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Financial advisers hone their focus on ESG strategies
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 10, 2021
Financial advisers hone their focus on ESG strategies

As investor demand grows, advisers are realizing they need to step up their ESG game.

Fund industry wants lower fees for document delivery
MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 09, 2021
Fund industry wants lower fees for document delivery

The Investment Company Institute says 25 cents per emailed document is excessive and hurts investors. Broadridge, a fintech firm that sends most proxies and other material to fund shareholders, asserts its system reduces costs for investors.

Janus Henderson enters ESG field with five active ETFs
ESG SEP 09, 2021
Janus Henderson enters ESG field with five active ETFs

All of the asset manager's new exchange-traded funds integrate sustainable investing criteria, with three investing in equities and two focusing on fixed income.

Coinbase threat demonstrates Gensler's focus on taming crypto
ALTERNATIVES SEP 08, 2021
Coinbase threat demonstrates Gensler's focus on taming crypto

The agency has said that it will sue the exchange if Coinbase lets customers earn interest on their digital tokens.

US SIF updates ESG guidance ahead of Labor Department proposal
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 08, 2021
US SIF updates ESG guidance ahead of Labor Department proposal

The guide has new information about the Department of Labor’s forthcoming regulations, which are expected to effectively reverse rules implemented last year that had a chilling effect on the use of ESG in 401(k)s.

SEC marketing rule causes advisers most compliance concerns
RIAS SEP 07, 2021
SEC marketing rule causes advisers most compliance concerns

Even though advisers don’t have to comply with the rule for more than a year, it ranked as the hottest compliance topic, according to a survey; cybersecurity and climate change/ESG were other areas worrying advisers.

Investing in a disruptive climate
OPINION SEP 07, 2021
Investing in a disruptive climate

Adapting to the changing climate also includes taking into account advances in technology, such as in medicine, energy, transportation, space travel, artificial intelligence and computing. We need to analyze our current investments and consider updating our portfolios.

Fund managers feel heat as SEC cracks down on inaccurate ESG labels
ESG SEP 03, 2021
Fund managers feel heat as SEC cracks down on inaccurate ESG labels

For several months, SEC examiners have been demanding that money managers explain the standards they use for classifying funds as environmental, social and governance-focused.

SEC charges crypto exchange BitConnect with $2 billion fraud scheme
ALTERNATIVES SEP 02, 2021
SEC charges crypto exchange BitConnect with $2 billion fraud scheme

The regulator sued five BitConnect promoters in May for their roles in promoting the scheme by creating testimonials on YouTube, sometimes multiple times a day.

SEC's Gensler orders review of funds' ESG disclosures
ESG SEP 02, 2021
SEC's Gensler orders review of funds' ESG disclosures

The agency is considering more stringent disclosure requirements for investment funds amid concerns that some fund managers are making unfounded ESG claims.

Building a better portfolio with ESG ETFs
OPINION SEP 02, 2021
Building a better portfolio with ESG ETFs

ESG ETFs have investments related to solving social issues in the country such as racial disparities and better health care.

Regulators scrutinize ESG more closely as greenwashing explodes
ESG SEP 01, 2021
Regulators scrutinize ESG more closely as greenwashing explodes

Researchers have raised questions about the credentials of money managers who claim they are marketing funds designed to address the climate crisis and social injustice.

Vanguard robo-adviser to offer active mutual funds
EQUITIES AUG 30, 2021
Vanguard robo-adviser to offer active mutual funds

The funds will be made available for clients of its robo-adviser Personal Advisor Services through advised portfolios as part of a five-fund active equity offer.

Deutsche Bank’s DWS rejects claims it overstated ESG assets
ESG AUG 27, 2021
Deutsche Bank’s DWS rejects claims it overstated ESG assets

On Thursday, the asset manager's shares had plunged as much as 14.2% on the news that Germany’s financial markets regulator, BaFin, and U.S. prosecutors were probing claims by a former sustainability executive that DWS overstated the amount of assets adhering to social and environmental criteria.

American Century rigs hiring at its employees' expense
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 27, 2021
American Century rigs hiring at its employees' expense

I thought we were all supposed to be free-wheeling capitalists in the financial advice industry — unless you recently worked for mutual fund giant American Century Companies and at least one of its local competitors.

Hunt for hottest tickers creates new gray market
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 27, 2021
Hunt for hottest tickers creates new gray market

One big basket of shares can easily look a lot like the next. But a catchy or memorable moniker can help a fund stand out.

Average fund expense ratio now 0.41%, Morningstar finds
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 27, 2021
Average fund expense ratio now 0.41%, Morningstar finds

The average expense ratio on funds last year was less than half of what it was in 2000, according to Morningstar's annual study of fund fees.

UBS, State Street among firms whose green funds fall short
ESG AUG 27, 2021
UBS, State Street among firms whose green funds fall short

More than half the climate-themed funds reviewed by a nonprofit failed to live up to the climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement, while just over 70% of funds promising ESG goals fell short.

Capital Group launches new ETFs, but without American Funds name
EQUITIES AUG 24, 2021
Capital Group launches new ETFs, but without American Funds name

Executives at the 90-year-old asset manager have high hopes for building out Capital Group as a global ETF brand, with designs on a $500 billion business.

Bain Capital to create ESG hedge fund
ALTERNATIVES AUG 24, 2021
Bain Capital to create ESG hedge fund

Long-short strategy launching by October to focus on global consumer, tech, financial and healthcare stocks with $1 billion or more.