‘Current Events’ Archive

Impact Investing Goes Mainstream

Good article about the recent announcement of Goldman Sachs to invest $ 40 billion dollars in Clean Energy. Take a look. Either way you look at this announcement, it is money flows which attracts more money flows. Read more

World Wealth and Solution to Financial Crisis

According to a recent report by Credit Suisse, (2011 Global Wealth Report) total wealth for the entire world reached US$ 231 trillion and is anticipated to grow even more. By 2016, the entire global wealth will reach US$ 345. The global GDP is about US$ 65 trillion. Global Wealth is nearly 4x the size of the entire global economy. The definition use for wealth is financial assets plus real assets (mainly housing owned by individuals minus debts. (p. 8 2011 Credit Suisse-Global Wealth Report) As there is so much wealth in the world. perhaps that could be a solution to the debt crisis and stimulating the markets. If we took 10-15% of all the wealth and used that to pay off the troublesome sovereign debt, mortgage crisis debt, college tuition debt, etc with certain conditions attached. Read more

Friends of TBLI

I am exceptionally happy with the support that TBLI has received from its friends for the launch FRIENDS of TBLI™. Over the years, we have had continuous requests from various individuals who were not able to sponsor TBLI Conference, but wanted to do more to help us with our mission of educational outreach of asset owners and managers regarding ESG and Impact Investing. FRIENDS of TBLI™ was created for that purpose. By joining our investment expert network FRIENDS of TBLI™ with a financial contribution (starting from €250) you will markedly help us scale up and finance the innovation of our services. You will also be entitled to a number of benefits offered exclusively for members. Read more

TBLI CLUB Benelux Launch

TBLI CLUB Benelux, a new network for ESG and Impac… Read more