Competition in the ESG ratings market is heating up. At least a dozen major third-party companies do such ratings. These different providers vary in their methodology and this is creating confusion for investors and making it harder to compare ESG data and ratings.
ESG analysis, by its very definition, is subjective different providers will inevitably have different ways of classifying whether they think social concerns are more important or whether they are driven by carbon footprint. ESG data and ratings providers aren’t regulated, unlike counterparts focused purely on financial information. Nevertheless, efforts are being made to bring more transparency and standardization to the industry.
Tough for household formation
At age 35, baby boomers had seven times the wealth that millennials will have at the same age.
Alberta men facing a 20% unemployment rate
Alberta's unemployment rate among young men has nearly doubled over the past seven months, in an unprecedented spike that has pushed their joblessness rate to a level not since the early 1980s. In April, roughly one in 10 young men in Alberta was unemployed. By November, it had surged to one in five.
Only 10% of the volume is in fundamental single stock trading.
At age 35, baby boomers had seven times the wealth that millennials will have at the same age.
Alberta men facing a 20% unemployment rate
Alberta's unemployment rate among young men has nearly doubled over the past seven months, in an unprecedented spike that has pushed their joblessness rate to a level not since the early 1980s. In April, roughly one in 10 young men in Alberta was unemployed. By November, it had surged to one in five.
Only 10% of the volume is in fundamental single stock trading.
