Search Results

Showing 31 - 40 of 147 results for "quantitative"

Tracking sustainability as quantitative strategy: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Sustainability characteristics can be tracked as a standalone signal that delivers strong results when compared with other quantitative signals including value, sentiment and quality, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). SSGA recently published ...

Wayfinding for deeper engagement in ethical investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... principles, practices and performance measurement. "Performance measurement, as Wayfinding highlights, ought to include quantitative and qualitative company data and stakeholder perceptions and a lot more besides," Rodger Spiller said. "... At the opposite ...

Fund manager sets gender diversity target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... investment function or who have an investment execution role, such as portfolio managers, investment/research or quantitative analysts, traders and other relevant staff. The WIM Charter is designed to help improve gender balance in investment management ...

ESG "the most important thematic for the next 30 years"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... seen a substantial increase, particularly in Europe, in flows into sustainable funds." Hamson noted that the firm's quantitative analysis into the cumulative performance of high carbon intensity and low carbon intensity stocks showed return differentials. ...

Quant manager deploys AI to identify corporate greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Acadian Asset Management has developed an AI system to identify greenwashing in potential investments. Acadian, a quantitative equities manager, integrates environmental, social and governance data widely through portfolio processes. The firm said it ...

Banks face multi-billion risks from climate change: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... global scenarios, but also to improve the ADI's data collection and to inform risk management, and that's the quantitative aspect of the climate vulnerability assessment." Accenture advises bank boards to incorporate "climate risks in risk management ...

NTAM launches new quantitative low carbon strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Northern Trust Asset Management has launched a quantitative strategy focusing on high quality, low-volatility stocks with a lower carbon footprint. The Quality Low Volatility Low Carbon World (QLV Low Carbon) Strategy is NTAM's latest sustainable investment ...

Calculating the value of green transitions: UBS AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... steel. "I see a few real problems when it comes to sustainable investing for carbon-intensive sectors," said UBS quantitative researcher and report co-author Adam Gustafsson. "Everyone is chasing low carbon investments, a portfolio emissions profile ...

HSBC AM takes stake in women-owned ESG investment firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... sufficient. You have to marry that with traditional fundamental investing, and that's what we're doing, by using this quantitative approach that would be familiar to those who know us from Rosenberg." RadiantESG will be seeking to hire three specialists ...

IFM Investors hires responsible investment associate director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... manager - credit and ESG and as credit analyst. Prior to that, he worked for Perennial Investment as credit analyst and quantitative analyst, prior to its acquisition by Janus Henderson Investors He started his career as a business development analyst ...