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A Huge Year Upcoming for Clean Energy ETFs
As investors try to reposition their portfolios for the new year, many can look to socially...
ESG and the Biden Presidency
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Biden Could Reverse Rule against ESG Retirement Funds
2021-01-21The Biden administration could help reverse decisions under Trump’s U.S. Department of...
China Could Be the Next Leader of ESG Investments in Asia
2021-01-20In a bid to combat its pollution problems, China has been aggressively pushing into clean energy...
Disclosure requirements, key to ESG standardization, expected to increase under a Democratic sweep
2021-01-19Last month we wrote about what the future of ESG might look like under a Biden administration. At...
Clean Energy, Low Cost: 'CNRG' ETF Up 160%
2021-01-19With the exponential growth of the ETF industry, providers are using lower fees to stand out from...
ESG Activists Are Calling for Greater Board Diversity
2021-01-15Companies are reconfiguring their businesses to obviate any fallout from potential liabilities...
Less ESG Risk Meant Greater Fund Outperformance in 2020
2021-01-14In 2020, funds with exposure to less environmental, social, and governance risks outperformed...
How Big Will ESG Get? Time, and the EFIV ETF, Will Tell
2021-01-13How big can environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing get over the next five years?
SEC Could Mandate Clearer ESG Disclosures under Biden
2021-01-12The Securities and Exchange Commission could put into place guidelines on the federal monitoring...
ESG and Active ETFs Witnessed Unprecedented Inflows in 2020
2021-01-11As the global ETF market accumulated $7.6 trillion in total assets under management over 2020,...
Are Asian Companies More or Less Carbon Efficient Than Their Global Peers?
2021-01-10With the launch of theS&P Global Carbon Efficient Index Seriesin 2018, S&P DJI introduced...
The New Normal: ESG Investing in 2021
2021-01-09In a year dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a renewed focus from governments and...
After Doubling in 2020, 'CNRG' Has Notched 17% in 2021
2021-01-08The SPDR Kensho Clean Power ETF (CNRG)is picking up where it left off in 2020. Momentum from last...
The 5 Keys to Good Corporate Governance
2021-01-04When we talk about ESG – environmental, social and governance – investing, we often start with a...
The Department of Energy Can Be a Key Mover for 'CNRG'
2021-01-04The Department of Energy (DOE) could be a key mover for clean energy ETFs like the SPDR Kensho...
Biden Administration Could Push for Greater Climate Change Risk, ESG Disclosures
2020-12-31Biden’s administration could push the SEC to require public companies to disclose climate...
As Europe Lowers ESG Fees, Snag the Low Cost EFIV
2020-12-30As environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing continues to gain steam in the capital...
How Analysts Quantify ESG Values
2020-12-29Socially responsible investors will have to look at how a company conducts business to get a...
Increased ESG Competition Has Lowered Fund Costs
2020-12-28With the rising popularity of socially responsible investments like environmental, social, and...
Get ESG-Focused Corporate Bond Exposure With RBND ETF
2020-12-24While environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing has caught fire in equities, bonds...
Access ESG's Staying Power With EFIV
2020-12-22There’s no question environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing has been one of...
Socially Responsible, ESG ETFs Are Turning Heads
2020-12-21Investors are taking a shine to exchange traded funds that track socially responsible...
What's In A Name? Responsible Investing (RI)
2020-12-17By Steve Pitchford, Director of Tax and Financial Planning
Responsible investing has captured...
Rising ESG Demand Has Helped Debt Issuers Lower Borrowing Costs
2020-12-17As socially responsible investment strategies gain popularity, new data shows that the influx of...
SSGA Talks First Fixed Income ESG Fund, RBND
2020-12-16On Tuesday, NYSE spoke with Noel Archard, CFA, Global Head of SPDR Product at State Street SPDR...
The EFIV ESG ETF Can Strengthen Your Portfolio
2020-12-16Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing continues to show its mettle despite a...
ESG: Regulatory Blow-Back
2020-12-16In March of 2018, Citigroup announced that it would restrict business with certain firearms...
Misconceptions Over ESG Returns May Be Associated with Tracking Errors
2020-12-15Socially responsible investments do not have to sacrifice returns to help people invest with...
ESG Standards Could Converge Within the Next Two Years
2020-12-14The world of socially responsible investments that track environmental, social, and governance...
ESG Case Study – Northrop Grumman
2020-12-14By Kathryn Maraist & Andy Poreda
Aerospace & Defense is a critical component of the...
What Drives the S&P PACT Indices’ Weights?
2020-12-12In this blog, we try to answer a simple question:what drives the S&P PACT Indices’ weights?
Why We’re Joining Climate Action 100+
2020-12-12Of all the lessons we’ve learned during the ongoing pandemic, one that deeply concerns me is the...
Investors Are Re-Evaluating the Future of Fossil Fuel, Energy
2020-12-11Socially responsible investments like those that track environmental, social, and governance...
