ESGN News and Press, Columbia Sustainable International Equity Income From 05/25/22

When we make investment decisions about assets with multi-decade horizons, our forecasts will ultimately break down. There are multiple, equally valid pathways through the transition, all with different technology mixes and varied time horizons. Social factors may drive higher emi...

As the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ecosystem evolves and the number of investors grows, ESG investments must keep pace. In the equity world, this evolution translates to index providers working to match rapidly developing ESG demands. Bloomberg Intelligence reporte...

Most ERISA plans using active management probably already have some level of ESG integration included in their plan regardless of whether an ESG policy or approach was actively adopted by the plan sponsor. Since ERISA plans are subject to Department of Labor (DOL) regulation, shifting...

Beyond the broad S&P benchmark, 45% of NASDAQ 100 stocks are already off more than 50%, which only happened as part of the larger-than-historically-average bear markets of 2000-02 and 2008-09. The last eight times the S&P 500 was down in a calendar year, bonds finished the yea...

Corporate ESG ratings do not necessarily measure a company’s impact on the Earth and society. There are no current industry or regulator standards for algorithms, metrics, data sources or results. By its nature, ESG assessment requires a forward-looking approach that static...

Strong ESG performance during the pandemic led to trillions of dollars in inflows. For those seeking wisdom instead of noise, it’s worth exploring what some of the world’s least talkative but most sophisticated investors — insurers — are saying and doing ar...

As the Environmental, Social, and Governance ESG ecosystem evolves, ESG investments must keep the pace to continue providing robust solutions to market participants. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), electric car sales more than doubled between 2020 and 2021. In tota...

Sweeping sanctions placed on Russia's currency and Russian companies have rippled through all asset classes, affecting portfolios across the globe—including those with an allocation to foreign exchange markets. What if ESG factors had been taken more into consideration in the w...

Inflation expectations have kept the Federal Reserve center stage as they commenced their interest rate rising cycle in March. The war in Ukraine and Omicron’s spread in China impacted inflation and supply chains differently, but both delay supply chain normalization. Regar...

Stock markets fell in the first quarter as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine destabilized the growth outlook, amplified concerns about rising interest rates and unleashed geopolitical risks. While the conflict has created many uncertainties, we believe the impact of persistent infla...