Blackrock Builds on Sustainability Considerations in Investments

Oct. 23, 2018, 7:45 PM UTC

BlackRock Inc. waded further into environmental, social, and governance investing by introducing a set of exchange-traded funds designed to balance broad market exposure and sustainability.

The world’s largest issuer of exchange-traded funds introduced a series of products dubbed iShares Sustainable Core Oct. 23. The group includes one new environmental, social, and governance (ESG) bond fund and six existing funds that are being renamed. A new range of ESG exchange-traded funds is also available in Europe, according to a release.

The exchange-traded funds are based on indexes of U.S. bonds, corporate bonds, U.S. stocks, and other broad portfolio-building blocks, ...

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