Finance – Revelio https://www.revelio.com Tue, 05 Feb 2019 02:17:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.revelio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-Sun-Logo-512x512-32x32.png Finance – Revelio https://www.revelio.com 32 32 ESG and Financial Performance https://www.revelio.com/2019/02/05/esg-and-financial-performance/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 02:17:28 +0000 http://www.revelio.com/?p=12395 A meta study evaluating the findings of 2,200 empirical studies, this is one of the most important ESG white papers published over the last several years. 90% of the studies identified a neutral or positive relationship between ESG and financial performance, with the large majority positive. The positive relationships were stable over time, further establishing the business case for incorporation of ESG principles into the business context.

SSRN-id2699610 ESG and Financial Performance

]]> Women in Finance, A Case For Closing Gaps https://www.revelio.com/2019/01/21/women-in-finance-a-case-for-closing-gaps/ Mon, 21 Jan 2019 18:21:04 +0000 http://www.revelio.com/?p=12344 Christine Lagarde famously quipped, “If Lehman Brothers had been a bit more Lehman Sisters … we would not have had the degree of tragedy that we had as a result of what happened.” Not surprising, the IMF chief knew what she was talking about.  According to an IMF paper published in September, 2018, the presence of women on the boards was a distinguishing feature of bank stability. This is but one of several interesting findings in the paper, which also includes references to other important research publications in the field.

Women in Finance, A Case For Closing Gaps, IMF, 092018

 

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