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2023 ESG Practice Playbook Series: Session 4 – Climate & Capital – For Financial Professionals Only

Please join us for all 3 installments of our 2023 ESG Practice Playbook series with RIA Channel, specifically designed to help financial advisors deepen their ESG knowledge and grow their practices.  This complimentary online series will focus on current trends related to ESG practice management, including ways to address social KPIs, ESG regulatory examination trends,… Read more »

Climate & Capital Conference at the New York Stock Exchange: Watch Online Replay (For Financial Professionals Only)

Watch the online replay of the Climate & Capital Conference, held on September 21st at the iconic New York Stock Exchange. The event brought together industry leaders in investment, business, and climate communities to discuss pertinent climate topics including strategies to align capital with climate commitments, ways to engage with corporate issuers on decarbonization strategies,… Read more »

Catalyzing a New Era of Climate Action

Despite an increasingly polarized political landscape, one area where there is bipartisan support for governmental intervention is climate change. A Pew Research survey in June of this year found that “a majority of U.S. adults want the government to play a larger role in addressing climate change”, with around two-thirds saying that “the federal government… Read more »

Building a Values-Based Portfolio – Barron’s

Over the last several years, ESG data has become increasingly rich and sophisticated. However, the “S” has presented more challenges in terms of data as “social principles have gotten far less representation in portfolios than environmental and governance issues.” This is because the “S” covers such a wide range of topics and because broader sustainability… Read more »

Climate Change Investing – Forbes

Evidence of climate change has been growing for decades, but as physical risks manifest with more frequency and potency, the markets are fast waking up to a vastly different future. Climate change will affect all regions, sectors, and industries, albeit to varying degrees and in diverse ways. “Yet, it is still not widely considered to… Read more »

NYS Department of Financial Services Emergency Regulation

If you are a client who lives in the state of New York and purchased a life insurance or annuity contract, on March 20, 2020, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) adopted an emergency regulation that provides relief to certain policyholders who can demonstrate financial hardship as a result of COVID-19. For… Read more »

Financial Advisors and the Art of Listening

Have you ever noticed that the words listen and silent are spelled with the same letters?  Perhaps this is no accident, because in many ways, they mean the same thing.  Have you ever talked to someone and walked away feeling enriched because they were such a good listener, even if they were a complete stranger?… Read more »

Increasing Income Streams: Where Should Investors Look?

As wealth managers, we intend to focus on our client’s investment returns over market cycles, not just quarterly positioning.  Risk must be measured and factored in, just as much so as the potential for rewards.  Additionally, we should not only be thinking about generating current income for our clients, but also about an increasing income… Read more »