The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) were developed by an international group of institutional investors reflecting the increasing relevance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to investment practices. The process was convened by the United Nations Secretary-General.…
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics to three economists in recognition of their work on asset prices and the behavior of markets. The three economists, Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen, and Robert Shiller,…
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is actively involved with issues related to investment and enterprise development. It builds on three-and-a-half decades of experience and international expertise in research and policy analysis, fosters intergovernmental consensus-building, and provides…
Lifetime income management presents challenges at the individual, institutional and national level. At each of these three levels, the economic challenge is to generate lifetime capital and income and allocate these financial resources efficiently to meet needs at each stage…