The world of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing has taken off dramatically over the last few years. However, as more and more retail investors try to dive in, many are starting to recognize the difficulties with ESG investing. One common way for retail investors try to invest in alignment with their own values is to buy one or more exchange-traded funds or mutual funds with an ESG focus. However, what many investors don’t realize is that even though the names of such funds may align with their values, all of the precise holdings within them might not. With such…
The Problem With ESG And How One Wealth Management Firm Aims To Fix It
Michelle deBoer-Jones
Michelle deBoer-Jones is editor-in-chief of Hedge Fund Alpha. She also writes comparative analyses of stocks for TipRanks and runs Providence Writing Services. Previously, she was a television news producer for eight years, producing the morning news programs for NBC affiliates in Evansville, Indiana and Huntsville, Alabama and spending a short time at the CBS affiliate in Huntsville.