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Department: Senior Lecturer, Finance
Contact: (617) 253-7125, mkritzman@mit.edu
Expertise: Asset management and pricing; Currency management; Financial engineering; Financial markets; Pension funds; Portfolio choice; Risk management
Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor
Department: Professor of Finance
Contact: (617) 253-0920, alo@mit.edu
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From off-shoring good jobs to the great and growing income divide, finance-driven decision-making has long been at the core of many of our economic problems. It’s not that financial analysts and operatives are necessarily evil or uncaring – rather, they believe they have a fiduciary responsibility to generate maximum returns for their funds, even when the results have worker and society-unfriendly consequences. Changing this mindset has proven a tough nut to crack even for union pension fund managers, who are aware of the social consequences of investment decisions. But there are glimmers of hope and interest. On June 7, for example, some of the nation’s largest institutional investors and the biggest single pension fund investor – the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CALpers) — will hold a conference to explore ways to transform socially and environmentally sustainable investment criteria from a perceived liability to an asset. CALpers has a commitment to … Read More »The post Making good = profitable — Managing Sustainable Businesses–Thomas Kochan appeared first on MIT Sloan Experts.
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