ESG ETFs

With the number environmental, social and governance (ESG) exchange-traded funds swelling and assets allocated to these products doing the same, advisors and investors are wondering when the trend will make its way to bond funds. What Happened: Vanguard is doing its part to add to the ESG bond ETF...

If it feels like there's an exchange-traded fund for everything, it's because that statement is pretty close to being accurate. There's even a fund for vegan, climate-conscious investing: The US Vegan Climate ETF (NYSE: VEGN). What Happened: VEGN, which celebrated its first birthday...

Putting its deep expertise in China and emerging markets to virtuous use, KraneShares launched the KraneShares MSCI China ESG Leaders ETF (NYSE: KESG) on Wednesday. What Happened: The new ETF KraneShares exchange-traded fund tracks the MSCI China ESG Leaders 10/40 Index, a member of the popular...

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) exchange-traded funds continue sprouting up. An easy way for new entrants to this increasingly crowded field to make an impression on an investor is with low fees. What Happened: The SPDR S&P 500 ESG ETF (NYSE: EFIV), which debuted Tuesday,...

In 1994, there were just 26 funds adhering to environmental, social and governance investing principles with just $1.9 billion in assets under management. Today, just in the world of exchange traded funds, there are dozens of ESG products and the population feels like it's growing by the day....

BlackRock (NYSE: BLK), the world's largest asset manager and parent company of iShares, the biggest sponsor of exchange traded funds, is putting its money where its mouth when it comes to sustainable investing. “We intend to double our offerings of ESG ETFs over the next few years (to 150...

This year will go down as one that brought increased mainstream-ification of exchange traded funds adhering to environmental, social and governance investing principles not only terms of proliferation, but in terms of asset growth as well. What Happened The space got a little bigger Tuesday with...

Over the course of 2019, investors have heard plenty about the proliferation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies in the world of exchange traded funds. More recently, they have been hearing about the resurgence of small-cap stocks. Up almost 3%, the widely followed Russell 2000...

Investors looking for areas of the fixed income landscape where environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles has legitimate expansion potential need not look too far beyond investment-grade corporate debt. The iShares ESG USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ: SUSC) proves as much. SUSC, which...

Among many things investors have heard a lot about this year are the laggard status of the energy sector and the rising popularity of environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies. When it comes to ESG exchange traded funds, the “E” is usually the easiest part of the acronym to...

Data confirm that investors around the world continue allocating capital to environmental, social and governance (ESG) exchange traded funds, bringing some validation to a corner of the ETF universe that's still small in terms of total assets but growing in population. What Happened Last month...

The landscape of environmental, social and governance (ESG) exchange traded funds continues growing in terms of population. These days, there are about 90 such funds or those with the “socially responsible” designation available on U.S. exchanges. More importantly, data suggest...

The environmental, social and governance sub-sector of the fund space is seen as a growth frontier for exchange-traded funds and ETF issuers are responding to that theme. On Tuesday, California-based Inspire Investing bolstered its lineup of Christian values ETFs with the debut of the Inspire 100...

Investors looking to apply socially responsible investing tactics to their portfolios while adhering to environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles have another new exchange-traded fund to consider. The Change Finance Diversified Impact U.S. Large Cap Fossil Fuel Free ETF (NYSE: CHGX)...

The exchange-traded fund landscape is home to increasing number of funds that adhere to environmental, social and governance themes. That includes some ETFs rooted in religion, such as the Global X S&P 500 Catholic Values ETF (NASDAQ: CATH). The Global X S&P 500 Catholic Values Index ETF...