Brown Advisory

JUNE 3, 2015

Demystifying Sustainable Investing. achen. Wed, 06/03/2015 - 09:00. For many investors, the topic of sustainable investing is a jungle of jargon and vague terms. When you cut through the confusion, though, you find that sustainable investing strategies have matured and improved, and now form the core of an increasing number of investors’ portfolios.

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Brown Advisory

JUNE 3, 2015

Sustainability—An Expanding Toolkit. achen. Wed, 06/03/2015 - 09:02. The boom in sustainable strategies has made it far easier than even five years ago to construct a sustainable portfolio across asset classes—from stocks to fixed income to compelling private equity alternatives. No question about it, sustainable investing is a growth industry. There were 925 investment funds that incorporate environmental, social or governance factors in their approach as of the end of 2014, according to US SIF

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Brown Advisory

JUNE 3, 2015

Sustainability—Beyond the Usual Suspects. achen. Wed, 06/03/2015 - 09:05. CEOs across the board try to give their firms a boost by increasing revenue and cutting costs. Our focus is on finding stocks across sectors with underlying environmental business advantages. That can lead us to holdings that might surprise you. CEOs of public companies face pressure from a wide variety of stakeholders to improve their environmental profiles: megaphone-wielding shareholders, procurement managers seeking to

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JUNE 3, 2015

The Advisory | June 2015. achen. Wed, 06/03/2015 - 10:14. Shifting Gears. Ahead of the first tightening by the Federal Reserve in nine years, we are shifting into less-traditional assets, anticipating that, at best, U.S. stocks and fixed income securities will probably languish when the central bank begins to withdraw record stimulus. Federal Reserve policymakers forecast that they will likely start tightening this year for the first time since 2006, bringing an end to record liquidity, even as

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Speaker: Claire Grosjean

Finance teams are drowning in data—but is it actually helping them spend smarter? Without the right approach, excess spending, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities continue to drain profitability. While analytics offers powerful insights, financial intelligence requires more than just numbers—it takes the right blend of automation, strategy, and human expertise.

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