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ESG, Shorthand, and Shortcuts

Brown Advisory

An unassuming shorthand (from 20 years ago) A 2004 report published by the United Nations is often given credit for popularizing “ESG” as a shorthand for the myriad issues in environmental, social, and governance categories. Governance agendas are broadening to address consumer and investor pressures and expectations.

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Vijay Mallya Scam Demystified | Vijay Mallya Case Study

Trade Brains

crores for the sword of Tipu Sultan at an auction in London in the year 2004. Post the closure of Kingfisher the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) found that serious corporate ethics were violated during the merger. This included a bid that he won at 1.7 million at an auction in New York.

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Transcript: Eric Balchunas

The Big Picture

And so, I was doing that in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004. And honestly, I — I just really was like a one-man army for a little while, but then the asset started come in. Ninetry-seven, 98 percent of Vanguard’s assets came after Jack Bogle stepped down as CEO. RITHOLTZ: … successful indexing, not attracting assets.

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Transcript: Ramit Sethi

The Big Picture

So, you start the blog in 2004, more or less. I’ll tell you something funny and people you know, we never quite had that accusation, but for the better part of 15 years before I started accepting capital, it was, “Hey, everybody’s telling you how to manage your assets the wrong way. SETHI: Yes. You could do it.