INSIGHTS

Here’s our rebuttal to some common anti-ESG talking points.

Let’s begin with an understatement: 2020 has been a tough year. Centuries of harmful social and environmental policies and practices have culminated in the one-two punch of global pandemic and civil unrest stemming from the horrific death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. As summer arrives, the weary population is just […]

In 2020, we witnessed the consciousness of capital markets shift and corporate behavior begin to change. Increasingly, investors and their advisors are advancing discussions beyond familiar topics such as savings goals and risk tolerance. Conversations are now more often advancing to emotionally charged topics ranging from racism to religion....

In January of 2020, BlackRock, the largest fund manager in the world, announced that it would focus on sustainability and climate change as it allocates capital around the globe. BlackRock’s CEO, Larry Fink, stated that “climate change has become a defining factor in companies’ long-term prospects,” ...

Sustainable, Responsible, and Impact (SRI) investing is having a moment. Even those not involved in the day to day business of Wall Street are becoming familiar with the concept of SRI or Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing. The press seems eager to cover this once small niche in the financial industry, and assets are flooding into the SRI space...

There is little that investors can do to anticipate unexpected macroeconomic risks such as the coronavirus that rattled markets in the first quarter of 2020. Such events are jarring, and while they often receive the most attention, they are far from the only hazards investors must negotiate on the road to financial success...