IQSI News and Press, IQ Candriam ESG International Equity From 07/27/21

The industry is now seeing an expansion in data-driven practices, with new ESG and climate datasets emerging and becoming mainstream. We explore what climate risk metrics are and how they are used today. As a relatively new area of risk analysis, climate data is still developing; cons...

For Q2 2021, the average equity fund and taxable fixed income fund posted a 6.36% and 1.55% return, respectively. Nonetheless, in a quasi-flight to safety and continued search for yield, bond investors pushed the 10-year Treasury yield down 29 basis points (bps) for Q2 to 1.45%. L...

Ivan Martynov/iStock via Getty Images A recent research report indicates that assessing investments and acquisitions by environmental, social, and governance criteria isn't just a question of social consciousness but pays off financially as well. 65% of dealmakers in a survey conducted by adv...

ESGB expands IndexIQ’s actively managed fixed income and ESG lineup; allows investors access to MacKay Shields’ deep fixed income expertise while integrating ESG factors into portfolios IndexIQ today announced the launch of its newest ETF – the IQ ...

Bank of America ([[BAC]] -4.0%) CEO Brian Moynihan says multiple forces are driving the importance of environmental, social, and governance ((ESG)) issues in running a business."It's the right thing to do," he said during a webcast hosted by Deloitte, entitled "A Higher Bottom Line: The ...

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...

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...

Environmental, social and governance issues will assume greater importance this year, with four trends converging,  analysts at Moody's say.Recovery from COVID will increase focus on social and environmental challenges."Major economies will attempt to integrate their economic recovery an...

The existence of a quality premium in stocks that has been persistent over time, pervasive around the globe and robust to various definitions has been well documented. One of the supposed benefits of ESG investing is that the screens used lead to investing in higher quality companies,...