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Corporate growth and strong capital markets (i.e. stock market, banking system) have been our engines of progress, but we are to a point where those engines have created, or at least contributed to the critical issues we face today like income inequality and environmental sustainability.The idea of returning values, accountability, and transparency to corporations and capital markets has the ability to address many of our challenges at their root, and impact investing is pushing us there.

This study examines the various factors driving the success of high-impact entrepreneurs, including how they differ from one another and how they operate, grow and compete. It looks at the key differentiators of companies with different ownership structures and walks the reader through the following research journey:

In this quarterly hedge fund review from Crystal Capital Partners, LLC, the author examines the following:Asset Flows and Industry TrendsHedge Fund PerformanceStrategy Attribution2014 Investment ThemesCCP ("Crystal Capital Partners") Candidate Performance vs. Hedge Fund Indices Performance

Altantic Trust Private Wealth Management highlights the following in their Economic and Investment Overview for the first quarter of 2014:

This edition of Altair Insight, a quarterly market review from Altair Advisers, explores the following key topics:

SEI Investments Company provides a January 2014 Market Commentary that centers around recent volatility in the market and what investors can expect to drive equity and fixed income markets in the short term.They offer the following highlights:

In light of recent and widely reported art market litigation, many collectors, advisors, dealers, and galleries are more cautious and confused than ever about how to go about buying and selling art and collectibles without losses or lingering liabilities. In this article, Judith L. Pearson of ARIS Title Insurance Corporation discusses the rise of heightened best practices in art transactions as a standard, including the required use of title insurance.

As tax rates on the wealthy have begun to go up again, taxpayers have begun to take a second look at the few legitimate tax shelters still available, and this has renewed interest in investing through insurance dedicated funds (IDFs).This paper discusses two types of IDFs, Private Placement Variable Annuities (PPVA) and Private Placement Life Insurance (PPLI). Gregory Curtis of Greycourt & Co., Inc., looks at:

In this quarterly outlook, Pitcairn discusses fixed income, global and U.S. equities and the world economy, finding that investment success remainspredicated on the basics of:

Socially responsible investing now encompasses more than $3 trillion of the total U.S. investment marketplace. This approach to investing is evolving as it grows.