ESG
The latest news on investment strategies that focus on environmental, social and governance factors (or ESG investing), socially responsible investing (SRI) and impact investing.
September 28, 2018
How Climate Change Affects Stocks & BondsAccording to a Nuveen report, addressing climate change risk is critical to adding alpha while reducing risks.
September 28, 2018
Global Institutions Launch Tobacco-Free Finance PledgeIn conjunction with the pledge launch, MSCI introduced a suite of global stock indexes that exclude tobacco-related investments.
September 27, 2018
State Street to Vote Against More Directors at Male-Only BoardsAlmost 1,000 boards still lack even one female director; bank will give companies three years to find women candidates.
September 27, 2018
Are Energy Companies Investment Fossils?The old "reserve" method of measuring company worth no longer viable, non-profit report says.
September 25, 2018
Soon Do-Gooders at Vanguard Charitable Can Do BetterVanguard Charitable will offer three new ESG-oriented ETFs for donor-advised fund investors in October.
September 24, 2018
Vanguard Launches 2 New Low-Cost ESG ETFs: Portfolio ProductsAlso, TCA by E-Trade expanded its ETF trading platform.
September 21, 2018
Climate Change, Paris Accords Driving ESG Strategies: ReportESG's popularity is taking off, but a significant gap exists between investors' good intentions and action.
September 20, 2018
Is Fixed Income ESG Investing the New Frontier?ESG investing goes beyond picking the right equities; fixed income ESG can round out an investors socially responsible portfolio.
September 20, 2018
US Investors Slow to Adopt Sustainable Investing: UBSConfusion about what "sustainable investing" even means is a barrier to adoption.
September 20, 2018
US Investors Not Worried ESG Will Hinder Returns: SchrodersA Schroders study finds that sustainable investing is on the rise, particularly among younger investors.