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Knut Rostad, who heads the pro-investor Institute for the Fiduciary Standard, blogs that investors have taken it on the chin since Dodd-Frank reforms were put in place.
Asia also has more qualitative political and institutional characteristics such as improved central bank credibility, maturing political institutions and seemingly more sound fiscal policies than most of the West, the BlackRock Investor Institute says.
Should the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) and the SEC look into it?
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The Edison Electric Institute, which represents investor-owned utilities, says that the industry is committed but that it can only move as fast as the technology allows.
"It's definitely a problem, but when brokerages are banned from using research for marketing, there isn't much incentive for them to cover smaller firms, " says Louis Thompson, chief executive of the National Investor Relations Institute.
"The federal government could step in after the fact and disrupt activity with the states, even with the best of intentions, " says Dan Riedinger, spokesman for industry group Edison Electric Institute, which represents investor-owned utilities such as Constellation Energy Group and DTE Energy.
Three weeks ago, Jeff Morgan, the President and CEO of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI), included an anecdote in the IR Weekly newsletter that demands particular attention as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and law enforcement continue an exhaustive and unprecedented investigation into insider trading.
Taesik Yoon is senior equity analyst with the Forbes Investors Advisory Institute, publisher of Forbes Growth Investor and Forbes Special Situation Survey.
Taesik Yoon is senior equity analyst and associate editor with the Forbes Investors Advisory Institute, publisher of Forbes Growth Investor and Forbes Special Situation Survey.
Taesik Yoon is a senior equity analyst and associate editor with the Forbes Investors Advisory Institute, publisher of Forbes Growth Investor and Forbes Special Situation Survey.
The report was done in collaboration with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, sustainability consultancy firm Irbaris, and the Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute.
Earlier this week, the Edison Electric Institute, the industry group for investor-owned utilities, circulated a letter in the House urging lawmakers not to vote for the RPS. Corporations such as Atlanta-based Southern Company and Charlotte-based Duke Energy hold firm that a renewable mandate is a state issue, not a federal one.
Earlier this week, the Edison Electric Institute, the industry group for investor-owned utilities, circulated a letter in the House urging lawmakers not to vote for the RPS. Corporations such as Atlanta-based Southern Company and Charlotte-based Duke Energy (nyse: DUK - news - people ) hold firm that a renewable mandate is a state issue, not a federal one.
Of late, though, the CFA Institute has been a strong advocate for investor protection.
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For more information on commodities, check out this summary of the talk given at the CFA Institute 2011 Annual Conference by the respected commodities investor Jim Rogers.
Wetstone is referring to the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the powerful industry group that represents investor-owned utilities like Southern Company and American Electric Power--both of which are against the standard for renewables.
Wetstone is referring to the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the powerful industry group that represents investor-owned utilities like Southern Company and American Electric Power (nyse: AEP - news - people )--both of which are against the standard for renewables.
Wallace Forbes, CFA, president of Forbes Investors Advisory Institute which publishes the Forbes Special Situation Survey, Forbes Growth Investor and the Forbes Stock Market Course.
The average stock mutual-fund investor paid 0.79% in fees last year, according to the Investment Company Institute, a fund-industry trade group.
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