Emerging Markets Sustainability: A New Growth Foundation
By Liz Su, CFA A New Growth Foundation The pandemic’s deep and disparate impacts have taken a toll on global markets, and Emerging Markets (EM) equities have not been spared. Amid the post-pandemic tumult, [...]
Update on the SVB & Signature Bank Failures
In just a few days, regulators took over two failed US banks. The headlines that followed fed anxiety over broader implications for US banks. Although this story is still developing, please be assured we are [...]
Boston Common Named to PSN Top Guns
Boston Common Named to PSN Top Guns List of Best Performing Strategies for Q4 2022 Quarterly PSN Top Guns List published by Zephyr identifies best-in-class separate accounts, managed accounts, and managed ETF strategies Boston, [...]
Investor Impact Update (2022-4Q) | Boston Common Asset Management
In the closing months of 2022, our women leaders continued to honor our heritage as a women-owned and women led business. President & Founder, Geeta Aiyer, was recognized by both the Alnoba Lewis Family [...]
ESG’s Underperformance in 2022 Reflects Style Shift, Not Merit
Michelle Buckley, CFA, CAIA Portfolio Manager, Director of Multi-Asset Strategies As 2022 came to a close, rankings of the year’s best- and worst-performing ESG funds tended to highlight Value’s dominance over Growth and [...]
Activating Engagement in Asia
By Lauren Compere, Head of Stewardship & Engagement During the autumn of 2022, I had the opportunity to travel to Asia for the first time in three years, visiting Japan and Korea to continue Boston [...]
Boston Common’s Open Letter to European Representatives
Investor Call to Action - Ensuring a gender-responsive Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) Following the release of the EU Council's position last week, which included no mention of gender, Boston Common sent an open letter [...]
Gun Violence and Hate are Not Political Issues
By Ally McDonald & Kevin Hart The seven days before the long holiday weekend in the US saw ten mass shootings that injured 49 people and took the lives of 25 others who would not [...]
Have US Profit Margins Peaked?
Portfolio Manager, Michelle Buckley, analyzes how the Covid-19 pandemic and the concurrent Great Resignation may have reinstated the traditional relationship between compensation and productivity, its implications for US portfolios and influence on capital allocation for all Americans.
TiE Boston’s Lifetime Achievement Award
We are thrilled to announce that Boston Common’s founder, Geeta Aiyer has been honored this year with TiE Boston’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Access to Nutrition: Seeking Transformative Change
Lauren Compere, Head of Stewardship & Engagement, Boston Common Asset Management Over the last several years, I have watched the Access to Nutrition Foundation evolve from its first Indexes in 2013 to see support for [...]
Eco-Efficiency: Transforming Opportunity into Reality
Steven Heim, Director of ESG Research October 5, 2022 Today, we celebrate the 7th annual Energy Efficiency Day (EE Day) by joining over 1,000 regional and national businesses, utilities, universities, and individuals in promoting energy [...]