ESG

To date, a massive percentage of the exchange traded funds extolling the virtues of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing have been equity-based funds. BlackRock Inc.'s (NYSE: BLK) iShares unit, the world's largest ETF sponsor, is among the issuers looking to tap into...

This story is the third in a multipart series by Benzinga on the state of the fintech sector in 2018. As the fourth quarter kicks off, Benzinga is taking a look back at some of the fintech stories we've covered in the last nine months. They include continued dealmaking between major...

Detroit-based Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) announced Monday that more than 100 commission-free ETFs are available to customers on the Ally Invest platform, including environmental, social and governance-focused funds.  What Happened Ally customers will now have access to WisdomTree...

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...

When it comes to the global environment, China often gets a bad rap. The country, the world's largest by population, is a major consumer and producer of scores of commodities that environmentally unfriendly to mine for and consume. Then there are the constant quips about the air quality in...

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)...

With so many investors applying environmental, social and governance principles to equity investments, it was only a matter of time before the bond universe got in on the act. A new fixed income exchange-traded fund, the VanEck Vectors Green Bond ETF (NYSE: GRNB), allows bond investors to emphasize...

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...

One of the fastest-growing concepts in the world of exchange-traded funds is the notion of ETFs based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles. Whether it is ETFs based on religious values, gender diversification or the exclusion of fossil fuels producers, the population of U.S.-...

The landscape of environmental, social and governance (ESG) exchange-traded funds continues growing, and one ETF issuer contributed to that growth in a big way Wednesday. Nuveen expanded its NuShares ETF suite in significant fashion with the debuts of five ESG ETFs. In September, Nuveen, a unit of...

Count Oppenheimer as the latest exchange-traded funds to tap the burgeoning environmental, social and governance (ESG) trend. Last week, the firm debuted the Oppenheimer Revenue Weighted ETF Trust Oppenheimer ESG Revenue ETF (NYSE: ESGL) and the Oppenheimer Revenue Weighted ETF Trust Oppenheimer...

Adding to what is becoming a rapidly growing lineup of thematic exchange-traded funds, several of which adhere to Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) principles, Global X introduced the Global X Conscious Companies ETF (NASDAQ: KRMA) on Wednesday. KRMA “tracks a proprietary...

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing has taken on added importance in recent years, and the exchange-traded funds and indexing communities have responded in significant fashion, launching an array of new products to meet investors' thirst for more ESG solutions. Jumping On The...

Benzinga recently had the chance to speak with Gregg Sgambati, Managing Director of S-Network Global Indexes, about the rise of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing and the impact that it is having on the corporate world. Sgambati discussed the pressures fossil fuel stocks face from...