Nationwide gatekeepers are looking to replace Morgan Stanley subsidiary Atlanta Capital with GQG on the $105m NVIT Calvert Equity fund. Additionally, the fund’s current ESG objectives are not included in the proposed change. If approved by shareholders, the fund, which is available in variable annuity insurance accounts, is set […] Click here to view original […]

Photo credit: iStockphoto/shapecharge PAID CONTENT Adelaide Chiu, Vice-president and Head of Responsible Investing, NEI Investments It’s always critical for investors and their advisors to understand the material risks that may affect the companies they hold in their portfolios. But in times of uncertainty and greater volatility, it’s absolutely critical. […] Click here to view original

Muyi Zhang, PhD student at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology at LiU, holds a perovskite LED. Credit: Olov Planthaber Perovskite LEDs are emerging as a game-changing technology, offering vibrant colors, lower costs, and easier manufacturing compared to traditional LEDs. But for these next-generation LEDs to take over […] Click here to view original

View Larger Image Press release, Indiana State Comptroller: STATEHOUSE — State Comptroller Elise Nieshalla recently voted to further ensure investment options for the State’s deferred compensation retirement plan, Hoosier START, are chosen and monitored for the prioritization of objective financial factors over non-financial environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. […] Click here to view original

A&O Shearman In a recent decision by the U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk ruled that the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2022 Rule (the 2022 Rule) on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing for fiduciaries of employee benefit plans under the Employee Retirement Income […] Click here to view original

People walk down Wall Street January 22, 2008 in New York City. Spencer Platt via Getty Images Major U.S. banks who looked to the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow for excluding shareholder proposals with requests to disclose banks’ climate change planning and exposures were turned down by the […] Click here to view original