SUSB News and Press, iShares ESG 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF From 03/31/23

2023-03-31 08:45:00 ET Summary Given the constantly evolving nature of ESG investing, Syntax believes gaining clarity is of the utmost importance to the growing number of investors in this space. An ESG standard is a set of criteria that identifies a company's alignment or adheren...

2023-03-28 21:52:00 ET Summary If the recent crisis of confidence was created by bigger concerns about inflation and sharp moves in rates, the focus now is more on Alpha, the issuers in credit markets. Another drag on bank risk comes from the US regional banks. Significant vol...

2023-03-26 05:16:00 ET Summary The regulatory intervention of Silicon Valley Bank stopped corporate and financial sector issuance altogether for four working days. The most notable sign of market resilience was a highly successful USD1.8 billion 10 and 31-year sale by Republic of ...

2023-03-06 08:05:00 ET Summary Investors need to rethink how they approach ESG investing and which strategies they will implement, especially when we are thinking about the "E". Under the current framework, investors favor companies which have well-documented ESG strategies and ar...

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF ( SUSB ) - $0.0503 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 5.01% as of Feb. 28. Payable Mar 07; for shareholders of record Mar 02; ex-div Mar 01. For further details see: iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly d...

Summary In 2021, China announced carbon dioxide peaking by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. Despite China being the largest issuance country in the green bond market, international investors may often find themselves lost in the pile of Chinese green bond guidelines. China remain...

Summary A slowdown in new issuances, anecdotal evidence about a narrowing ‘greenium’ spread, as well as a spike in green bond default rates, have raised tricky questions for investors. Green bonds have been considered as a tool for investors hedge against climate risks and...

Summary In 2020, the European Commission introduced the principle into the sustainable finance regulatory framework including for climate indexes, as labelled ‘Paris-aligned’ or ‘climate transition’ benchmarks (PABs and CTBs). A prominent approach suggested i...

Summary While global green bond markets saw a notable slowdown - particularly in Europe and the United States because of rising interest rate and geopolitical conflicts, China’s onshore green bond market sustained its momentum in 2022. Despite reaching the $2 trillion milestone i...

Summary With an almost 60 trillion-dollar sovereign debt market, the case for ESG integration remains unclear. Market practices that target the reduction of aggregate ESG risk may have the perverse impact of increasing funding gaps and thus decreasing the effectiveness and impact of sov...