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Three new SEC filings in January added to an expanding number of actively managed sustainable ETFs, 54 funds with $68.6 billion in assets under management as of January 31, 2021 (reference Chart 1). Chart 1: Sustainable Actively Managed ETFs – Read More
Chart 1: Green Bond Funds – Assets Under Management (January 2020 to January 2021) Notes of Explanation: Fund total net assets data source: Morningstar Direct; fund filings. Research and analysis by Sustainable Research and Analysis LLC Green bond funds continue Read More
The announcement on Monday of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) acquiring the leading municipal bond ESG scoring and ranking company, ACRe Data, illustrates not only the continuing consolidation in the market for ESG ratings and assessments, but an expanded interest Read More
Sustainable Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), dominated by funds that pursue an ESG Integration-Mixed approach to sustainable investing, experienced dramatic growth in 2020. Total net assets expanded from $33.7 billion at the end of 2019 to $93.1 billion at year-end 2020, an increase Read More
On January 27th, The CFAP Sustainable Investing Thought Leadership Group hosted an event where Michael Young, Director of Education at The US SIF Foundation, addressed the growing need of investment professionals in the United States to gain expertise in the field Read More