After years of complaints from investors, the European Commission is proposing significant changes to the bloc’s ESG fund ...

ESG fund managers are facing one of the toughest moments in the strategy’s history, as investment clients pull record amounts of money. Funds complying with the European Union’s strictest ESG ...

Asset managers in Europe and the U.S. have spent 2024 winding down hundreds of ESG funds, as the investment strategy continues to bump up against regulatory headwinds. In the third quarter alone, ...

At some of the world’s biggest asset managers, ESG fund launches are quietly stalling. BlackRock Inc., Deutsche Bank AG’s DWS Group, Invesco Ltd. and the asset management arm of UBS Group AG are among ...

The market for ESG-focused funds keeps shrinking in Europe because of closures, mergers and renamings. In the third quarter, 92 European sustainable funds were shut down, with 65 liquidations and 27 ...

At some of the world’s biggest asset managers, ESG fund launches are quietly stalling. BlackRock, Deutsche Bank's DWS Group, Invesco and the asset management arm of UBS Group are among firms that have ...

R. Scott Arnell is Founding Partner of Geneva Capital S.A. in Geneva, Switzerland and host of the SRI 360º Podcast. In global markets, few themes have generated as much capital, and controversy, as ...

Recently, we have been witnessing a trend among institutional investors of preferring investment funds that take ESG (environmental, social and governance) considerations into account. ESG ...

The ESG Fund Names Guidelines apply to Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (“UCITS”) Management Companies and Alternative Investment Fund Managers (“AIFMs”) (together ...

Contrary to popular belief, investments focusing on ESG characteristics are not necessarily more expensive than conventional funds. Our detailed analysis compares the representative costs of ESG and ...

Mississippi issued a cease-and-desist order against BlackRock Inc. and its subsidiaries on Tuesday alleging widespread fraud in the marketing of the firm’s investment funds that do not carry an ESG ...