Interest in socially responsible investing (SRI) is increasing rapidly. From 2003 to 2012, SRI assets in the U.S. grew 54% to reach $3.31 trillion,1 according to the Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment (US SIF Foundation). This represents roughly 10% of assets under professional investment management in the U.S. as tracked by Thomson Reuters Nelson.
Some investment pros see buying opportunity in closed-end funds as trading volatility increases
Program uses outside managers to screen to avoid certain companies or seek businesses that have shown success in environmental or social issues
Last week's purchases illustrate the growth over the last few years in investment options tied to social improvements.
Track the performance of the best and worst target-date funds through the third quarter, and see <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141026/REG/310269997/conservative-target-date-funds-weathered-the-third-quarter-market-rout" target="_blank">which funds best weathered the market's volatility.</a>
The rest of this week's must-read stories include Betterment's robo-adviser for humans, big changes afoot in Social Security, and a focus on picking the right alternatives for clients
Morningstar researcher suggests 30% allocation to annuities - and more equities.
Covestor sees investors tinkering around the edges of their allocations, but not much actual fear
Schwab's chief investment strategist is embracing cheap oil, 'onshoring' and select emerging economies
Custodian considering jumping on bandwagon popular with RIAs as other platforms grow big.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>Finance-focused ETFs suffer huge outflows. What gives? Plus: Prudential Financial's spooky reinsurance bet, investing in obesity, private lawyers give corporate inversions a leg up, and location matters less when the house you're selling is haunted.
Five years after the last bout of mutual fund merger mania, the lesson remains: Grow, and then grow some more.
ALTS will track an index maintained by Morningstar that includes allocations to seven different alternative investment strategies
On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Investors banking on holiday spending. Plus: Less-secure Social Security, when gold and platinum run in stride, Facebook is now bigger than IBM, and the tired saga on endless office meetings.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The Fed tries to inject a sense of calm in the market, Mohamed El-Erian passes on Pimco, all economists get it wrong, a global currency war is unfolding before our eyes, and more.
Rulings on transparency, structure of active funds could expand market.
Deal adds $1.5 billion in AUM to N.Y. Life, including $950 million in multi-strategy exchange-traded fund.
Value in managed volatility comes from potentially getting equity-like exposure with similar returns, lower volatility and better downside performance
BlackRock's Laurence Fink just one CEO asked about what's going on in financial markets lately.
