Through this seed funding we are hoping to break a chicken-and-egg situation where investors will not invest in emerging markets for lack of information, and research providers will not enter the market for lack of demand. The object of the competition is to lead the market and to provide tools to a mainstream investment audience.
That's PSD Blogger Rachel Kyte on the IFC's research competition Capturing Value. Winners were announced last night in Zurich. Congratulations to both winning teams - CRISIL, Standard & Poor's and KLD; and Trucost and CLSA - who will split a $500,000 grant to study environmental, social and corporate governance data for emerging market equity investors. For details, see the press release.
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