{"id":7021,"date":"2023-10-04T19:42:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T23:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=7021"},"modified":"2023-10-04T19:42:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T23:42:39","slug":"i-wouldnt-put-an-esg-fund-in-a-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=7021","title":{"rendered":"I wouldn\u2019t put an ESG fund in a plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The worst things to argue about are politics and religion. That\u2019s why I avoid suggesting that plan sponsors add an ESG fund to their 401(k) lineup. I\u2019ve never been a big fan of these funds because each mutual fund company might have a different interpretation that an ESG company might be worth investing in.<\/p>\n<p>Most of all, I think plan sponsors should focus on investment options that can maximize return and I don\u2019t believe that an ESG fund is about maximizing return. I drive a Prius, I recycle, and I try to add more plants to my diet, but as a plan fiduciary, that has nothing to do with trying to put plan participants in a better financial position for retirement savings.<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='{title}' st_url='{url}' displayText='ShareThis'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The worst things to argue about are politics and religion. That\u2019s why I avoid suggesting that plan sponsors add an ESG fund to their 401(k) lineup. I\u2019ve never been a big fan of these funds because each mutual fund company &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=7021\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='{title}' st_url='{url}' displayText='ShareThis'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7022,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7021\/revisions\/7022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}