Category: Opinion Briefs

Introduction: Continued, But Uneven Growth Sustainable investment funds(1) have been available to US retail and institutional investors for a number of years. Earlier versions principally

Opinion Briefs Coverage Opinions cover the following topics in descending date order: Possible disruption of ETFs by ESG, hedge funds ESG survey, exploring the question

The research paper entitled Environmental Rating System by authors Praveen Varma, Mark Gold and Henry Shilling proposes a globally consistent environmental rating system in which public companies are

Opinion Briefs Coverage:  Opinions cover topics ranging from hedge fund ESG practices, greenwashing, WSJ Future of Finance social investing apps, ESG sub-adviser due diligence, PE

May 29, 2019 – According to a paper by Dutch asset manager Rebeco, investment strategies that use exclusion as their primary investment screening “tool, are

Evan Harvey, Director of Corporate Responsibility at Nasdaq, interviews Henry Shilling of Sustainable Research and Analysis LLC regarding ESG developments.  

Opinions Briefs coverage:  Moody’s Investors publication of a cross-sector rating methodology explaining the firm’s general principles for assessing ESG risks in credit analysis globally, a

December 18, 2018 – An article by Kelsey Piper in Vox entitled “impact investment” funds advertise great returns and social impacts. They aren’t delivering” makes