DSI News and Press, iShares MSCI KLD 400 Social From 03/25/21

iShares MSCI KLD 400 Social ETF (DSI) - $0.2218.30-Day SEC Yield of 1.11% as of Feb. 26.Payable Mar 31; for shareholders of record Mar 26; ex-div Mar 25. For further details see: iShares MSCI KLD 400 Social ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.2218

Essentially unheard of a decade ago, investing strategies that screen holdings for adherence to Environmental, Social and Governance values have captured increasing investor interest. Tony Campos, Head of Sustainable Investment, Americas, FTSE Russell, joins the podcast to explain how...

People revise their beliefs about climate change upwards when experiencing abnormal temperatures and retail investors sell stocks of carbon-intensive firms in such weather conditions. Investor' climate sentiment is higher either when an international environmental disaster occurs or t...

Essentially unheard of a decade ago, investing strategies that screen holdings for adherence to Environmental, Social and Governance values have captured increasing investor interest. Tony Campos, Head of Sustainable Investment, Americas, FTSE Russell, joins the podcast to explain how...

Environmental, social and governance issues will assume greater importance this year, with four trends converging,  analysts at Moody's say.Recovery from COVID will increase focus on social and environmental challenges."Major economies will attempt to integrate their economic recovery an...

The existence of a quality premium in stocks that has been persistent over time, pervasive around the globe and robust to various definitions has been well documented. One of the supposed benefits of ESG investing is that the screens used lead to investing in higher quality companies,...

Green tech is in 1994...not 1999. A new commodities supercycle to come. Why energy and industrials may outperform IT and communications in this decade. For further details see: Investing In The Next Decade: The Future Is Green

Economic theory suggests the share prices of industries that are excluded via negative screens —   “sin” businesses (typically those involved in the gambling, tobacco, alcohol, guns and defense industries) — will become depressed. Such stocks woul...

The green economy is an increasingly important part of addressing environmental objectives and its data. The FTSE Russell Green Revenues 2.0 Data Model provides investors with a data on more than 3,000 global listed companies that have exposure to the green economy. In this paper ...

This year, several major governments designed their economic recovery programs to be more digital and sustainable, with "Net Zero" widely adopted as a motto. We expect President-elect Joe Biden will enhance the country's green efforts, with important implications for the renewable ene...