Companies are reconfiguring their businesses to obviate any fallout from potential liabilities through greater adherence toward environmental, social, and governance principles. As they prep, the issue of diversity could be a major sticking point. Investment demand has shown that the ESG theme is quickly gaining traction...

With a highly volatile political environment, investors are re-evaluating their portfolios, and rightfully so. But nowhere does this re-evaluation make more sense than in ESG. Strategies focused on environmental, social, and governance factors are likely to be affected not just by short-term economic implications, but the longer-term policy goals of a Biden administration...

Executive compensation is a perennial engagement topic for the State Street Global Advisors Asset Stewardship team. We believe that executive compensation presents risks, such as creating perverse incentives, as well as opportunities, such as demonstrating a commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) priorities...

Investment Management Fund boards can be a subject of mystery to many—just who are these folks, what do they do, and what’s the value they might bring?...