LCTU News and Press, BlackRock U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness ETF From 11/10/21

91% of 1,400 companies across 22 jurisdictions report some level of sustainability information and 51% offer some level of assurance. External audit is different from sustainability assurance. There is nothing to pick and choose among: Reporting criteria is definitive and mandatory. ...

FTSE Russell’s COP26 Net Zero Atlas surveys countries’ latest climate targets and mitigation strategies. Building on work on climate risk for sovereign assets in fixed income markets, they have calculated the implied temperature rise (ITR) associated with individual nati...

Across emerging markets, corporate ESG disclosures are uneven and broadly lag those in developed markets. Sustainable investing is often associated with the search for ESG leaders, but that focus can overshadow the investment opportunities that also lie in companies boosting their ESG...

The pandemic made “sustainability” personal for many people. COVID-19 is more than a health crisis—it’s a sustainability crisis. Large, publicly traded companies are incredibly influential players in sustainable development. The pandemic has proved that...

Managers need to be thinking holistically about ESG in today’s environment. Compelling investment opportunities can be uncovered by identifying companies which are seeking to improve their ESG profiles, creating a virtuous cycle to draw capital from a wider investor base. E...

For Q3 2021, the average equity fund and taxable fixed income fund posted a 1.52% loss and 0.08% gain, respectively. TNA in the conventional funds business declined 0.20%, falling by $54.2 billion from Q2 2021 to slightly less than $26.415 trillion for Q3 2021. The short-/intermed...

The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA:BITO) completed its first full trading day on a high note closing 4.85%. The crypto ETF came storming out of the gates, transacting nearly $290M worth of shares in just the first 20 minutes of trading, according to Decrypt. In additi...

While the market started the week a bit sloppily, the bulls charged back on Thursday as earnings season officially got underway. With the market crossing above significant resistance at the 50-DMA and turning both seasonal “buy signals” confirmed, it appears a push for p...

Will there be a number of countries there who perhaps feel tempted to keep this unorthodox policy going further, or may even step further away from what we consider normal policy? I think adoption of electric cars, the rate of adoption, will really be driven by the rate of improvement...

Global equities rose through most of the third quarter but gave up most of their gains in a volatile September. As the forces driving stock returns rapidly change in our COVID-scarred world, we believe active managers can help investors effectively navigate the recovery’s uncer...