The automated investment platform, which raised roughly $126 million in funding since launching in 2012, is just the latest digital wealth manager to shut down
Outperforming the broader market yet again during a sudden downturn, ESG strategies are emerging as the new standard upon which to gauge a company’s ability to withstand risk
ESG investors face a new threat in the age of coronavirus: ‘social washing’
Pandemic sharpening the focus on how companies manage ESG risks
How did ESG funds hold up during the first quarter? Why is BlackRock making a money market portfolio greener? InvestmentNews Chief Content Officer George Moriarty answers both questions
Martin Jarzebowski, Federated Hermes' director of responsible investing, talks about how the pandemic has impacted ESG investing
How did the Treasury Department step in as the pandemic sparked volatility? What do the Lipper Awards say about ESG investing? InvestmentNews Chief Content Officer George Moriarty answers both questions
Why do small asset managers incorporating ESG criteria have trouble gathering assets? Which banking giant is pushing greenhouse gas emitters to clean up? George Moriarty looks at each of these.
The asset manager’s $3 billion Money Market Portfolio will focus on issuers that meet its environmental criteria
Other priorities: Probing whether ESG funds live up to the hype, zeroing in on fee conflicts
Smaller providers are finding it tough to compete with the world’s biggest managers
The asset manager also said it will develop a proprietary model for rating companies’ performance on environmental, social and governance issues
New reports show how even the world's largest asset manager at more than $7.8 trillion and one of the most vocal proponents of environmental, social and corporate governance causes can be guilty of greenwashing.
While Europeans have forged a path, they, too, have struggled to develop a coherent standard
An analysis suggests there's no long-term advantage to picking sustainable funds over those without a sustainable focus, or vice versa
Exchange-traded fund launched last week sees big investment from Finnish pension insurer
Product measures potential impact of climate change on company valuations
The asset manager says it is prepared to take voting action at companies in major stock indexes that are underperforming their peers on environmental, social and governance issues
MSCI rolls out principles of sustainable investing
Wealth managers need education to learn differences between ESG and SRI
