LCTU News and Press, BlackRock U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness ETF From 09/20/22

Summary As the next phase of SFDR disclosure begins, January 2023 marks an important milestone in the regulation of ESG in the EU. Most asset managers and other buy-side firms have been busy preparing for SFDR reporting for many months. One of the big challenges of SFDR is dat...

Summary Climate change, if left unchecked, will likely have such widespread implications that it could threaten the stability of the global financial system. Tracking the reality of the environmental implications will be critical to companies mitigating risk and capitalizing on op...

Summary The main economic data release for the trading week is the US inflation report. The UK economy is in a precarious position and facing a recession. Chinese President Xi is expected to meet with Russian President Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in U...

As investors continue down their decarbonization journey, we expect the industry to focus not only on the level of carbon reductions, but also how those reductions are achieved. As an investor, there are three potential ways to lower the carbon footprint of your portfolio. These a...

A climate mitigation policy mix of carbon taxes, green subsidies, and infrastructure investment could reduce global balances by a quarter by 2027. Global interest rates are also likely to fall in the longer term because of the decline in investment in fossil fuels, following an initia...

Growing rapidly, multi-faceted, and with green products and services permeating throughout markets, the green economy’s development increasingly resembles that of the tech sector. The green economy is now the equivalent of the fifth largest industrial sector by market value &#x...

The investment landscape has been much more difficult for most sustainable portfolios since the fourth quarter of last year. One thing that we know is that the sustainability challenges that these stocks are connected to haven’t gone away. If anything, the economic challeng...

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are values clients are increasingly looking to prioritize in their portfolios. Sourcing and managing relevant DEI data and metrics are critical steps to assess DEI integration, yet the industry lacks consistent and broad-based DEI data availabilit...

Sustainable finance has grown sharply in recent years, with the number of Environmental, Social and Governance-linked funds reportedly growing by 80% in 2021. The profile of firms looking for ESG index exposure varies widely, from institutional size to regional demands. A January ...

The second quarter was dominated by negative market sentiment amid worries over skyrocketing inflation and the risks of a global recession. The broad market selloff over the past few months led almost all markets to finish the second quarter with negative returns in U.S. dollars and l...