Amid the devastation of covid-19, investment commentators have spoken on how the social and governance of ESG, in particular, have come under the spotlight and that this will continue to accelerate the adoption of responsible investments.
How about supporting diverse associates and minority-owned businesses?
If the protesting and unrest following George Floyd’s tragic death taught us anything it is that people are passionately driven by emotions and personal values. And, in the broadest sense, that kind of overt human sentiment should be recognized and acknowledged as a message to the financial planning community that most people’s priorities, even when…
Financial planners are bracing for the economic pain clients will experience due to the nationwide protesting and looting sparked by the fatal arrest of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week. As the nation is still in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and a receding economy, some advisers’ clients are getting hit even harder, specifically,…
Ending racism in America is a responsibility of corporations, and corporations must recognize that their current efforts to promote their core values, and their diversity and inclusion programs, fall far short of what is needed today. What good is it to live in a prosperous country when our police forces routinely kill black people? It…
It has been well documented that ESG holdings held up better than non-ESG peers during the coronavirus sell-off.
Societal issues remain at the fore of the American mindset right now. And when emotions reach the heights that they have, it becomes common – and risky – to conflate issues that are similar but not the same. In that vein, I want to address a topic that I consider enormously important for understanding the…
