Sustainable Companies Are Beating the Market During the Crisis. Will It Last?
Barron's, March 26: “This is not a bubble or a trend,” says Erika Karp, CEO of Cornerstone Capital, an investment advisor with a sustainable focus. “ESG analysis is way more important than…
Cornerstone Capital Group Adds Two Senior Investment Advisors To Accelerate Company Growth
NEW YORK, March 24, 2020 – Cornerstone Capital Group today announced the addition of two seasoned professionals, Glen Macdonald and Shahnawaz Malik as Managing Directors and Senior Investment Advisors. Both bring extensive…
$1bn New York RIA adds advisors from Wealthspire and Standard Chartered
Citywire USA, March 24: Impact investing-focused Cornerstone Capital Group has added a pair of advisors to its stable. The $1bn New York City RIA has added Glen Macdonald and Shahnawaz Malik as…
Managers Incorporate COVID-19 Data in ESG Research
FundFire, March 24: “How companies treat their employees, and in an environment like this, is really telling and can either build great loyalty or great anger,” says Erika Karp, founder and CEO of Cornerstone Capital…
Impact Advisor Adds Two Senior Investment Pros
FundFire, March 24: Cornerstone Capital Group has hired two senior investment advisors, Glen Macdonald and Shahnawaz Malik , the impact-focused advisory firm announced today. Both positions are new as the company continues…
Coping with coronavirus, Earth Day goes digital, how ESG funds are faring
GreenBiz, March 20: Cornerstone Capital founder and CEO Erika Karp reflects on the "unprecedented" market correction triggered by the coronavirus pandemic and what that means for the ESG investment movement. Click…
Managers Pitched ESG as Downside Protection. Has It Held Up?
FundFire, March 19: “A company that is very well governed is thinking about contingencies all the time, they’re thinking about risk, they’re thinking about business continuity,” says Erika Karp , founder and…
ESG Managers Stick To Long-Term View Despite COVID-19 Crisis
Financial Advisor Magazine, March 18: Investors should be looking to the future and “be prepared in advance for when we get to the other side of this” crisis, added Erika Karp, founder…
ESG in a pandemic, portfolio resilience, small-business loan guarantees, regenerative agriculture
ImpactAlpha, March 16: As Cornerstone Capital’s Erika Karp, Caprock Group’s Matthew Weatherley-White and Natural Investments’ Michael Kramer note below, investing for positive social and environmental impact may have cushioned you on the downside; impact and ESG may…
Older ESG Funds Outperform Their Newer Rivals in Market Tumult
Bloomberg, March 14: “Potential for outperformance may be related to the longer-term nature of good ESG integration,” said Erika Karp, founder and chief executive officer of Cornerstone Capital Group, which oversees more than…
5 Numbers Explaining Why This Week May Be A Tipping Point For The Economy
Forbes, March 13: “I don't think financial markets will stabilize until this virus is stabilized or a vaccine developed,” Michael Geraghty, Executive Director at Cornerstone Capital Group, said in an interview on Tuesday.…
As Bad as Rout Is, Most Investors See Recession as a Long Shot
Bloomberg, March 7: “It’s entirely been driven by sentiment. What has been pushing the markets lower is P/E compression and that is a reflection of investors’ concerns about what is going on,”…
Erika Karp on how to innovate from the inside to achieve the sustainable development goals
GreenBiz, March 3: Cornerstone Capital CEO Erika Karp discusses the role business can and should play in advancing and achieving these goals, while driving business excellence at the same time.
How Foundations Can Address the Roots of Gender Inequality by Investing Across Asset Classes
Mission Investors Exchange, March 2: For far too long, gender equity had been viewed by many foundations as a distinct issue, detached from their core funding areas. The same can be said for…
How to Manage Data Gaps in ESG Reporting
Refinitiv Sustainability Perspectives Podcast, February 26: We have met with sustainable investing experts from SASB to Bloomberg, from Ceres, and to Cornerstone Capital, discussing the most debated questions in the industry: managing ESG…
Wells Fargo ends forced arbitration for sexual harassment claims. Will other firms follow?
Financial Planning, February 21: Erika Karp,founder of RIA Cornerstone Capital Group in New York City, also praised the change, adding, “Sexual and gender-based violence being tolerated in the workplace is uniquely repulsive. The…
Weighing risks of using nondisclosure agreements in sexual misconduct cases
S&P Global, February 20: Continuing to use NDAs as a tool to silence sexual misconduct complaints could have a corrosive effect on companies' reputations and, eventually, profits, said Katherine Pease, head of impact…
Deconstructing Davos
iris. xyz, February 20: I spent a fascinating few days in Davos recently, participating in two of many events timed to coincide with the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum. The world’s…
How to Disrupt Investment Management
Worth, February 19: Erika Karp, founder and CEO of Cornerstone Capital, is a leading thinker in sustainable investing, corporate strategy and governance, employee engagement and diversity, and many other areas. Read more…
Groundbreakers 2020: 50 Women Changing the World
Worth, February 18: One of the most vocal advocates of sustainable investing on Wall Street, Erika Karp knew from a young age that she wanted to work in finance. Read more here