This Synergy (CNRG) ESG ETF Is Up 100% YTD
2020-12-11If you’re still not on the ESG bandwagon, how does a 100% return year-to-date sound? The...
Big Tech Is Even Bigger on ESG
2020-12-10Big technology firms are scoring high on implementing environmental, social, and governance (ESG)...
The Many Shades of ESG Integration: A Survey of U.S. Equity ESG ETFs
2020-12-10By Komson Silapachai & Emma Harper
An investor searching through ESG ETF options could easily...
The ESG Movement Is Resonating with Investors
2020-12-09In the post-pandemic investment environment, investors have become more interested in...
Biden Administration Could Push Companies for Clearer ESG Disclosures
2020-12-07The new Biden administration could make good on an election promise and require companies to...
Biden 1, Climate Change 1.5
2020-12-07“Today, the Trump Administration officially left the Paris Climate Agreement. And in exactly 77...
November ETF Flows: Getting Closer to the End of the Tunnel
2020-12-06For investors, the next few months may feel like staring at the end of a long tunnel, looking...
ETF Flows Reveal Investors Are Betting on Stocks
2020-12-03Stock ETFs enjoyed record interest as U.S. markets rallied over November in a show of relief over...
The ESG Floodgates Are Opening, and New Legislation is On The Way
2020-12-03The rise of ESG investing didn’t only bring in new investors, but more scrutiny from...
Pro-ESG Policies Likely to Return in the US
2020-12-01The growth in dollars invested in ESG continues to accelerate unabated....
ETF of the Week: SPDR S&P 500 ESG ETF (EFIV)
2020-11-27ETF Trends CEO Tom Lydon discussed the SPDR S&P 500 ESG ETF (EFIV) on this week’s “ETF of the...
Why Now for ESG?
2020-11-27By Shaun Wurzbach Director, Global Head of Financial Advisor Channel, S&P Dow Jones Indices
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ETFs with Heart…and Returns: ESG Investing into 2021
2020-11-25As investors look to shore up their portfolios for the new year, one of the enduring themes to...
How Biden Can Bolster ESG Investments
2020-11-24As Joe Biden transitions into the White House, some are looking at how his administration can...
Biden’s SEC Pick Likely to Take a Closer Look at ESG
2020-11-23Joe Biden’s pick for the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission could make...
Core ESG Indexing Is Engaged to Drive Change
2020-11-22How exactly is core ESG indexing engaged to drive the types of change that ESG investors want to...
A State Street ETF to Ride the ESG Rally
2020-11-20Investors were already looking ahead to 2021 after the March fiasco spun the equities world off...
A Framework for Analyzing Municipal Climate Risk
2020-11-19By Nick Erickson & John Sama, Sage Advisory
Most ESG investors would agree that climate...
ESG Investments Now a Whopping One-Third of U.S. AUM
2020-11-19Environmental, social, and governance investments are now accounting for about one third of total...
SPDR ETFs: Liquidity and Price Discovery Tools
2020-11-18By State Street Global Advisors
During a period of heightened volatility, SPDR ETFs served as an...
ESG Investing and a Joe Biden Presidency
2020-11-17ESG investing already has tremendous momentum in 2020 with flows into ESG focused funds hitting...
The Maturing Hydrogen Fuel Energy Alternative
2020-11-17As we look for alternative energy sources to replace dirty fossil fuels, hydrogen-based power...
Hop on the ESG Bandwagon With These 3 ETFs
2020-11-17The environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing phenomenon has proven its mettle with...
Can ESG ETFs Sidestep the Tech Sector Rotation Drawdown?
2020-11-12As investors rotate out of technology, it might seem that the ESG arena would not be affected,...
Turn to ETFs for Easy Access to the ESG Theme
2020-11-12Exchange traded fund investors who are considering the environmental, social and governance theme...
ESG Investments Could Enhance Retirement Plans
2020-11-11While the U.S. Department of Labor pushes rules that discourage ESG issues for pension plans...
State Street Launches Corporate Bond ESG ETF ‘RBND’
2020-11-10State Street Global Advisors debuted a new ETF on Tuesday that was developed to meet the demand...
Joe Biden Should Roll Out the ESG Red Carpet
2020-11-10The red carpet for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing has been rolled out with...
Building a Sustainable Core with the S&P 500 ESG Index
2020-11-09As demand for ESG continues to grow, how is the S&P 500 ESG Index helping investors reinforce...
Diversity Improves Corporate Strength
2020-11-06The social aspect of corporate culture reflects how a firm treats its employees and can also add...
How Companies Are Meeting Expectations on Climate Change
2020-11-05As part of the global community, investors and financial institutions are taking up the role of...
DoL’s Proposed Proxy Voting Rule Could Stifle Investment Options in Retirement Plans
2020-11-03The United States Department of Labor has proposed a new rule that could negatively affect...
Next Generation Opportunities: Thematic ETFs
2020-11-02The coronavirus pandemic has changed our economy and the way we interact with the world, fueling...
ESG By The Numbers
2020-11-02Sage Advisory has put together this infographic that looks at how U.S. sustainable mutual funds...
