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Research and reporting on how sustainability has rapidly gained importance in society and  increased awareness of issues such as climate change and social inequality in ways that are changing the investing market environment rapidly. The trend toward sustainability has the potential to impact and transform different sectors in ways that may not be crystal clear today and will evolve over time.

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Sustainable Funds Monitor: April 2020

The Bottom Line:  Sustainable mutual funds and ETFs reach another all-time high at the end of April with almost $2.5 trillion in assets under management.

Sustainable Funds Monitor: March 2020

The Bottom Line: During one of the most volatile months in stock market history, sustainable funds assets in March 2020 pierced the $2 trillion level.  

Expense Ratio Analysis: Sustainable Equity and Fixed Income Index Tracking ETFs

The Bottom Line:  Conventional passively managed equity and fixed income ETFs are subject to lower expense ratios but attractively priced sustainable ETFs are still available. The first in a series of updated articles focused on the expense ratios of sustainable mutual funds and ETFs:  Index-tracking equity and fixed income ETFs This is the first in […]

Sustainable Funds Monitor: February 2020

The Bottom Line: Notwithstanding a severe market downturn at the end of February, sustainable MFs and ETFs added $4.8 billion to end at $1.871 trillion. The Sustainable Funds Monitor provides a timely monthly snapshot of trends and developments affecting the sustainable investing market segment as seen through the lens of mutual funds and ETFs. The […]

Sustainable Funds Monitor: January 2020

The Sustainable Funds Monitor provides a timely monthly snapshot of trends and developments affecting the sustainable investing market segment as seen through the lens of mutual funds and ETFs. The Monitor tracks total net assets, fund flows, fund re-brandings, new fund firms, new fund launches and fund closures. JANUARY HIGHLIGHT: Assets reach new all-time high […]

A Decade of Sustainable Funds Investing: 10 Years/10 Charts

Assets of sustainable mutual funds and ETFs close 2019 at $1.6 trillion, up from $113.5 billion ten years ago The total net assets of mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETF)(1) sourced to sustainable investing approaches expanded dramatically in the last decade, adding almost $1.5 trillion in the last ten years. Assets increased from $113.5 […]

Sustainable Funds Monitor: December 2019

The Sustainable Funds Monitor provides a timely monthly snapshot of trends and developments affecting the sustainable investing market segment as seen through the lens of mutual funds and ETFs. The Monitor tracks total net assets, fund flows, fund re-brandings, new fund firms, new fund launches and Fund closures. DECEMBER HIGHLIGHT: Assets reach new all-time high […]

Research

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.

Getting started

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.

Inesting ideas

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. 

Independent source for sustainable investment management company research, analysis, opinions and sustainable fund disclosure assessments