SUSA News and Press, iShares MSCI USA ESG Select From 01/16/21

Green tech is in 1994...not 1999. A new commodities supercycle to come. Why energy and industrials may outperform IT and communications in this decade. For further details see: Investing In The Next Decade: The Future Is Green

Economic theory suggests the share prices of industries that are excluded via negative screens —   “sin” businesses (typically those involved in the gambling, tobacco, alcohol, guns and defense industries) — will become depressed. Such stocks woul...

The green economy is an increasingly important part of addressing environmental objectives and its data. The FTSE Russell Green Revenues 2.0 Data Model provides investors with a data on more than 3,000 global listed companies that have exposure to the green economy. In this paper ...

This year, several major governments designed their economic recovery programs to be more digital and sustainable, with "Net Zero" widely adopted as a motto. We expect President-elect Joe Biden will enhance the country's green efforts, with important implications for the renewable ene...

Companies that offer strong payouts in a sustainable manner can help investors source surprisingly robust streams of income and equity returns. With many companies cutting dividends under COVID-19 pressure, high payouts simply aren't seen as reliable sources of income these days. ...

In the US, a comparison of the MSCI USA and MSCI USA ESG indexes shows that ESG did not increase performance with the former returning 140% and the latter 130% since 2013. It is important to note that the ESG criteria MSCI uses for its China ESG indexes are the same criteria MSCI uses...

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today announced stock splits for eleven iShares funds as part of an ongoing process to periodically review its product line-up. The stock splits, for the ETFs listed below, will go into effect for shareholders of record as of the close of business on Dece...

Water itself isn't just an economic policy issue and risk arising from population growth and climate change. The projected declines in water availability, and corresponding dips in GDP, present across-the-board risk for investors. We anticipate these issues are going to take on mu...

Russell Investments conducted its 2020 annual ESG survey across equity, fixed-income, real assets and private markets asset managers from around the globe to assess their attitudes toward responsible investing and how they integrate ESG factors into their investment processes. Accordi...

Oftentimes, the highest-yielding bonds are issued by countries with weaker ESG scores; the same tenet applies to sovereign credit ratings. A country with a notably improving ESG risk profile and attractive valuations may signal an opportunistic time to invest. In theory, a country...