The first time I met with a financial adviser who wasn’t my dad, I told him that I wanted to avoid fossil fuels, weapons manufacturers, and health insurance companies in my retirement investment ...

As many investors increasingly want their investments to reflect their values, responsible investing principles have become foundational in the investment decision-making process. Performance ratings ...

Podcast: New regulations coming into force this year mean pension schemes will be required to publish more-detailed statements of investment principles. These will address financially material ...

ESG funds have suffered outflows for two consecutive years, partly due to political blowback. Investment analysts say "environmental, social and governance" funds are here to stay despite headwinds.

Defenders of environmental, social and governance investing have mostly given up their strongest claim, that of doing well by doing good: That you can beat the market while helping improve the world.

Once one of the financial industry’s boldest growth areas, environmental, social and governance investing has become a flashpoint of regulatory scrutiny and ideological debate. The story of ESG, ...

Institutional investors are well aware that the political landscape has turned hostile toward environmental, social, and governance investing—but ESG factors remain important for many of these ...

In our recent client alert, “Texas Federal Court Allows an ERISA Fiduciary Challenge Against Alleged “ESG Investing” Without Any ESG Funds,” we reported that a Texas district court recently upheld ...

Sustainable investing has been out of favour in recent years, but bright spots are emerging in both performance and investor ...

The financial world buzzes with whispered conversations about a seismic shift happening behind closed boardroom doors. Major banking institutions that once proudly displayed their environmental, ...

The global sustainable fund universe—composed of open-end and exchange-traded funds focused on sustainability; impact; or environmental, social, and governance factors—endured their worst quarter on ...