This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), launched with United Nations backing ...

Seventeen Democrat attorneys general told Congress this week that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are critical to understanding the true value of a company, and thus should continue ...

At a high level, a factor is any characteristic of a stock — or any other group of assets — where we know exposure to that characteristic at the start of the analysis. Some of these characteristics ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved a rule proposal that would require investment advisers and fund managers to disclose additional information on ESG strategies in fund ...

European policymakers have published new guidance for regulators on incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks into their industry stress tests.

As ESG factors help contribute to—or detract from—security returns, it makes sense for active investors to integrate them into security selection. Factor attribution using historical returns can ...

Almost three-quarters of investment professionals worldwide (73%) take environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues into consideration in the investment process, according to the CFA ...

An important question for investors in environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies is: What is the impact of ESG strategies on expected returns? Should they expect higher or lower ...

According to a Cerulli report, fee sensitivity, concerns about performance and regulatory confusion are headwinds to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment adoption in defined ...

The materiality of ESG factors differs across sectors and markets. Investors need to understand how. As environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors help contribute to-or detract from-security ...