Some 225 funds traded for the first time over the past 12 months, down for a second-straight year.

The fund will track an index that divides the industry into five categories: pharmaceuticals, testing and analytics, cultivators, hemp and ancillary business.

"It's going to become increasingly more important for financial professionals to understand the potential benefits of sustainable investing," an exec says.

“It’s going to become increasingly more important for financial professionals to understand the potential benefits of sustainable investing,” an executive says.

The planned launch from Cornerstone Capital would be the firm’s first stock fund for individual investors with social and environmental goals.

Challenges abound even without the issues posed by inconsistent global definitions.

“The market is actually using proxies for understanding ESG data,” says BlackRock’s global head of sustainable investing.

Equity funds tracking the sector are the second-most popular asset class after U.S. government bonds this year, BNP Paribas says.

As the sector grows to over $30 trillion in Europe, North America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, one popular approach consists of excluding offenders.

The decommissioning of redundant measures outweighed the creation of new benchmarks, according to a new report from the Index Industry Association.

Among the honors this year by NICSA are awards for operational excellence, and advances in product development and technology.

Studies purport to have proven both that socially responsible investing hurts returns, and that it can boost performance.

Cash flow has subsided and market conditions have changed since the fund was closed to most new accounts in 2016.

The strategies will invest in corporate bonds and large companies that issue high dividends, or have a growth or value tilt, documents show.

The firms broke with Climate Action 100+, a group of money managers overseeing more than $33 trillion, during this proxy season.

Digital firms are launching platforms to cater to faith-based investors.

Although the mistake was short-lived and the dollar value small, the mishap raises new questions about how managers monitor indexes.

Newday’s tools include content centered around clients’ issues of focus and, soon, a corn-based compostable debit card.

The glitch raises questions about the rapid growth of socially responsible investing and index strategies in particular.

Of the 25 new ETFs, the majority come from JPMorgan and investment company Direxion.