MRI/Social Investments

A Northeast city is looking for active equity and fixed-income managers investing in climate change solutions.

The assumption that divestment can hurt the total return of an endowment is based on speculation, according to CJ Ryan, co-author of a recent research paper that found no discernible evidence that divestment of fossil fuels can negatively impact the total return of an endowment’s portfolio.

Nonprofits should focus on the purpose various alternative asset classes serve in their portfolio across market cycles as the unprecedented bull market continues into 2020, industry experts say.

Investors incorporating carbon emissions into their approach are not likely to experience a shortfall in returns.

A Canadian university’s board of governors agreed to express support for divesting its endowment from fossil fuels last week.

A Midwestern university formed an endowment to help manage the proceeds of a public-private utility partnership transaction at its board meeting this month.