SUSA News and Press, iShares MSCI USA ESG Select From 11/06/19

By Detlef Glow By following the news about product releases and trends, it is clear that sustainable investing is one of the hot topics in the European fund industry since there are new fund launches literally every day. Also, the assets under management seem to grow constantly on an above...

Environment, social, and governance factors, or ESG, comprise the criteria used by investors in a holistic approach to analyze an investment. Formerly a niche concept, ESG has moved toward the mainstream of finance in recent years as a result of investor demand, regulatory influence, and demog...

By Michael Hasenstab, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Chief Investment Officer, Templeton Global Macro and Calvin Ho, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Director of Research, Templeton Global Macro In early 2018, Templeton Global Macro ((TGM)) published ...

Many people perceive that environmental, social, and governance ((ESG)) integration means sacrificing performance because they believe that ESG integration is the same as screening out companies and sectors from their investment universe. Understanding is low regarding the different ESG is...

Global companies' performance on environmental, social, and governance ((ESG)) issues is rapidly becoming more critical to their competitiveness, profitability and share price. We are writing this commentary and re-orienting our own investment philosophy, because we profoundly care about envir...

Source: iStockphoto.com Investing in strategies built around Environmental, Socially Conscious/Social Awareness, and Governance principles ( ESG ) has gained increased popularity over the last decade as great strides have been made around data collection and standardization. Investors and ...

The growth of theme- and values-based investing in the past few years has been spectacular. The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance reports that sustainable investing assets stood at over $30 trillion globally at the beginning of 2018. Part of this fascinating growth story has to do wit...

Apollo Global Management ( APO +2.9% ) seeks to raise at least $1B for its first social impact fund, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter. More news on: Apollo Global Management, LLC, KKR & Co. Inc., The Blackstone Group Inc., Financial stocks news, News on ETF...

By Tony Campos, head of ESG, Americas, FTSE Russell Our latest annual survey of global institutions' use of smart beta shows a rise in smart beta adoption among asset owners and an increase in combining smart beta strategies with sustainability parameters. We've noticed rising intere...

When it comes to ESG, a great deal of research has focused on carbon - how it can be measured, managed and invested in for tomorrow's green economy. But there is more to the E in ESG than carbon. What's next in the environmental investing space? For us, it's water. Water risks are regional...