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Credit Suisse launches gay-friendly company index
France 24 ^ | Oct. 23, 2013 | AFP

Posted on 10/23/2013 2:46:28 PM PDT by FR_addict

Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse has launched what it says is the first market index and portfolio based on gay-friendly policies.

The LGBT Equality Index ranks companies by how well they respect the rights of employees and other members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.

It currently covers 201 US-based firms, but Credit Suisse said it hoped to expand the index and associated investment portfolio, unveiled Monday in New York, to other countries.

The portfolio is currently only available to US-based private banking clients able to spend a minimum of $250,000 but could be open to smaller investors next year.

Doug Nieters, co-head of the LGBT network of Credit Suisse employees in the United States, told AFP the idea emerged from discussions among the network's members. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bank; gay; homosexualagenda
Anyone that disagrees with gay marriage will be keeping their mouths shut at the gay friendly companies on the list.
1 posted on 10/23/2013 2:46:28 PM PDT by FR_addict
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To: FR_addict

A list like that needs to be published.

And each of us can then use it as we wish.


2 posted on 10/23/2013 3:00:22 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: FR_addict

Fabulous.


3 posted on 10/23/2013 3:06:31 PM PDT by Dysart (Obamacare: "We are losing money on every subscriber-- but we will make it up in volume!")
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To: FR_addict

Please post, I will do my best to avoid those businesses.


4 posted on 10/23/2013 3:09:08 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Da Coyote

Yup. So I know which companies to boycott.


5 posted on 10/23/2013 3:09:33 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: Da Coyote

A list like that needs to be published.

And each of us can then use it as we wish.

Here ya go-
http://www.hrc.org/apps/buyersguide/index.php#.UmhLHdwo600
(This is not the credit Suisse list)


6 posted on 10/23/2013 3:24:07 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Americans deserve better than an illegal alien communist from Kenya.)
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To: FR_addict

The is a persecution of the church coming that will be swift and intense.


7 posted on 10/23/2013 3:41:15 PM PDT by aimhigh
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To: FR_addict
“Anyone that disagrees with gay marriage will be keeping their mouths shut at the gay friendly companies on the list. “

Including Credit Suisse itself. Besides New York, they have a presence in North Carolina. NC voted against gay marriage in 2012.

8 posted on 10/23/2013 3:44:27 PM PDT by FR_addict
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To: matthew fuller
And each of us can then use it as we wish.

I found that list very useful, thanks.

9 posted on 10/23/2013 3:44:44 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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To: FR_addict

This list discriminates against companies that are curious or have experimented. They should sue.


10 posted on 10/23/2013 3:48:37 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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