Practical analysis for investment professionals

Standards, Ethics & Regulations (SER)

Three Ways to Drive Compliance Software Adoption at Finance Firms

How can compliance teams earn employee buy-in, encourage software adoption, and lower their firm’s risk?

Volmaggedon, Decarbonizing Everything: Financial Analysts Journal Editor’s Snapshot


ESG: Full Speed Ahead, with GPS

The Index Industry Association (IIA) surveyed 300 asset managers about how they perceive ESG.

Viewing Technology Stocks through a Gender Lens

How are the FANGMAN and other tech stocks performing from a gender lens perspective?

Pointless Market Equivalence? If Not the IRR, Why the PME?

The public market equivalent (PME) does not reflect the economic reality of private equity investing.

A Framework to Drive ESG Financial Discipline

A focus on intangible value creation can bring more financial discipline to ESG investments.

Book Review: Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment in Private Equity

Simon Witney provides a groundbreaking overview of effective governance and responsible investment in private equity.

The Next Frontier of Sustainable Investing: Measuring Impact

What is the state of ESG analysis and how can investors both have an impact and invest with impact?

Institutional Portfolio Benchmarks: Slow Rabbits?

When it comes to their benchmarking practices, US public pension funds need to find faster rabbits to chase.

Counting the Cost of Capital and Seeding Network-Based Accounting

Cost of capital is a tenuous concept. Charlie Munger amusingly calls it a “perfectly amazing mental malfunction.”


