Blackrock

SSGA to get tough with boards lagging on ESG

Feb 05, 2020

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is running out of patience with boards that are not taking account of important ESG issues. In a...Read more

Buy side

Opinion: How companies should interpret Larry Fink’s letter

Jan 22, 2020

Mike Wallace

Opinion: How companies should interpret Larry Fink’s letter

Rather than getting caught up in a debate over fiduciary duty or whether or not sustainability or ESG performance is material, let’s...Read more

Buy side

BlackRock signals renewed climate focus

Jan 15, 2020

Ben Maiden

BlackRock has this week made major announcements highlighting renewed efforts to integrate climate change into its investment process...Read more

ESG

The integration of ESG and passive – and the ‘third wave’: Ticker 106

Aug 07, 2019

Jeff Cossette

The integration of ESG and passive – and the ‘third wave’: Ticker 106

Two bright threads are now firmly woven into the fabric of modern finance – passive, index-based investing. And, a focus on...Read more

Buy side

Biggest fund managers continue to support ‘excessive’ CEO pay deals

Feb 26, 2019

Garnet Roach

Biggest fund managers continue to support ‘excessive’ CEO pay deals

Some of the world’s largest fund managers have been accused of nodding through excessive pay packages, according to research from As...Read more

Shareholder targeting & ID

Two thirds of US and Canada investors set to cut back on equities in 2019

Jan 09, 2019

Garnet Roach

Two thirds of US and Canada investors set to cut back on equities in 2019

Globally, more than half (51 percent) of the 230 institutional clients representing more than $7 tn in investable assets surveyed in...Read more

ESG

Advisory Intelligence: The importance of the ‘S’ in ESG

Dec 04, 2018

Staff Writers

Advisory Intelligence: The importance of the ‘S’ in ESG

Sponsored content ESG related issues have for some time been the political zeitgeist which have slowly seeped into the...Read more

Buy side

Are ETFs a danger to the stock market?

Oct 19, 2018

Jack Aldane

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are increasingly present in institutional investors’ portfolios. Kirst Kuipers of BlackRock says this is...Read more

ESG

Advisory Intelligence: Nasdaq eyes ESG lessons from Larry Fink’s open letter to CEOs

Apr 02, 2018

Staff Writers

Advisory Intelligence: Nasdaq eyes ESG lessons from Larry Fink’s open letter to CEOs

Sponsored content The high-profile letter from BlackRock CEO and chairman Larry Fink, A Sense of Purpose , which he sent to...Read more

ESG

Institutional investors eye gun control

Mar 19, 2018

Ben Ashwell

Until now, gun control in the US has only been a concern from an IR perspective in terms of faith-based investors, but the high-...Read more

February

ESG

SSGA to get tough with boards lagging on ESG

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is running out of patience with boards that are not...Read more

January

Buy side

Opinion: How companies should interpret Larry Fink’s letter

Rather than getting caught up in a debate over fiduciary duty or whether or not...Read more

Buy side

BlackRock signals renewed climate focus

BlackRock has this week made major announcements highlighting renewed efforts to...Read more

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