BlackRock to Switch Emerging Market Bond ETF to ESG Index
The new index will underweight or exclude issuers with low ESG ratings.
BlackRock will switch the index of its emerging markets bond ETF to apply an ESG screening filter to provide a “better proposition” for sustainable investors.
In a shareholder notice, BlackRock said the iShares J.P. Morgan $ EM Investment Grade Bond UCITS ETF (IGEM) will change its benchmark from the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Global Diversified I…
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