Thorny Questions You Wouldn't Ask at Sunday Dinner: ESG, Politics, and Performance Tradeoffs

ESG investing has gone from a fund manager's darling to a political lightning rod in less than 5 years. And while some investors are staunchly pro- or anti-ESG, most find themselves somewhere in the middle. Industry experts discuss the thorny questions you've always wanted to ask about ESG: when does ESG help or hurt a portfolio's performance, what should investors expect from ESG-branded funds, and what are politicians doing in the middle of it?