ESG
College- and university-affiliated foundations’ future use of SRI and ESG strategies could be potentially affected by student pressure.
The number of nonprofit groups using ESG or impact investment strategies have increased, but many worry about returns.
A growing number of independent schools are talking about responsible investing, though they have been slow to implement.
A university and its foundation based in the Rocky Mountains are exiting their small investments in Russian companies in an action to send a message that it stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine following its invasion last week.
Platform will span the group’s equity, hybrid and yield businesses.
An episcopal diocese in the Midwest will update its investment policy this spring after selecting a new investment advisor in late 2021.
College and university endowments posted “dramatically higher” investment returns in fiscal year 2021, however, the institutions foresee inflation as a longer-term issue posing as a challenge to meet return targets, according to a recent study.
The new guidelines are part of broader recommendations from an investment group focused on climate change to help asset owners to build a ‘net-zero’ portfolio.
The plan hired two managers for its evolving public markets portfolio
The initiative helps reduce carbon emissions from private equity-backed companies, through its members’ active engagement with portfolio companies.
