"In recent years, managers of charitable organizations and pension plans have come under increasing pressure to adopt investment strategies that consider nonfinancial factors, such as environmental or corporate governance factors, or that further a moral, social, or political cause. Can pension plan and charity managers take into account non-financial factors when investing an organization's or plan's assets? Or do their fiduciary duties and other legal constraints require them to prioritize or focus solely on financial returns when evaluating investments? The answer may be yes to both questions, depending on the circumstances, but the lines are far from bright."  MORE >>