ECLN News and Press, First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV - First Trust EIP Carbon Impact ETF From 02/22/23

Summary If we seek an economy that can thrive indefinitely, we must invest in and dramatically scale up the means of production that put an end to the causes of these risks. The entrenchment of the asset management industry in favoring the legacy economy is significant. There are at...

Summary In 2020, the European Commission introduced the principle into the sustainable finance regulatory framework including for climate indexes, as labelled ‘Paris-aligned’ or ‘climate transition’ benchmarks (PABs and CTBs). A prominent approach suggested i...

Summary A day after the Fed’s announcement, the ECB raised its key interest rate 0.5% to 2.5% on Thursday. This was the fifth straight increase in the ECB’s key interest rate. Bond investors are fully expecting inflation to cool off, and that the Fed’s key interest ...

Summary Inflation was arguably one of the biggest challenges faced in 2022. Although it doesn’t look to be going away in the early part of 2023, it does seem likely to slow as the year goes on. The December 2022 meetings by three of the most major central banks concluded a year o...

Summary UnitedHealth Group has been making important governance changes in response to investor feedback, with sustainability a growing priority. As sustainability has increased in importance, UNH has revamped and elevated board oversight of ESG. The establishment of a corporate sus...

Summary Engaging a company on strategy can sometimes lead to concrete changes. In an October 2022 engagement with Cellnex, we encouraged the company to embrace a fiscally responsible strategy in order to protect the business in a high interest rate environment. Cellnex’s resp...

First Trust EIP Carbon Impact ETF ( NYSEARCA: ECLN ) - $0.1564 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.10% as of Nov. 30. Payable Dec 30; for shareholders of record Dec 27; ex-div Dec 23. For further details see: First Trust EIP Carbon Impact ETF declares quarterly distribution of $...

Summary Passive environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing has become increasingly active. It’s time for a rethink. As more investors look to align sustainability goals with their investments, global ESG assets under management (AUM) have soared from $2.2 trillion in 2...

Summary ESG factors have been widely used as a set of criteria in a manager’s risk assessment toolkit. Making the wrong call with respect to ESG can sometimes mean excluding certain sectors based on these considerations alone. ESG factors are part of the global risk complex a...

Summary The transition to net-zero emissions has become one of the key drivers that will define the global economy over the decades to come. The Paris Agreement and national climate change plans anticipate a gradual transition to a low-carbon world – not an overnight switch to ze...