21st Century Investing by William Burckart & Steven D. & Lydenberg Summary
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In "21st Century Investing," Burckart and Lydenberg revolutionize finance with "system-level investing" - a paradigm endorsed by Oxford's Robert Eccles as "the future direction of investing." What if sustainable profits actually require fixing the broken systems they depend on?
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Beyond Returns: Reimagining Investment for a Sustainable Future
What if your investment strategy is actively undermining the very systems upon which your returns depend? This provocative question lies at the heart of 21st-century investing. As climate change threatens economic stability and inequality mirrors conditions that preceded major historical conflicts, conventional approaches focused solely on portfolio risk management have become dangerously inadequate. The financial industry's enormous scale-global wealth exceeding $360 trillion-means investors now wield unprecedented influence over fundamental systems. This isn't just about ethics-it's about financial survival in an interconnected world where system collapse threatens everyone's returns.
The Evolution from Portfolio to Systems Thinking
Identifying True Systemic Challenges
Strategic Asset Allocation for Maximum Impact
Extending Traditional Tools for Systemic Impact
Pioneering Advanced Techniques for System Change
The Path Forward: Six Steps to System-Level Investing
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