“EAI is based on our sixth sense: common sense. It runs with the grain of investment fundamentals. It eschews that herd mentality which has forced millions to lose billions in record time.”
Professor Amin Rajan, Principal author of the last two CREATE-KPMG reports:
- Revolutionary Shifts, Evolutionary Responses: Global Management in the 2000s
- Raising the Performance Bar: challenges facing global investment management in the 2000s.
"...companies have geared up to deal with media and pressure group interest in these issues. That has led to the kind of bland, upbeat statements on these subjects that appear in many annual reports....But firms have yet to become accustomed to receiving these questions from analysts. If the Enhanced Analytics Initiative gains momentum, they will be forced to do so. That will present a new challenge for IR professionals."
Philip Coggan, investment editor of the Financial Times for RealIR
"A well-conceived, and well-executed initiative. Win-win all the way around!"
Keith Ambachtsheer Author, Pension Fund Excellence: Creating Value for Stakeholders
"The last year has seen an awakening within the financial community as fund managers and institutional investors have come to recognize the importance of environmental, social, and governance issues to long-term shareholder value. The EAI is leading the next step by providing a practical way for fund managers to incentivize the research community to capitalize on the growing amount of publicly available sustainability information to deliver the analysis that the markets need. This is a leadership initiative that any institutional investor should consider whether they are a public fund or private corporate pension fund."
Ernst Ligteringen, Director, Global Reporting Initiative (The Netherlands)
"Just thought I'd drop you a note to commend you on the thinking behind the Enhanced Analytics Initiative. As we'd discussed in Australia back in April - leading the brokers away from the commoditization of research to embrace a wider view of sustainability is the issue. Well done - it's a great step in the right direction. May many others follow suit."
Dean Paatsch, Manager, Governance Information Products (Australia)
"I welcome the Enhanced Analytics Initiative. Ever since I worked as an analyst right through to my current role, I have always been convinced that a big part of the solution is for the investment process to take into account things which we currently call "soft". It would be better to say they are hard ....to do and need extra skill and commitment. So for clients of brokers to offer to pay for this upfront, must be a big step and I hope many brokers respond."
Georg Kell Executive Head, The Global Compact
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