Cornerstone Capital Group Publishes New Report on Investing to Advance Racial Equity
NEW YORK, September 12, 2018 – Cornerstone Capital Group, a registered investment advisor that pursues financial returns alongside social impact by incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis into portfolio design, today announced…
On SDG#16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Aug 22, 2018: CEO Erika Karp sat down with sustainability consultant Paul Ellis, who hosts the "Sustainable Finance Podcast. " The conversation focused on SDG #16 -- Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions. To hear…
S&P 500 Sets Record High, Dollar Slips After Trump Attacks Fed
Reuters, August 21: "A price/earnings multiple of 20 will make it hard for stocks to move materially higher in the near future, with earnings comparisons getting tougher and earnings growth slowing, said Michael Geraghty, equity…
Cornerstone and IRRCi Publish Framework to Assess Data Privacy Issues
Research Provides Investors with Guide to Evaluate Companies with Mounting Data Privacy Dependencies Webinar On Thurs. , Sept 20 th At 2 PM ET To Review Findings NEW YORK,…
Time for Tesla to Call in a Grown-Up…
CNN, August 16 -- "Does every company need a COO specifically? Not necessarily. But they need to have someone to tell the CEO when they are messing up," said John Wilson, head of research…
Dow drops more than 250 points as financial crisis in Turkey spooks global market
CNBC, August 10: Stocks fell on Friday as geopolitical concerns pushed the Turkish lira to a record low against the dollar and rattled investors. . . . "The fact of the matter is, when you have…
5 Questions for Elon Musk About Tesla Going Private
Barron's, August 8: Elon Musk’s plan to take Tesla (TSLA) private raises a number of corporate governance questions that the auto maker should answer, writes John Wilson, head of corporate governance and research at Cornerstone Capital, an investment adviser with…
Consultant Urges Institutions to Take Racial Equality Investing Plunge
Fundfire, July 17: Asset owners are looking for investment opportunities that promote racial and social equality. . . . Institutional investors are fitting these strategies into their existing allocations, rather than changing their overall strategies, says…
ESG Roundtable: Great for Society, Good for Investors
Barron's, June 25: "Someday, it will be hard to imagine a time when investors didn't study environmental impact, workplace culture, and reputational risk as part of their routine due diligence on companies.…
Endowment ESG Pools Ride Equity Wave to Outsized Returns
Fundfire, June 11: Endowments and foundations that have placed bets on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing are experiencing the pay-off. . . “What we’ve seen with ESG strategies, whether they be individual strategies or separate…
Women Invest Differently Than Men and Get Better Results
Entrepreneur, June 7: "Women. . . tend to see their investing as a means to an end -- a way of accumulating enough money to, for example, buy a house or retire early.…
Tackling Board Diversity: Turnover a Key Ingredient
FA Magazine, May 11: Cornerstone Capital Group's John Wilson writes, "Do efforts to bring greater diversity to company boards still matter? Some advocates for greater equality in corporations say investors should turn their attention away…
Erika Karp & Vince Molinari on SCN’s Corporate Connect
Recently, Small Cap Nation (SCN) interviewed Cornerstone Capital founder and CEO, Erika Karp, and Vince Molinari, CEO of Templum Markets LLC (and member of Cornerstone's Global Advisory Council). The discussion centered on the prospects…
Sebastian Vanderzeil joins Cornerstone Capital’s Global Advisory Council
New York, May 7: We are pleased to welcome Sebastian Vanderzeil to our Global Advisory Council. Sebastian is an ESG and Impact Strategist, based in Australia. Until very recently, Sebastian served as Director…
ImpactAssets interviews Erika Karp on “The Economics of Sustainable and Impact Investing”
ImpactAssets. com, May 7: ImpactAssets recently interviewed Erika Karp on "The Economics of Sustainable and Impact Investing " for their Real Leaders series. Said Erika, “We're seeing a transformation of philanthropy strategies towards…
It’s Time to End Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
FA Online, April 26: Cornerstone's Head of Impact Strategy, Katherine Pease, published this editorial regarding sexual and gender-based violence.
‘Who Gets to Build the Future?’: The Rise of Gender Lens Investing
NewsDeeply, April 12, 2018: “Investment factors have a life cycle,” explains John Wilson, head of research at New York-based Cornerstone Capital Group – an investment firm focused on integrating sustainable development factors in its investment practices.…
Calpers Weighs Push for Sexual-Harassment Corporate Disclosure
Bloomberg, April 11: "The California Public Employees’ Retirement System , the largest U. S. pension fund, is weighing a policy to urge companies in which it invests to disclose sexual-harassment settlements. The pension system,…
Accountability and Action on the Slate? Corporate Governance in This Activist Age
Upcoming Event: Citizen activists are taking to the streets to demand government accountability and action on issues they care about passionately, with groups ranging from #metoo to #neveragain, Black Lives Matter, and the alt-right.…
Facebook Shareholders Force Data Privacy Vote
Barron's, March 24, 2018: "It’s too late to submit a shareholder proposal for Facebook ’s June annual meeting, but you can expect a deluge of criticism following the revelation that Cambridge Analytica improperly shared data…