Blair C. Smith & I wrote a guide for asset owners to increase portfolio diversity. We outline 4 steps: incorporate DEI into governance; source diverse talent; underwrite equitably & equitable monitoring & engagement
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My monthly article examines how investors can select for and promote DEI in investment portfolios. Read more about nine expert recommendations in three categories: DEI building blocks, DEI investment processes and strategies, and DEI strategic engagement.
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Ahead of MLK Day, my monthly article—the first in a series on DEI investing—examines how investment committees & boards can oversee incorporating DEI into investment teams and portfolios. In this series, IADEI compiles best practices for DEI in investing: forbes.com/sites/bhaktimi…

Investors interested in DEI have both cause for cautious optimism and peers worthy of emulation. What can investors learn from trailblazing investors Kellogg and Kresge Foundations and University of California’s and Georgetown’s investment offices?forbes.com/sites/bhaktimi…

Distressed Credit And The ESG Opportunity: distressed lenders & sponsors are increasingly incorporating ESG into investment decisions and harnessing restructuring to drive sustainability and inclusion and with it long-term value creation. Read more here: forbes.com/sites/bhaktimi…

This monthly article, the first in a series on pricing sustainability-related intangibles, focuses on the harnessing wellbeing of corporate workforces to drive risk-adjusted returns: forbes.com/sites/bhaktimi…

What You Need To Know About Racial Justice Investing forbes.com/sites/bhaktimi…

A €1 Trillion Opportunity: How To Read The EU Green Deal Investment Plan forbes.com/sites/bhaktimi…

Sustainable Investing at Endowments and Foundations: What It Is And What it Takes forbes.com/sites/bhaktimi…

Understanding Trump's Mexico Tariffs: A Reader's Digest Of 9 Important Points On The Border Crisis forbes.com/sites/bhaktimi…

Want To Discuss Gender Lens Investing? #MeToo forbes.com/sites/bhaktimi…

Funding The First Widely Accepted Vision For Global Development: The SDG-Aligned Investing Landscape forbes.com/sites/bhaktimi…

A day to celebrate: the IFC set global minimum standards for credible impact investing today in Bali. Read more in my Forbes article.

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For those of you who are interested in ESG integration or retirement planning forbes.com/sites/bhaktimi…

For those who are interested in cybersecurity, hope my article in Forbes is helpful to you forbes.com/sites/bhaktimi…

Equity and Debt Crowdfunding: Democratizing Impact Investing linkedin.com/pulse/equity-d…

For those of you interested in US-Mexico relations: Good Hombres (and Mujeres): Let’s Modernize NAFTA jpolrisk.com/good-hombres-a… via Journ Political Risk

Condemned to repeat it: retrospective on US Presidents without elected office experience | Journal of Political Risk jpolrisk.com/condemned-to-r…