ESG Case Study – Sysco Corporation
2020-10-30By Sara Rodriguez, Sage Advisory ESG Research Analyst
BlackRock Calls for Global ESG Conformity
2020-10-30BlackRock’ the world’s largest asset manager, is pushing for the industry to overhaul...
China’s Ambitious Green Goal: Carbon Neutral by 2060
2020-10-30ByJessamyn L. Norton, CFA, Spinnaker Trust
ESG Bond Credentials Are Going Under the Microscope
2020-10-29As the green bond market gain in popularity, more investors are taking a closer look at just how...
ESG ETFs: Record Inflows…and Greater Scrutiny
2020-10-28Inflows into ESG-related ETFs jumped to $22 billion so far in 2020, or about three times the 2019...
Even Big Oil is Examining ESG Factors
2020-10-27Is big oil turning a new leaf? Oil investors are looking beyond profits as environmental, social...
Executive Compensation Voting During the Pandemic
2020-10-22ByMatthew W Diguiseppe,Vice President, Asset Stewardship Team, State Street Global Advisors
ESG Investing Is Seeping Into Real Estate
2020-10-21More and more, environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is permeating various...
Why Is This Bond Fund Doing So Well?
2020-10-19While the case for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is almost a no-brainer...
Blue Wave Bets with Clean Energy ETFs
2020-10-15If current U.S. President Donald Trump is unable to secure another four years in office, a...
ETF Strategies That Focus on the Most Material ESG Factors
2020-10-14In the recent webcast, Going Beyond ESG: Impact Investing for 2021, Keith Dixson and Chris...
Is ESG Almost Mandatory in Modern Portfolio?
2020-10-13Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing was a niche corner of the capital markets,...
ESGs to Capitalize on a Growing Global Investment
2020-10-09Environmental, social and governance or ESG-related exchange traded funds will capitalize on the...
Are Sustainability-Linked Bonds The Next Big Thing in ESG?
2020-10-08The rise of ESG investing is causing providers to offer new products to help differentiate...
Energy Investors Are Eyeing Opportunities in ESG Funds
2020-10-06ESG investing has been of few sectors thriving amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and it’s causing...
Green Bond Sees High Interest in the Middle East
2020-10-02In the Middle East, green bonds that fund special ESG projects are gaining high interest from...
S&P 500 ESG Index: Defining the Sustainable Core
2020-10-02The launch of theS&P 500 ESG Index signaled an evolution in sustainable investing. Indices...
ESG Investing is Bringing Outperformance at a Lower Cost
2020-09-29Outperformance at a cheap cost—it’s an investor’s dream and right now, ESG...
A New Beginning for the Oil and Gas Industry?
2020-09-28Oil and gas companies have been top of mind for ESG investors for many years. That is not...
Big Four Accounting Firms Release ESG Reporting Metrics
2020-09-25With environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing rising, they’re gaining more scrutiny...
Electricity Generation Via Wind and Solar Doubled Last 5 Years
2020-09-23Covid-19 certainly did a number on business sectors across the spectrum, but one area that...
Is The News Cycle Responsible for ESG’s Stellar Performance?
2020-09-21The pandemic couldn’t stop the popularity of environmental, social and governance (ESG)...
Pandemic Catapults ESG into the Investing Spotlight
2020-09-17ESG investing continues to be in the forefront of opportunities that can thrive through the...
Boston-Based Project Looking to Enhance ESG Data
2020-09-14One of the challenges when looking for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing...
This Fund Manager Takes Hands-On Approach To ESG
2020-09-10The popularity of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing has spawned a number of...
Biggest ESG Funds Are Outpacing the S&P 500
2020-09-08Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing was such a force in the second quarter that...
ESG Index Funds Reached $250 Billion in Q2
2020-09-03Needless to say, environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing has been one of the few...
Women & Wealth – A Powerful Force We Can’t Afford to Lose
2020-09-01By Emma Harper, Lily Tu, Jessica McHugh, Sara Rodriguez & Clemence Kelman
As the pandemic...
Bringing ESG to Australia’s Core
2020-09-01The launch of the S&P/ASX 200 ESG Index provides a transparent, rules-based foundation for...
Can Climate-Conscious Investing Stem Portfolio Volatility?
2020-09-01Experts have warned that today’s major market indexes haven’t adequately priced in the cost of...
ECB’s Schnabel Argues for Greater Central Bank Intervention to Combat Climate Change
2020-08-31European Central Bank board member Isabel Schnabel has argued that global central banks need to...
ESG ETFs Could Enhance a Retirement Investment Account
2020-08-28Long-term investors may do well by incorporating exchange traded funds that target environmental,...
SEC Scrutinizes ESG Funds for Better Defined Rules
2020-08-26More money managers are coming out with ESG funds to capitalize on the next potential big...
TD Ameritrade: Dave Nadig Examines ESG ETFs
2020-08-26There’s always time to evaluate ESG investing and break down some funds at a time when exploring...