Some of the nation's
biggest investment firms such as BlackRock and State Street Global Advisors are lobbying for more women board members.
Not exact matches
Discount brokers
such as Scottrade and Charles Schwab have more limited services compared to the
big Wall Street
firms, but typically charge much less for
investment purchases.
While other large Canadian banks have hinted they're considering a foray into online
investment advice, BMO is the first of the
big five banks to launch
such a service, despite electing to build the product in - house rather than partnering with a financial technology
firm as some of the other banks are expected to do.
Investors are avoiding or punishing
such firms that are often making the
biggest investments in Cleantech are caught in a bit of a paradox.
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres called on
big firms that manage trillions of dollars of
investments to dump fossil fuel stocks in favor of greener alternatives, arguing that
such a shift would help the
firms» clients as well as the climate.