Sustainable investing industry jargon can be challenging. Certain terms may seem straightforward but are more complex if you look deeper. Over the past three weeks, our ESG Practice Playbook has been covering some fundamentals, which we would… Read more »
While the EU and other jurisdictions have been pressing ahead with ESG policy and regulations aimed at creating market clarity, the SEC has been way behind. However, recent developments demonstrate that a U.S. catch up… Read more »
More and more countries and individual businesses are making Net Zero commitments, moving beyond carbon neutrality to removing human-induced CO² emissions from the atmosphere. Carbon neutrality and net zero emissions are often used interchangeably, but there… Read more »
The U.S. is now officially back in the Paris Agreement. Messages coming from the government on climate change are strongly worded, but it’s still early days in terms of tangible actions. As The New York Times noted,… Read more »
We are featured in Refinitiv’s latest publication of ESG trends. In it, Jeff reiterates his view that we are facing a significant repricing driven by climate change that will impact multiple asset classes. As always, we encourage… Read more »
While interest in sustainability and ESG is on the rise within the financial services and broader investor community, corporate boards are lagging. In a Harvard Business Review article, Tensie Whelan, Clinical Professor for Business and Society… Read more »
As one year closes and another starts, financial services firms memorialize their economic and market expectations for the upcoming year. Over the last few weeks, we’ve reviewed several papers and news items, and talked to… Read more »
Jeff recently chatted with Julie Cooling, CEO of RIA Channel, about our SMART Climate UMA and why there is more alpha potential available in a UMA (Unified Managed Account) comprised of SMAs (Separately Managed Accounts), as… Read more »
According to Fidelity, “ESG investing is far from a passing fad.”[1] It won’t surprise you that we agree with this statement, but even we are (pleasantly) impressed by this year’s fund flows. While 2019 saw… Read more »
Despite an increasingly polarized political landscape, one area where there is bipartisan support for governmental intervention is climate change. A Pew Research survey in June of this year found that “a majority of U.S. adults… Read more »