan Funds
Treasury Opens Small Business Lending Fund to CDFI Loan Funds May 26, 2011 CDFI Fund 15th Anniversary Logo Statement from CDFI Fund Director Gambrell on Announcement of Small Business Lending Fund for Community Development Loan Funds Lower Cost Capital for CDFI Loan Funds Now Available Washington, DC – The U.S. …
The Road to the Green Climate Fund | World Resources Institute
By Athena Ballesteros on February 14, 2011 Tags: adaptation climate finance financial institutions international policy MDB world bank Final session at COP-16 Cancun. Photo credit: WRIThis post originally appeared on the World Bank blog Development in a Changing Climate The UN Climate Talks in December 2010 concluded with a set …