FT analysis finds actively managed funds retained stakes even after the company backtracked on its oil and gas pledge ...
Sorting ETFs and mutual funds into proper sectors and allocations can be a challenge for investors even when they have plenty of good information to go on. But when it comes to evaluating ESG ...
Asset managers in Europe and the U.S. have spent 2024 winding down hundreds of ESG funds, as the investment strategy continues to bump up against regulatory headwinds. In the third quarter alone, ...
Contrary to popular belief, investments focusing on ESG characteristics are not necessarily more expensive than conventional funds. Using both asset-weighted and simple averages at the share class ...
The Nuveen ESG Small-Cap ETF (NUSC) made its debut on 12/13/2016, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund that provides broad exposure to the Style Box - Small Cap Growth category of the market. What ...
The US backlash against ESG finally appears to be going global, based on first quarter fund flows. Meanwhile, domestic financial advisors, for their part, don’t see that money coming back into ...
The ESG Fund Names Guidelines apply to Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (“UCITS”) Management Companies and Alternative Investment Fund Managers (“AIFMs”) (together ...
ESG-focused funds are beating the performance of the S&P 500 Index for the longest period since late 2022. Environmental, social and governance funds tracked in the US are up 5.4% on this year, more ...
Nir Kaissar is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering markets. He is the founder of Unison Advisors, an asset management firm. Environmental, social and governance investing, mocked and criticized ...
For years, the knock on ESG investing was simple: you sacrifice returns to feel good about your portfolio. The data from ESGU ...
A group of investors convened under the auspices of the United Nations in 2004 to discuss how to further the aims of the UN Global Compact. The group’s subsequent report coined “ESG” as it recommended ...