Responsible Investment in Times of Turmoil

By Jos Leys, Kristian Alm, Wim Vandekerckhove

Book Overview

Foreword; Alejo Jos G. Sison.- List of tables.- List of figures.- About the editors.- About the authors.- Introduction; Wim Vandekerckhove, Jos Leys, Kristian Alm, Bert Scholtens, Silvana Signori and Henry Sch fer.- Chapter 1. Global finance and the role of responsible investors; Steve Waddell.- Chapter 2. New values in responsible investment; Neil Eccles.- Chapter 3. The legitimacy of ESG standards as an analytical framework for responsible investment;

Tim Cadman.- Chapter 4. Reputational penalties in financial markets: an ethical mechanism?; Peter-Jan Engelen and Marc van Essen.- Chapter 5. The financial performance of RI funds after 2000; Olaf Weber, Marco Mansfeld and Eric Schirrmann.- Chapter 6. Responsible investment by pension funds after the financial crisis; Riikka Siev nen.- Chapter 7. Private equity as an emerging asset class of responsible investment; Barbara Del Bosco and Nicola Misani.- Chapter 8. Responsible investment and exclusion criteria: a case study from a Catholic Private Bank; Michael S. A l nder and Markus Schenkel.- Chapter 9. Islamic Banking and responsible investment: is a fusion possible?; Reza Zain Jaufeerally.- Chapter 10. What are your investments doing right now?; Joakim Sandberg.- Chapter 11. Sustainability and social justice; Johan A. Klaassen.- Chapter 12.Reality and Potential of responsible investment; Carlos Joly.- Chapter 13. Why responsible investing?; Henrik Syse.- Post scripta - an Owl's view; Jos Leys, Bert Scholtens, Henry Sch fer, Wim Vandekerckhove, Kristian Alm and Silvana Signori.- Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400740700
• ISBN13: 9789400740709
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"