Now, as Trump returns to power, the movement for environmental, social and governance investing, or ESG, is in a much weaker ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. While some critics condemn ESG funds as “woke” investing, regular investors’ appetites remain strong for these funds ...

Although ESG funds have taken their share of criticism from some political circles in 2024, investments that screen for ...

The recent ESMA Final Report on the Guidelines for funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the “Guidelines”) ...

For the first time in at least 3 1/2 years, BlackRock Inc. has seen clients withdraw more cash from its ESG funds in Europe ...

After a decade of increasing popularity among endowment funds and pensions, its use in investment decisions is coming under ...

Asset managers are mischaracterizing their consideration of environmental, social, and governance factors when selling funds ...

Companies should be straightforward with their clients and investors rather than seeking to capitalize on investing trends ...

On November 8, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a settled enforcement action (the “SEC Order”) against ...

Investment funds currently marketed as ‘sustainable’ are changing their names, to avoid falling foul of new anti-greenwashing ...

Though the craze around environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing has simmered some, it's still a strategic way ...

At BlackRock, clients pulled more than $2.4 billion from its passive opened-ended funds and ETFs last quarter, Morningstar ...