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Insured Losses may reach $1.5 Billion in Gulf Oil Spill, Class Action Lawsuits have begun
According to Transatlantic Holdings Inc, the expanding oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by a leaking BP Plc well, may cost the insurance industry as much as $1.5 billion in claims.
Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and sunk last week, the disaster left 11 of the 126 crew dead. According to the U.S. Coast [...]
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SEC charges Goldman Sachs with alleged fraud
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused Goldman Sachs of defrauding investors.
According to Robert Peston, BBC Business Editor “ The narrative of what transpired, as set out by the SEC, is quite the financial thriller ”
The SEC says Goldman failed to disclose “vital information” to investors that one of its clients, Paulson & Co, helped choose [...]
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Responsible Investor News Alert; People Moves
http://www.responsible-investor.com/home/article/ri_people_moves/
Fiona Baxter, a former senior researcher at consulting firm Innovest, has set up her own ESG research venture called Corporate Research Consultants . The new company will provide research to institutions, governments and corporations as well as to financial planners, advisors and individual investors. The company’s first ESG Workshop is set to take place in Toronto this spring.
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CSRwire Press Release
"The company will cover a broad spectrum of clients providing ESG research services to not only institutions, governments and corporations, but also financial planners, advisors and individual investors."
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Who is to blame for Greek financial woes?
The Greek government announced Wednesday that it would reduce its skyrocketing deficit by approximately $6.6 billion U.S. by increasing taxes and reducing spending. The austerity program may provide Greece with some room to maneuver, whose economy edged closer to the brink in its critical debt crisis for several weeks.
Governments in Europe and North America are [...]
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Is ESG Research finally going Mainstream?
March 3, 2010 – MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) announced yesterday that it is acquiring RiskMetrics a Proxy and ESG research company who put itself up for sale this year. RiskMetrics bought out ESG research and analysis leaders Innovest Strategic Value Advisors and KLD last year. In November 2009, Thomson Reuters procured ASSET4 AG, a [...]
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Welcome!
This is the first post to our new blog at Corporate Research Consultants. The blog will be used to bring time sensitive Environment, Social & Governance information and in most cases will be updated daily. Our Newsletter will now become a monthly summary of international environmental, social, and governance issues and their integration into mainstream [...]
BP shares hit a seven-month low today as clean-up costs from the oil spill escalate.