SUSA News and Press, iShares MSCI USA ESG Select From 05/24/20

By Kurt Reiman, Daniel Donato The economic outage to contain the spread of COVID-19 has forced companies and whole industries to rapidly adapt to sharp falls in demand and a more uncertain future. The emergency response to the pandemic has led many of us to reassess how we lead our daily l...

By Paul Golden At a Glance New ESG futures around the S&P 500 help Swedbank Robur meet its ESG commitment to clients. Investors are demanding greater transparency around funds as the industry seeks sustainability standards. Sustainability-focused funds have continued on an up...

By Maarten Bloemen, Executive Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst, Templeton Global Equity Group TM The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the importance of financial market risks that fit within the realm of environmental, social and governance ((ESG)) factors - name...

By Tony DeSpirito, Managing Director The coronavirus crisis will change the world in many ways. Tony DeSpirito discusses its potential impact on ESG investing and how it may hasten an important trend for active investors. The COVID-19 pandemic has been extraordinary in countless ways. ...

By Tawhid Ali, Andrew Birse European investors were recently reminded how tricky it is to evaluate a company's environmental, social and governance ((ESG)) credentials. Tesla's (TSLA) plans to chop down a forest to build a manufacturing facility for electric cars in Germany reinforced the ...

Video Transcript Paul Murdock : Green bond issuance is on the rise in markets around the globe. While supernationals like the World Bank may have been the initial driving force behind green bonds, an uptick in issuance by corporations and agencies is helping green bonds go mainstream...

By J. Patrick Bradley Introduction Across the global economy, Environmental, Social, and Governance ((ESG)) factors are becoming more important and better integrated into the activities of governments, investment managers, plan sponsors, consultants, and industry. I've written on this t...

Q: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink recently announced actions to make sustainability the new standard for investing. What role is iShares playing? Armando Senra: A key takeaway from Larry’s letter to CEOs is investors are recognizing that ESG considerations matter to asset prices and por...

Geopolitical Events Support Gold Gold started the year driven by risks associated with geopolitical events. On January 3, a U.S. drone attack on an Iranian general in Iraq led to a retaliatory strike by Iran on a U.S.-Iraq military base on January 8. This enabled gold to briefly reach the $1...

I've previously discussed ESG investing and how investing in what you view as subjective morality is actually nothing more than old school stock picking. I get it - we want to do what's right and make money. That's all well and good, but as it pertains to secondary markets and stock picking ...