EQLT News and Press, Workplace Equality Portfolio From 01/30/20

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...

By Detlef Glow ESG has become very popular with investors and fund promoters in 2019, and one can also expect that it will be a hot topic for the European investment industry in 2020. Therefore, we can expect to witness a lot of talk around initiatives from asset managers to integrate sust...

There are fads in investing. They eventually go away. Remember ARM funds? The Americus Trusts? (Neat idea, killed by a legal change). The nifty fifty? Hot industries that produce a lot of IPOs? I also think cryptocurrencies are a fad, and also factor and volatility investing, at least in ter...

By Mark Phelps Transcript: When we’re approaching the ESG issue within the concentrated global portfolio, we really think about these key issues of [whether] we want to be in this business with these people. And the “in this business” is very much the E and ...

By Detlef Glow By following the news about product releases and trends, it is clear that sustainable investing is one of the hot topics in the European fund industry since there are new fund launches literally every day. Also, the assets under management seem to grow constantly on an above...

Environment, social, and governance factors, or ESG, comprise the criteria used by investors in a holistic approach to analyze an investment. Formerly a niche concept, ESG has moved toward the mainstream of finance in recent years as a result of investor demand, regulatory influence, and demog...

Many people perceive that environmental, social, and governance ((ESG)) integration means sacrificing performance because they believe that ESG integration is the same as screening out companies and sectors from their investment universe. Understanding is low regarding the different ESG is...

By Tony Campos, head of ESG, Americas, FTSE Russell Our latest annual survey of global institutions' use of smart beta shows a rise in smart beta adoption among asset owners and an increase in combining smart beta strategies with sustainability parameters. We've noticed rising intere...

When it comes to ESG, a great deal of research has focused on carbon - how it can be measured, managed and invested in for tomorrow's green economy. But there is more to the E in ESG than carbon. What's next in the environmental investing space? For us, it's water. Water risks are regional...

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...