For investors focused on ESG factors, better performance and seeing the benefits of their investing are critical to their decision to invest in ESG, according to a new survey.
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BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 12/15/2021
Among the nearly 29,000 comments received,[i] a group of senior U.S. senators has suggested that the Labor Department pull its ESG proposal, while a dozen state Attorneys’ General are backing... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 12/3/2021
Driven by clients and missions that align with sustainable outcomes, incorporating the guiding principles of environmental, social and governance (ESG) into their portfolios is a high priority for... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 11/15/2021
While conventional wisdom suggests that ESG investing has been driven by socially conscious Millennials, a new survey suggests that ESG now appeals to the mainstream of individual investors.... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 11/10/2021
Environmental, social and governance investing is of increasing interest to investors, plan sponsors… and regulators.
In this podcast episode, American Retirement Association Chief... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 11/9/2021
While a record number of institutional investors are incorporating ESG factors into their investment decision-making, there apparently still are a number of ongoing disparities, according to a new... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 10/18/2021
The day after the Labor Department released proposed guidance addressing the use of ESG factors in selecting plan investments, the Biden administration released a strategy report outlining its... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/30/2021
Any day (minute?) now the Biden administration is expected to issue an update to the rules considering environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues regarding retirement plan investments.... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 9/29/2021
With regulatory guidance coming and more investors applying ESG criteria when evaluating risks and growth opportunities within companies, corporate execs are stepping up their efforts to get ahead of... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/27/2021
To assist retirement plan sponsors considering the addition of investment options that address ESG criteria to their DC plans, the U.S. Sustainable Investing Foundation has released a five-step guide... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 9/15/2021
With many clients being asked about ESG, plan advisors have an opportunity to engage with them in a way that could help differentiate themselves and lead to new growth opportunities, a panel of... Read More
BY Judy Ward | 7/29/2021
In her feature story in the Summer issue of NAPA Net the Magazine, Judy Ward looks at how some of NAPA’s 2021 Top Young Retirement Plan Advisors view Environmental, Social and Governance (... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 7/8/2021
The SEC’s Asset Management Advisory Committee (AMAC) has issued a series of recommendations to enhance disclosures of environmental, social and governance and diversity and inclusion factors.... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 7/6/2021
A pair of Republican senators have pushed back on “troubling statements by the companies that manage federal employees’ retirement investments suggesting those asset managers are not putting federal... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 7/2/2021
With retirement plan sponsors increasingly considering how to incorporate sustainable investing and environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into their DC plans, the organization has... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 6/17/2021
Publicly traded companies would be required to disclose to shareholders certain environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics under legislation narrowly approved by the House of... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 6/14/2021
Voya Financial is the first publicly traded company to receive an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Retirement Plan Certification from DALBAR.
DALBAR’s ESG Plan Certification is an... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 6/11/2021
Roughly a year ago, the Labor Department issued a proposed new rule on “Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments”—but that, as they say, was then. This week, we asked readers if their—and... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 6/11/2021
The American Retirement Association has extended its support for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s review of company disclosures relating to climate change-related information.
“We... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 6/7/2021
Roughly a year ago, the Labor Department issued a proposed new rule on “Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments”—but that, as they say, was then. We asked readers then what they thought—but... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 6/1/2021
A group of House Democrats has reintroduced a bill “to protect and increase sustainable investments.”
Reps. Andy Levin (MI), a member of the House Education & Labor Committee and member of the... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 5/24/2021
While ESG has been slow to catch on with DC plans, there are changes, both regulatory and legislative—and a growing sense that these options are of growing importance to retirement plan savers.... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 5/21/2021
President Biden has issued an Executive Order that, among other things, directs the Labor Secretary to reconsider rules that would have barred consideration of ESG factors in investment decisions... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 5/21/2021
Legislation has been introduced in both the House and Senate that seeks to provide legal certainty to 401(k) plans that choose to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 5/13/2021
Touted as a way to help investors make better-informed decisions, legislation approved by the House Financial Services Committee would require public companies to start disclosing... Read More
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