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Audur Capital (Auður Capital) was a financial service company, founded in 2007 by two Icelandic business women, with the aim of incorporating feminine values into finance. Halla Tomasdottir was Audur’s executive chairman and Kristin Petursdottir was the company CEO. The company offered wealth management, private equity advice and corporate advice. It attempted to correct what it perceived as a historic lack of balance and diversity in the financial sector. The founders blamed the 2007 financial downturn on high risk behavior, short term orientation and a narrow definition of results which had driven the financial sector for the past years. Audur managed to preserve the funds of its clients when the Icelandic banks collapsed in October 2008 and was the only Icelandic company that remained financially healthy after that collapse. In December 2008 Audur announced the launching of BJÖRK, a private equity fund, established by Audur Capital and the renowned musician Björk Guðmundsdóttir, who is an active supporter of entrepreneurship, creative thinking and increased diversity in the Icelandic economy. The aim of the BJÖRK venture fund was to invest in early stage corporations, with high growth potential capitalizing on Iceland's human and/or natural resources, as well as emphasizing sustainability and a triple bottom line. Audur received significant international attention. The Audur story has been featured by the BBC,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BBC News - The women who want to save banking )〕 New York Magazine,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=What If Women Ran Wall Street? )〕 The Guardian, and The Financial Times,〔(Financial Times, May 27, 2009 )〕 among others. Halla Tomasdottir spoke at the 2010 TED Women's conference on her financial philosophy.〔 ==Financing with Feminine Values== According to Halla Tomasdottir, Audur Capital’s former Executive Chairperson, the company’s primary goal was to inject feminine values into Iceland’s financial sector.〔http://www.ted.com/talks/halla_tomasdottir.html TED, November 18, 2013〕 According to Tomasdottir in her TED Talk in 2010, she and CEO Kristin Petursdottir sought to accomplish this by adhering to four principles: risk awareness, straight talk, emotional capital, and profit with principles. Tomasdottir believes that investors and clients should be fully informed of the risks involved in investments before engaging in them. Audur Capital adhered to a principle of straight talk; clients should have access to both positive and negative aspects and developments in their investments and these should be presented in a way that directly reflects this. Tomasdottir and Petursdottir also believe in emotional capital, asserting that “emotional due diligence is just as valuable as financial due diligence”.〔 Lastly, Audur Capital believed in profits with principles. They called for an expansion of the definition of profit, asserting that financial gain is not the only type of profit to be had. Tomasdottir asserted that the 2007 financial crisis in Europe and the United States could at least partially be attributed to the fact that these principles were largely ignored within major financial firms; clients were not fully informed of investment risks, negative developments were not presented to clients in a transparent and accurate way, and emotional capital and ethical principles were devalued in the financial sector. Tomasdottir contended that financial sectors globally must have a greater diversity in those that make decisions; for Audur Capital, this meant having more women take part in decision making processes in the financial sector. Halla Tomasdottir argued that including more women in the financial sector and in decision making processes will lead to better decisions, which will help deter other potential financial crises. She stated this is not because women are better than men, but that they are different, and can lend a different perspective, thus leading to better informed responses and solutions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Audur Capital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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