Impact investing

Impact investment manager Rachel Robasciotti and other advocates say the private proceedings are harmful to victims and helpful to firms protecting serial harassers.

The RIA acquired the innovative practice while bulking up its social justice investing efforts and its wealth redistribution planning services.

Financial firms globally have raised about $25.5 billion of sustainable-linked debt this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Sustainable funds in the U.S. attracted $51.2 billion in 2020, more than double the previous calendar-year record.

Complicating socially conscious investing is the fact the SEC doesn’t regulate how the category’s labeling is applied.

The pandemic has underscored the need for more socially and environmentally responsible financing.

Funds that buy debt backing sustainability matters grew 12% from the end of 2019 globally, reaching a record $209.5 billion of assets, data show.

A range of factors have been cited for the clean-tech rally, including maturing wind and solar industries after a collapse in oil prices earlier this year.

“How many minority-owned ETFs do you know?” an advisor asks.

The framework provides asset managers with a set of recommended actions, metrics and methodologies to help them meet the “net-zero emissions” goal by 2050.

An iShares ETF investing in companies it says has “positive environmental, social and governance characteristics” has more than tripled gains of the S&P 500.

At the height of pandemic-related job losses, 18.9% of Americans with disabilities were unemployed, data show.

A typical investment for Nuveen's $5.8 billion impact investing unit these days ranges from $20 million to $60 million, says its co-head.

The industry’s lack of Black people and other minorities may explain why the world of social investing has fallen short on pushing corporations on race.

All of the funds in the suite carry a 0.18% expense ratio.

The fund from ETFMG Managers Group will track companies focused on testing and treatments of infectious diseases.

The ETF aims to track companies specializing in remote-working, learning and entertainment.

In the months since CEO Larry Fink’s push to focus the firm’s efforts on ESG, the investing landscape has changed more than anyone could have anticipated.

CEO Larry Fink announced a new focus on ESG in January, however the coronavirus has pushed a separate set of urgent issues into the forefront.

In a new episode of Financial Planning’s In|Vest Podcast, the impact investing consultant explains what prompted her to start collecting accounts of harassment, assault and discrimination.