Unlike SRIs and impact investing, the only goal of ESG investments is to generate returns for investors.

Bequests returning territorial assets to indigenous nations pose thorny questions for financial advisors and their clients, two experts tell FP.

The Texas AG leads a lawsuit against BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street, alleging asset managers' influence on coal production led to higher energy prices.

The US Sustainable Investment Forum (SIF) sees thin Republican majorities in Congress hampering anti-ESG legislation from advancing.

Even if Donald Trump's second term spells trouble for climate-minded stocks, analysts say investing in energy infrastructure is still a safe bet.

ESG was seen as a counter Trump's presidency eight years ago. The story has changed.

AI-powered YourStake has since expanded into a comprehensive advisor platform, offering portfolio analytics and meeting automation, claiming to save five hours a week for advisors.

Advisors must educate themselves on how climate-related risk can impact the lives, portfolios and net worths of their clients — and communicate those risks accordingly.

ESG has become more material to over two-thirds of asset owners' investment processes in the previous five years, Morningstar says.

Criticism of ESG investing has cut across the political spectrum, with accusations ranging from "woke capitalism" on one end, to "greenwashing" on the other.

The money managers slashed their support of ESG shareholder proposals amid a Republican-led backlash against sustainable investing.

Fund managers are betting that nuclear energy, an area traditionally off-bounds for investors with environmental mandates, is set to make a comeback.

The recommendation relies on the "circular economy."

Unlike the U.S., where the federal government can offer tax breaks, EU taxation rests with member states, leaving the bloc to work largely through loans and grants.

Several advisors answered the call with their strategies for tackling this potentially sticky situation.

Missouri Secretary of State John Ashcroft's office said the ruling was "not just legally deficient but also morally wrong."

Activist shareholders targeted 449 companies with mostly large market capitalizations.

Despite the notion that an ESG backlash is pushing clients away, private equity products aiming to solve challenging problems through investments are still on the rise.

Before he became a Republican vice presidential candidate, and shortly after he published "Hillbilly Elegy," JD Vance worked for five years in venture capital.

Of the $156B raised by private credit funds last year, about 16% went into products claiming to target ESG goals — the most in a decade.