Upgrade to corporate governance methodology and strengthening of three material ESG risk measures for Sustainalytics flagship product began May 30 and represents the most significant updates since ...

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, ...

Contrary to popular belief, investments focusing on ESG characteristics are not necessarily more expensive than conventional funds. Using both asset-weighted and simple averages at the share class ...

Asset owners are increasingly incorporating ESG factors into their investment decisions with climate emerging as a major focus, according to a soon-to-be released survey by Morningstar Indexes and ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment insights, today published findings from its third annual Voice of the Asset Owner survey, ...

One common misconception about sustainable investing is that it yields lower financial returns compared with traditional investments. That’s not the case, however, during periods of market stress, ...

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 ...

The US backlash against ESG finally appears to be going global, based on first quarter fund flows. Meanwhile, domestic financial advisors, for their part, don’t see that money coming back into ...