June 2011 Archives

At the request of clients, JP Morgan has just launched a global Catholic Ethical Balanced Fund within its retail umbrella fund JP Morgan Funds. Perhaps we should thank our Islamic finance friends for opening up a new sector. Hopefully we'll see more ethical funds with defined strategies. See commentary: http://bit.ly/kIqDwS

"There is no such thing as an ethically neutral business leader".  So stated Cardinal Tarcisio Bertoni, Secretary of State, opening an Executive Summit on business ethics hosted by the Vatican at which LFF was present. Global business leaders and top academics, some of different faiths, spent 2 days tackling the relationship between ethics and business. The following reports include interviews with different delegates present at the summit.

    English report:

    http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=496635
    http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=496733


    German report:

    http://www.radiovaticana.org/ted/Articolo.asp?c=497028


    French report:

    http://www.radiovaticana.org/fr1/Articolo.asp?c=497042