Sudan, Iran, and Terror-Free Investment and Compliance Services

IW Financial and Conflict Securities Advisory Group have partnered to offer asset managers and institutional investors the most comprehensive and reliable research available on corporate involvement in Sudan, Iran and other terrorist states. This provides clients seeking to address these issues with industry leading research and analytics, market intelligence, and consulting services.

We offer a broad range of research and consulting services designed to help organizations create appropriate guidelines as well as compliance list solutions that address legislative mandates including the legislative requirements delineated by the Sudan Divestment Taskforce.

About Conflict Securities Advisory Group

Conflict Securities Advisory Group (CSAG) has the longest track record of any firm in the marketplace for providing detailed information on the business ties of publicly traded companies in Sudan and other terrorist states including Iran. CSAG's research and methodology has been integral to the development of many of the Sudan and/or terror research and product offerings currently available in the marketplace. The firm has also worked with a number of states on Sudan and Iran divestment and their research currently underpins the first "terror-free" public fund in the country, the Missouri Investment Trust. Other CSAG clients include the SEC, New York City Comptroller William Thompson and the Treasurers of Missouri and Arizona.

Services for Investors

IW Financial's Sudan and terror-free investor services are designed to provide institutional investors with cost effective research and consulting solutions designed to meet their needs. Our services are designed to help organizations create appropriate guidelines, compliance list solutions, and engagement/divestment strategies that address legislative mandates including the legislative requirements delineated by the Sudan Divestment Taskforce.   Research is provided by Conflict Securities Advisory Group (CSAG), the industry's most reliable and longstanding provider.   

Our consulting team provides institutional investors with significant policy, research and investment industry expertise as well as extensive experience with project management and communications. Please inquire about how your institution can access these services free of charge.

Services provided:

• Issue and research support
• Establishing suitable guidelines and voting policies
• Developing appropriate methodologies and measurable criteria for evaluating performance and/or compliance
• Custom research
• Customized compliance or engagement lists
• Company or manager outreach communications addressing engagement initiatives
• Regular reporting on portfolio compliance/performance

Services for Asset Managers

IW Financial offers investment managers the industry's most comprehensive solution set on corporate involvement in Sudan, Iran, and other terrorist states. We provide research, analytics, and consulting services designed to help managers understand and comply with any existing or pending Sudan, Iran, and terrorism related legislative mandates, including Sudan requirements delineated by the Sudan Divestment Task Force. Research is provided by Conflict Securities Advisory Group (CSAG), the industries most reliable and longstanding provider of this research.

For firms seeking to capitalize on the broader business and product development opportunities emerging from Sudan and terror-free investing, we offer a range of consulting services enabling firms to identify and create investment solutions that address the needs of specific market segments.

Services provided:

• Compliance requirement analysis
• State-by-state Sudan, Iran, and terrorism compliance lists
• Customized compliance lists
• Compliance data feeds
• Portfolio exposure reviews and reports
• CSAG terror-free certifications
• Terror-free and terror-free plus ESG product development

Data Delivery

Universe – All global publicly traded companies

Frequency – Quarterly with more frequent delivery available to accommodate different compliance requirements

Protocol – FTP or email

Formats and integration – Standard formats are .xls or .csv; other formats and support for integration with major platforms or proprietary systems are available