Best Execution Accreditation: First-of-its-kind service combines qualitative and quantitative analysis to guarantee Best Execution

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Best Execution Accreditation: Quantitative. Objective. Independent. Best Execution Accreditation First-of-its-kind service combines qualitative and quantitative analysis to guarantee Best Execution KOR Group is excited to announce our new Best Execution Accreditation service. KOR will perform comprehensive analysis for buy-side firms of all policies and procedures and quantitative analysis of order flow …

Brad Katsuyama on Conflicts of Interest, Investor Loss of Confidence, and High Speed Trading in U.S. Stock Markets

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs by Bradley Katsuyama, President and CEO, IEX Group, Inc.   EXCERPT   Committee Ask: Address conflicts of interest affecting brokers charged with seeking best execution of customer orders, including conflicts posed by …

Sustainable Development Update – 26 March 2014 – Sustainable Development Policy & Practice

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

World Bank Report Proposes Priorities for Sustainable Urbanization 25_March_2014: ‘Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanization,’ a report by the World Bank and China’s Development Research Center, proposes a ‘new urbanization’ path that will be environmentally sustainable, ensure food security, better allocate capital, labor and land, and place people …

Cleantech Group: insight into innovation

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

cleantech group insight into innovation   Has your 2013 been anything like mine? If so, you’ve met and worked with inspiring people who are passionate about accelerating change; seen exciting opportunities develop in various sectors of resource innovation; and faced personal wins and losses, too. Looking into next year, I …

World Forum on Natural Capital November 21 – 22

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Nature/Biomimicry

                16 days to go: 30+ countries so far With endorsement from the United Nations and the World Bank, the concept of natural capital accounting is rapidly becoming an essential concept to understand. If you haven’t seen it already, take a look at our …

U.S. Department of Commerce In Partnership With Watershed Capital Organizes 1st Impact & Sustainable Certified Trade Mission

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

The U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, DC and Watershed Capital Group are pleased to announce the first Impact & Sustainable Certified Trade Mission.  The Impact & Sustainable Trade Mission will take place September 30, October 1, and October 2 in Zurich, Amsterdam, and London.  The Trade Mission provides a venue for European institutional …

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Intrabond Capital Newletter GOVERNANCE MATTERS     Latest Board Bona Fide® Director  We are pleased to share Dotty Hayes has joined the board of The Vantagepoint Funds, an SEC- registered mutual fund sponsored by ICMA-RC, which specializes in retirement savings plans for state and municipal employees. The Vantagepoint Funds have $13billion in …

NewNet Daily Newsletter: London likely to miss out as venue of choice for Waste2Tricity IPO

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

NewNet Daily Newsletter 5 June 2013 See all the latest reaction to the UK Energy Bill reading and European solar tariffs on New Energy World Network Deal News Porvair acquires US filter business Eisenmann Metallurgical Industrifonden, Innogy Ventures back bioenergy services business Mantex Total Energy Ventures joins Wireless Seismic’s $12.5m round …

Pilot Program for Climate Resilience Bulletin

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Earth Systems Science

Pilot Program for Climate Resilience Bulletin The seventh meeting of the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) for pilot countries and participating regions convened on 1-3 May in Washington, DC, and was hosted by the World Bank through the Climate Investment Funds (CIF). Over 70 participants attended the meeting, which …

Post-2015 Development Agenda Bulletin – Vol. 208 No. 10 – High Level Meeting on Energy and the Post-2015 Development Agenda – Final Summary

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

Post-2015 Development Agenda Bulletin · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) in collaboration with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Volume 208 Number 10 – Thursday, 11 April 2013 SUMMARY OF THE HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON ENERGY AND THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA 9 APRIL …