Adam Peck on Money Life Podcast
Adam Peck was a featured guest on the Money Life Podcast with Chuck Jaffe. Click here to listen to the interview.
Making Sense of ESG Investing
Adam Peck featured in BizTimes Milwaukee (click here for a no login link) When Quinn Schwellinger, 31, and his wife decided to start building an extra retirement fund to supplement their 401(k)s, they knew they wanted to invest in companies that supported their concern for the environment. “My wife and I believe climate change is…
How do I tell if this ESG fund is legit or is just greenwashing?
Greg Wait featured in Marketwatch. Sustainable investing is hot, and when Wall Street sees a trend, it wants a piece of the action. How hot? In 2020, US SIF Foundation, which measures this type of investing, said 33% of U.S. assets under professional management use environmental, social and governance criteria when investing. That’s $17 trillion, or one…
Riverwater ESG SMID Value Strategy Celebrates 5 Year Milestone
Contact: Laura Peck 414.858.8000 lpeck@riverwaterllc.com Research team looks ahead as Riverwater Partners’ SMID Value Strategy reaches five-year milestone Chief Investment Officer Adam Peck says industry’s lack of ESG focus in small-cap value is inconsistent with value-investing mindset Milwaukee, October 13, 2021 – Riverwater Partners’ flagship ESG Small & Mid Cap (SMID) Value Strategy marked…
Riverwater Welcomes Jan Grimm, CFP®, Senior Wealth Advisor
For Immediate Release. Milwaukee (Sept 8, 2021). Riverwater Partners, one of the country’s leading ESG investment firms is pleased to announce the addition of Jan Grimm, as a Senior Wealth Advisor on our Wealth Management Team. Jan is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional who has been providing clients with her planning expertise for over 20…
ESG investors struggle to find the right balance in doing good – and solar panels show why
Cindy Bohlen featured in Marketwatch. August 24, 2021 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a stark warning this month that human-led warming from burning of fossil fuels is causing climate change and removing carbon emissions will cause warming to cease. That makes transitioning to renewable energy like solar power even more urgent. However, reports that China…
The Superiority of the Russell 2500 Over the Russell 2000
Article featured in Advisor Perspectives. May 26, 2021. What if a baseball team trades away its all-stars year after year and replaces them with rookies or aging veterans? That’s the problem with using the Russell 2000 as a small-cap benchmark. Better to let your winners run—and benchmark to the Russell 2500 instead. Don’t miss Riverwater…
Should you seek investment advice on your 401(k) account?
Article featured in Valuewalk. May 24, 2021. For most Americans, 401(k) plan accounts have become the predominant retirement savings vehicle. Currently, more than $6.4 trillion is invested in 401(k) plans across the country, a 73% increase in the past ten years.1 An additional $2.7 trillion is invested in other defined-contribution plans, such as 403(b) plans for educational…
Sustainable agriculture is the next way ESG investors can fight climate change
Marketwatch. March 24, 2021. By Debbie Carlson 7 ways for ESG investors to profit from sustainable agriculture The original green sector — agriculture — hasn’t been on the radar for environmental, social and governance investors, given industrial agriculture’s heavy dependence on pesticides, fertilizers and genetically modified seeds. But ESG investors are turning their interest to…
ESG: Growth Is Welcome, But What Drives Actual Change?
WealthManagement.com, March 11, 2021 By Cindy Bohlen Encouraging news arrived late last year about the fast growth of investments managed with attention to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Seventeen trillion was the headline dollar figure in the latest biannual report from trade association US SIF, which tracks the responsible investing industry. Seventeen trillion represents…