That decision follows recent moves by Vanguard and BlackRock to extend voting choices to individual investors.
In the second part of ESG Clarity's interview, Kunal Kapoor talks passives, personalization and proxies.
Kunal Kapoor talks to ESG Clarity about engaging advisers and the language of ESG.
The subscription-based service’s key feature is its in-app ESG data and rankings, which provides information to retail investors on public companies’ environmental, social and governance practices.
The costs of acting sooner are much lower than those of delaying action, Willis Towers Watson found.
Regulators will press on with their climate agendas, as will anti-ESG politicians.
'This language of ESG is a way to change that conversation and have connectivity through generations,' Kapoor says.
Without standardization, institutional investors have some trouble incorporating the data.
Initially, the program will be available to UK investors, but it could eventually expand to all fund shareholders.
The prospect of providing clients with a custom portfolio that meets their guidelines is something advisers see as adding value to their services.
