Research and analysis to keep sustainable investors up to-date on a broad range of topics that include trends and developments in sustainable investing and sustainable finance regulatory updates, performance results and considerations, investing through Index funde and actively managed portfolios, asset allocation updates, expenses, ESG ratings and data, company and product news, green, social and sustainable bonds, green bond funds as well as reporting and disclosure practices, to name just a few.
Research and analysis to keep sustainable investors up to-date on a broad range of topics that include trends and developments in sustainable investing and sustainable finance, regulatory updates, performance results and considerations, investing through index funds and actively managed portfolios, asset allocation updates, expenses, ESG ratings and data, company and product news, green, social and sustainable bonds, green bond funds as well as reporting and disclosure practices, to name just a few.
A continuously updated Funds Directory is also available to investors. This is intended to become a comprehensive listing of sustainable mutual funds, ETFs and other investment products along with a description of their sustainable investing approaches as set out in fund prospectuses and related regulatory filings.
The Bottom Line: Sustainable investors and financial intermediaries should look beyond the limiting focused sustainable fixed income investment funds universe to identify eligible investment funds.
The Bottom Line: Green bond funds, which have performed well over the last five years, offer a compelling thematic sustainable investment option in bond allocations. Notes of Explanation: Funds/share classes listed in order of total return performance in 2024.
The Bottom Line: Magnificent Seven stocks made significant but varying contributions to the 2024 performance of the top ten large cap growth and blended funds. Notes of explanation: Top 10 performing funds include: Xtrackers S&P 500 Growth ESG ETF*, Praxis Growth Index A*, iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Growth ETF*, Nuveen Winslow Large-Cap Growth ESG R6, Neuberger Berman Sustainable Equity E, TCW Transform Systems ETF*, Calvert US Large Cap Growth Responsible Index R6*, Parnassus Growth Equity Institutional, Transamerica Sustainable Growth Equity A and American Century Large Cap Growth ETF.
The Bottom Line: Expense ratios of new ETF listings in 2024, just nine funds, shifted lower for passive funds as well as actively managed ones. Notes of explanation: *Refers to actively managed fund.
The Bottom Line: In the latest US SIF 2024/2025 report, 73% of respondents expect the market to grow over the next one-to-two years. Notes of explanation: Sources: US SIF 2024/202 Report on US Sustainable Investing Trends, Sustainable Research and Analysis L
The Bottom Line: Investors seeking to hire a financial advisor should interview multiple advisors before deciding and prepare a set of core questions in advance.
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The Bottom Line: Teneo survey results show that the majority of global CEOs, or 56%, remain committed to balancing ESG programs with core business objectives. Notes of explanation: Notes of Explanation: Sources: Teneo and Sustainable Research and Analysis LLC.
The Bottom Line: The drought affecting new focused sustainable mutual fund and ETF listings, which started after May of last year, continued into November 2024. Notes of explanation: Mutual fund new listings refer to new funds, excluding new share classes.
Research and analysis to keep sustainable investors up to-date on a broad range of topics that include trends and developments in sustainable investing and sustainable finance, regulatory updates, performance results and considerations, investing through index funds and actively managed portfolios, asset allocation updates, expenses, ESG ratings and data, company and product news, green, social and sustainable bonds, green bond funds as well as reporting and disclosure practices, to name just a few.
A continuously updated Funds Directory is also available to investors. This is intended to become a comprehensive listing of sustainable mutual funds, ETFs and other investment products along with a description of their sustainable investing approaches as set out in fund prospectuses and related regulatory filings.
Many questions have surfaced in recent years regarding sustainable and ESG investing. Here, investors and financial intermediaries will find materials that describe the various approaches to sustainable investing and their implementation. While sustainable investing approaches vary and they have thus far defied universally accepted definitions, many practitioners agree that they fall into the following broad categories: Values-based investing, investing via exclusions, impact investing, thematic investments and ESG integration. In conjunction with each of these approaches, investors may also adopt various issuer engagement procedures and proxy voting practices. That said, sustainable investing approaches will continue to evolve.
In addition to periodic updates regarding sustainable investing and how this form of investing is evolving, investors and financial intermediaries interested in implementing a sustainable investing approach will also find source materials that cover basic investing themes as well as asset allocation tactics.
Thoughts and ideas targeting sustainable investing strategies executed through various registered and non-registered sustainable investment funds and products such as mutual funds, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs), closed-end funds, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Unit Investment Trusts (UITs). Coverage extends to investment management firms as well as fund groups.
