“The new normal” is a term used frequently by the sustainable investing community to define an emerging economic landscape characterized by greater regulation and investor scrutiny of corporate environmental, governance, and social behavior. This, in turn, is requiring corporations to internalize or address what were once the external costs of doing business. Those costs are showing up with increasing impact in the corporate bottom line. At a recent breakfast seminar hosted at NYSSA headquarters, representatives of ASSET4, a provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and analytics, discussed the services the organization provides to corporations and investors who seek to compete in this “new normal” economy.

Global financial recovery is boosting the near-term outlook for Islamic banking and investment, a niche whose rapid growth took a breather last year. That bodes well both for experienced Islamic-finance professionals and conventional bankers who seek to broaden their skills and client base.

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Over the past couple of decades, medical groups have increasingly looked to healthcare information technology as a way to improve efficiency and profitability. The growing interest in new healthcare software combined with the Obama administration’s budget of $19 billion for healthcare information technology should spark industry growth. However, the healthcare technology industry remains highly fragmented and in a relatively early phase of its development, which increases the challenge of investing in the favorable secular trends.