DSI News and Press, iShares MSCI KLD 400 Social From 04/03/20

By Tony DeSpirito, Managing Director The coronavirus crisis will change the world in many ways. Tony DeSpirito discusses its potential impact on ESG investing and how it may hasten an important trend for active investors. The COVID-19 pandemic has been extraordinary in countless ways. ...

By Tawhid Ali, Andrew Birse European investors were recently reminded how tricky it is to evaluate a company's environmental, social and governance ((ESG)) credentials. Tesla's (TSLA) plans to chop down a forest to build a manufacturing facility for electric cars in Germany reinforced the ...

Video Transcript Paul Murdock : Green bond issuance is on the rise in markets around the globe. While supernationals like the World Bank may have been the initial driving force behind green bonds, an uptick in issuance by corporations and agencies is helping green bonds go mainstream...

By J. Patrick Bradley Introduction Across the global economy, Environmental, Social, and Governance ((ESG)) factors are becoming more important and better integrated into the activities of governments, investment managers, plan sponsors, consultants, and industry. I've written on this t...

Q: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink recently announced actions to make sustainability the new standard for investing. What role is iShares playing? Armando Senra: A key takeaway from Larry’s letter to CEOs is investors are recognizing that ESG considerations matter to asset prices and por...

Geopolitical Events Support Gold Gold started the year driven by risks associated with geopolitical events. On January 3, a U.S. drone attack on an Iranian general in Iraq led to a retaliatory strike by Iran on a U.S.-Iraq military base on January 8. This enabled gold to briefly reach the $1...

I've previously discussed ESG investing and how investing in what you view as subjective morality is actually nothing more than old school stock picking. I get it - we want to do what's right and make money. That's all well and good, but as it pertains to secondary markets and stock picking ...

By Detlef Glow With the announcement that BlackRock will make sustainability its new standard for investing, the debate about ESG integration has reached a new level. Even as there has been a lot of talk about the integration of ESG criteria before, the self-declaration of the largest asse...

MSCI ( MSCI +0.2% ) publishes a framework outlining specific actionable steps  to improve practices for Environmental, Social, and Governance considerations throughout the investment process. More news on: MSCI Inc., iShares KLD 400 Social Index ETF, iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ET...

Mary-Catherine Lader: Climate change will impact more than just the environment. It's also going to have a lasting impact on global economic growth and prosperity, particularly as more and more investors around the world demand more of the companies they invest in and take action like moving...