News summary by MFWire’s editors Federal regulators are smiting yet another big fund firm over greenwashing allegations. The folks at a $746-billion-AUM (as of December 31) subsidiary of an 8,400-employee, publicly traded, multi-national asset manager have settled charges, but this time the case isn’t about a specific fund or […] Click here to view original […]
Did a $746B-AUM AM Integrate ESG Firmwide? SEC Cries Foul Read More »
States across America approved 32 bills this year dealing with environmental, social and governance investing, a decline from the 45 legislative acts passed in 2023 but still well ahead of the 17 in 2022, 13 in 2021 and three in 2020, according to an analysis this week by Ballotpedia. […] Click here to view original
ESG investing battles divide statehouses across the U.S. in 2024 Read More »
Have clients new or old who want to get into ESG? While the space has lost some of its luster compared to its heights a few years ago, plenty of investors still want sustainably-minded investments. In many cases, those ESG screens may already be included in mutual funds and […] Click here to view original
The president-elect’s policies, mirroring the playbook he used eight years ago, creates challenges for the already declining space NOV 14, 2024 When Donald Trump first won the White House in 2016, his victory created one of the all-time best sales pitches for green-minded investment funds: If Washington wasn’t going […] Click here to view original
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Pro-environmental options are more available now for workers who want their 401(k) investments to be more sustainable . However, most plans still don’t have environmentally friendly options. There’s a lot of money that could go into such plans if they were available. Three-fourths of employees have access to a […] Click here to view original
Image Credit: © Designer491 | Dreamstime.com Adoption of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments has slowly increased compared to 2022’s figures, yet is still lower than rates in 2021. Research this month from investment consulting firm Callan found that 38% of 90 U.S. institutional investors, including respondents in public […] Click here to view original
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