INVITATION   The WU Gutmann Center cordially invites you to the forthcoming WU GUTMANN CENTER PUBLIC LECTURE (apologies for duplicated mails!)    ************************************************************************ Date: September 30 (Tuesday), 2014, 4:00 pm Location: Bank Gutmann, Schwarzenbergplatz 16, A-1010 Vienna Speaker: Prof. Rob Bauer, http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Profile/r.Bauer.htm Title: Responsible Investing: Risk, Opportunity or Distraction? Implications for Institutional and Private Investors  ABSTRACT: Responsible Investing (RI) is gaining momentum both in institutional and private asset management. This lecture will discuss several RI strategies, its potential risk and return consequences, for a variety of asset classes, and from an institutional investor and a private investor perspective.  About Rob Bauer: Rob Bauer is Professor of Finance (chair: Institutional Investors) at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics in The Netherlands. His academic research is focused on pension funds, strategic investment policy, mutual fund performance, responsible investing, shareholder activism and corporate governance. He publishes regularly in professional and academic journals and is a frequent speaker on national and international conferences. Rob Bauer is also Director of the European Centre for Corporate Engagement (ECCE) at Maastricht University, and Executive Director of the International Centre for Pension Management (ICPM), at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto in Canada. Rob Bauer is also founder and managing director of Rob Bauer Consultants in which he advises and supports institutional investors on topics related to strategic investments.   **Please REGISTER**: Mail: gutmann-center(a)wu.ac.at Phone: +43-1-31336-5238 CONTACT AND FURTHER INFORMATION: WU Gutmann Center for Portfolio Management WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) Department of Finance, Accounting and Statistics Sabina Krickl www.gutmann-center.at