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Staff Toronto-based Horizons ETFs Management Inc. has launched a fund that provides exposure to global green-labelled bonds. The Horizons S&P Green Bond Index ETF (HGGB) is Canada’s first ETF focused exclusively on exposure to a portfolio of global green bonds, the firm said Tuesday in a release. Green bonds raise capital for projects with specific environmental objectives or benefits, and issuances reached a record US$270 billion in 2020, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative, a not-for-profit advocacy organization for a low-carbon economy. At the end of the first quarter of 2021, as...

The ETF tracks the S&P Green Bond U.S. Dollar Select Index

Vanguard, BlackRock add new climate-focused ETFs as demand soars Source: Fox Business The so-called ESG funds use environmental, social or governance criteria to pick investments. Top asset managers Vanguard Group Inc and BlackRock Inc on Thursday introduced new exchange-traded funds that exclude oil companies, coal producers and other industries that a growing number of investors want to avoid. The so-called ESG funds use environmental, social or governance criteria to pick investments. Researcher Morningstar Inc found flows into such funds reached a record pace this year, taking in $20.9 ...

Opinion Why small cap investing has underperformed over the past decade - and what Canadian investors can do about it Published December 16, 2020 Bookmark In theory, an investment strategy with a focus on small cap and value stocks should result in returns superior to the major market indexes. After all, smaller companies have greater flexibility to respond to opportunity or adversity and their growth runway is much longer once they have a winning product or service. Plus, a screen for value should reduce the negative impact of torpedo stocks that can unexpectedly blow a hole in the por...