Seeking Alpha

What's In A Name? From S&P 500 ESG Index To S&P 500 Scored & Screened Index

The S&P 500 Scored & Screened Index's objective remains the same: to track securities that meet specific sustainability criteria while reflecting the S&P 500's industry group weights. The name change ...
Seeking Alpha

The Key To The S&P 500 ESG Index's Outperformance: Avoiding The 'Worst'

The S&P 500 ESG Index seeks to reflect many of the attributes of the S&P 500 itself, while providing an improved sustainability profile as a result of an updated ESG score. Underweighting the lowest ...
Institutional Investor

Here’s Proof That ESG Can Improve Returns — If It’s Done Right

By combining different ESG indices, investors may be able to mitigate the noise of each index provider and generate better ESG returns. From 2014 to 2020, individual ESG indices generated average ...

iShares ESG USD Corporate Bond ETF

The investment seeks to track the Bloomberg MSCI US Corporate ESG Focus Index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade corporate bonds issued by companies that have positive environmental ...
Nasdaq

Global X Launches 2 ESG-Focused Covered Call ETFs

Global X has expanded its suite of covered call ETFs with the listing of the Nasdaq 100 ESG Covered Call ETF (Nasdaq: QYLE) and the S&P 500 ESG Covered Call ETF (NYSE Arca: XYLE), which begin trading ...
Pensions&Investments

Few ESG fixed-income funds benchmark against ESG indexes – Barclays

Less than one-fourth of ESG fixed-income funds are benchmarked against environmental, social and governance indexes, according to Barclays research released Dec. 15. Barclays analysts Charlotte ...
Institutional Investor

MSCI Rolls Out ESG Indices Range

MSCI has unveiled a range of 25 new ESG indices for pension funds and other institutional investors, Global Pensions reports. The new indices will allow clients to integrate ESG factors into their ...
The Conversation

Who decides what ESG is and how to make investments greener – new research

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Business Wire

Index Industry’s Fourth Annual Benchmark Survey Reveals Significant Growth in ESG Amid Continued Multi-Asset Innovation & Heightened Competition

More than 40% increase in number of indexes measuring environmental, social & governance (ESG) criteria in the past year, a new record for the survey. Indexes covering fixed income markets grew 7.1% ...

NetDragon Upgraded to "A" by MSCI ESG Rating

NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited ("NetDragon" or "the Company"; Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), a global leader in building ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Does sustainable investing have a future in the U.S. market? Part 1

This article was written by Chris Hackel, Head of Sustainable Indices at Bloomberg. In this series, Bloomberg’s Sustainable Indices team takes account of current market sentiment and conditions ...