LCTU News and Press, BlackRock U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness ETF From 08/03/22

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...

Executive compensation is one of the most powerful instruments companies have to align directors’ interests to company performance, to hold them accountable for their executive decisions, and to communicate strategic priorities to stakeholders. The pressures from environmental ...

Is ESG investing to blame for higher oil prices? It's far more complicated than that. Why energy security is causing investors to pivot their ESG investing strategies. What rising oil prices mean for the great energy transition. Russia’s invasion of Ukrain...

Rapid growth is expected in the volunteer market, where companies purchase credits from carbon reduction initiatives that are not necessarily linked to regulatory regimes. The recent COP26 global climate change conference adjourned with a first-ever multinational agreement on trading ...

The global workplace identity is steadily changing - across age, gender, sexual orientation, and especially race. Effective DEI policies rely on a distinct ecosystem of actions and attitudes. In the post-COVID-19 business world, human capital is more valuable than ever. ...

If you are interested in ESG investing, you may be wondering if you are going to pay a performance penalty for doing so. In a white paper first distributed in 2019, researchers looked at the divergence of ratings from the most well-known ESG raters in the world. The paper sug...

The energy transition remains intact, but potentially less linear in the wake of current events. We continue to develop new research insights to capture this shift and detect early signs of transition readiness. Now, the war in Ukraine and deglobalization present added cybersecuri...

There is no consistency in the assignment of ESG ratings. The SEC is mooting a proposal to standardize disclosure among ESG funds. Despite underlying ambiguity, ESG funds is a rapidly growing sector within asset management. Much of what is advertised as sustainable investing, ...

The good news is that President Biden said that tackling inflation is his “top domestic policy.” The bad news is that the burden of fighting inflation falls mostly on the Fed raising key interest rates, which could depreciate asset values like homes and stock prices. Eur...

Energy and commodity companies are largely paid in U.S. dollars. Portfolios that focus on inflationary growth sectors are benefiting from high prices for copper, crude oil, natural gas, fertilizer, lithium, and other higher commodity prices. The median new home sales price is now ...