Our CEO’s Q1 2025 Letter to Clients
April 28, 2025 ...
NorthStar Releases Engagement Toolkit for Addressing AI’s Water Demands
Lead Author: Whitney Nguyen, CFA, Director of Impact Research Co-Authors: Tenzing Tashishar, Investment Research Analyst; Madison Kreiger, MBA, Activism & Impact Research Analyst In 2024, the OECD warned: “The world faces a growing water disaster. For the first time in human history, the hydro...
Our CEO’s Q4 2024 Letter to Clients
Earlier this month Barack Obama spoke at a rally for Harris in Pittsburgh. What stood out to us was his direct criticism of Trump’s claims that he had created a great economy. It was the first time this falsehood by the Trump campaign has been highlighted so directly. The Harris campaign has tende...
Our CEO’s Q3 2024 Letter to Clients
Earlier this month Barack Obama spoke at a rally for Harris in Pittsburgh. What stood out to us was his direct criticism of Trump’s claims that he had created a great economy. It was the first time this falsehood by the Trump campaign has been highlighted so directly. The Harris campaign has tende...
NorthStar Asset Management Makes CNBC’s 2024 FA 100 List
We're excited and honored to share some fantastic news! NorthStar Asset Management has been recognized as one of CNBC's FA 100 for 2023!
Being listed among the top financial advisory firms in the nation is a testament to the incredible dedication of our team, our relentless pursuit of excellence...
NorthStar Responds to Misrepresentation of Progressive Activism
Since our inception in 1990, NorthStar Asset Management, Inc. believes that joint action drives lasting change. Recently, our team collaborated on a response to a piece by Rob Henderson in The New York Times. Henderson’s piece argued that progressive activism is a luxury for the elite....
Our CEO’s Q2 2024 Letter to Clients
As of this writing we have seen our former president convicted of federal crimes, our current president fumble during the first debate, Democrats circling the issue of the fumble like starving sharks (with a sense that their opinion matters), and Trump being shot at during a pre-convention rally. No...
NorthStar releases 2023-2024 Social Change and Activism Annual Report
NorthStar is pleased to share that we have published our 2023-2024 Social Change & Activism Report!
We approach activism and advocacy from the perspective of our five pillars: Racial Justice and Gender Equity, Environmental Justice, Economic Equality, Human Rights, and Corporate Governance....
Our CEO’s Q1 2024 Letter to Clients
Last quarter we reflected on the polarization we are experiencing around the globe and the current tendency to reject multiple and conflicting realities in favor of binary “this or that” solutions. Our view is that dependence on binary, good versus evil thinking and behavior is intrinsically fla...
Our CEO’s Q4 2023 Letter to Clients
Trying to make sense of the world feels like a fool’s errand, an impossible task, an uphill battle. It’s all so confusing, so complicated, and so complex. Is it human nature to seek answers and solutions? Probably. But what if there is no single, simple, yes or no answer?...