EQLT News and Press, Workplace Equality Portfolio From 05/28/19

Renewable energy, however defined, is widely seen as a sustainable and socially responsible (and, if the investing is done right, very profitable) addition to one's portfolio. Indeed, such entities as the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, an Ohio based research-and-analy...

Known for the passive index funds it pioneered, Vanguard now starts the subscription period for its first actively managed environmental, social, and governance fund, Global ESG Select Stock Fund (VEIGX). More news on: iShares KLD 400 Social Index ETF, iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF, iS...

Easing Global Risks Softened Safe-Haven Demand The gold price showed a small decline in April as global risks eased somewhat. First quarter gross domestic product ((GDP)) growth exceeded expectations in the U.S. and China. China also reported gains in retail sales and industrial production f...

Sustainability and ESG investing (environmental, social, governance) were recurring themes during this year's Milken Global Conference throughout many sessions. I was pleased to participate in a panel on how the investment management field is integrating ESG factors into processes and produc...

The Global Impact Investing Network recently issued a report on the size of the market for impact investing . The report explores how many investors want to invest how much of their money in ways that will do good for the planet and for the human social structures it hosts, as well as...

By Jonathan Bailey, Head of ESG Investing Human tragedy, financial damage, regulatory tightening and people power are driving ESG up the agenda. To mark the release of our 2018 ESG Annual Report, today's CIO Weekly Perspectives comes from guest contributor Jonathan Bailey. In January, ...

By Detlef Glow Following the news about product releases and trends in the European fund industry, one may get the impression sustainable investing is the new hot topic in the industry, since there are funds with a sustainable investment objective launched every week. Some observers may al...

ALPS Advisors, Inc., acquired by SS&C, providing products and services to the financial services industry, today announced The Fund - Workplace Equality Portfolio (NYSE ARCA: EQLT) -- will close to new investors on April 25, 2019 and liquidate on April 29, 2019 . The decision to...

By Andre Bertolotti, CFA Sustainable investing is no longer a niche area; it's something investors should not ignore. Brian discusses three key themes driving transformation in this area. Sustainable investing was once viewed as a niche area involving a trade-off between value and "value...

By David Wismer San Francisco will become the new Los Angeles? New York City and Boston will start resembling cities in Arkansas? From a climate perspective, that is - in 60 years. So says a recent study published by Nature Communications , written by researchers from the Universi...