FFI Competitors

Founded in 1988, KLD Research & Analytics, Inc. is an independent investment research firm providing authoritative sustainability research and indexes. Hundreds of clients worldwide use KLD products and services to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into their investment decisions. As of November 2009, KLD is part of RiskMetrics Group. http://www.riskmetrics.com/ The KLD Blog continues to present insight into sustainable investing: http://blog.kld.com/

ECPI Group, based in Milan is an independent company founded in 1997 by a group of university professors and banking professionals ECPI offers custom made investment solutions for Asset managers and Asset owners (institutional investors). ECPI global offer is based on: - ESG / Smart Beta index solutions (investible through management mandates and/or UCITS IV Funds) - Sustainability research (investible in private equity, private credit, real asset and SIB closed funds) - Custom made solutions based on clients real needs ECPI Research is conducted according to the industry-recognised parameters of ESG, i.e. Environmental risk, Social impact, and Corporate Governance structure.

Founded in 2002, Securities Africa Limited ("Securities Africa") is a financial services company with offices in Johannesburg, Harare, Lusaka, London, New York and Hamilton, Bermuda. The Firm provides corporate advisory, securities trading, investment research and data services to a diversified client base of corporations, financial institutions, governments and institutional investors across Africa. Given its strength in Sub-Saharan Africa, Securities Africa has emerged as a key player in frontier market investing and presently offers the only institutional Pan-African trading platform capable of executing across each of the continent's 27 listed securities exchanges. Securities Africa provides a broad range of investment banking services including corporate finance, strategic advisory, securities underwriting and structured trade finance. The Firm is widely regarded as the destination of choice for African corporations seeking to source funds for future growth. Securities Africa has since established an extraordinary track record of operating success. Securities Africa Limited is regulated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) and is a member of Altree Financial®.