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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...

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

Water itself isn't just an economic policy issue and risk arising from population growth and climate change. The projected declines in water availability, and corresponding dips in GDP, present across-the-board risk for investors. We anticipate these issues are going to take on mu...

Russell Investments conducted its 2020 annual ESG survey across equity, fixed-income, real assets and private markets asset managers from around the globe to assess their attitudes toward responsible investing and how they integrate ESG factors into their investment processes. Accordi...

Oftentimes, the highest-yielding bonds are issued by countries with weaker ESG scores; the same tenet applies to sovereign credit ratings. A country with a notably improving ESG risk profile and attractive valuations may signal an opportunistic time to invest. In theory, a country...

ESG Miniseries 1 of 3. How can bond investors contribute to more sustainable financial markets? Members of our ESG investing team discuss accelerating macro trends and their reasons for optimism. For further details see: Sustainability In Bond Markets - 3 Reasons For Opt...

Tick Index patterns can be useful for analyzing how securities are trading and when to buy on the dip. We are approaching an inflection point in fossil fuels as oil stocks fall out of favor and trends turn toward sustainable energy and ESG investing. Oil may be beaten down now, bu...

Even if you overlook disagreements on ESG as growing pains, there is one more component that adds noise to the mix and that is the direction of causality. The power of the ESG sales pitch has always been that it offers something good to everyone involved. There is a plausible scen...

Why interest in sustainable investment is on the rise. What impact a sustainability focus has on performance. How investors can implement a sustainable investment portfolio. How FTSE Russell measures a company's ESG performance. For further details see: An Introducti...