Some investors seek returns beyond monetary rewards. Their criteria include investing in companies concerned with positively impacting the environment, offering fair compensation to employees and a ...

ESG investing has grown in popularity in recent years as investors have become increasingly aware of sustainability’s importance in the long-term success of companies. Because of this, some mutual ...

Large-cap sustainable funds paced conventional funds in the second quarter of 2023, despite ESG funds in outflows for the third consecutive quarter, lifted by growth stocks. The average large-cap ...

(Bloomberg) -- Funds linked to environmental, social and governance principles are by definition supposed to minimize risks tied to those three factors. In 2022, the approach did little to help ...

ESG funds, including both mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, have grown into a $400 billion market in the United States alone. The first step in testing whether ESG funds deliver higher ESG ...

While environmental, social and governance investing continues to increase in popularity, important questions remain about its practical significance. 1. Has the trend impacted corporate behavior?

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published research findings recently, evaluating how its fund naming guidelines have influenced the use of ESG and sustainability-related terms to ...

In the mid-1990s, a plethora of regional mutual funds popped up across America. Today, when you think of a “regional” fund, you think of broad global regions. But, three decades ago, a “regional” fund ...

As investors increasingly buy ESG funds, there has also been an increase in academic research on the impact of implementing ESG constraints on equity portfolios. However, there hasn't been as much ...

ESG fund managers are facing one of the toughest moments in the strategy’s history, as investment clients pull record amounts of money. Funds complying with the European Union’s strictest ESG ...

Environmental, social and governance investing, mocked and criticized relentlessly in the years following the Covid pandemic, ...

According to an analysis by ESG specialist Elisabeth Steyn, U.S. equity funds that are classified as ESG, have on average 29% of their holdings in tech stocks. Steyn told Alice Ross of Financial Times ...