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Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... in the bear market for stocks during the first quarter. Both asset classes were observed by AXA IM's in-house ESG quantitative scoring methodology that investments with higher ESG ratings performed notably better and were more resilient in the quarter ...

Trucost hires Michael Salvatico to head APAC ESG business development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... MSCI, where he was executive director. Salvatico has many years of experience in working in portfolio analytics, quantitative investment analysis and ESG Research. "I am excited to join S&P family and lead the Asia Pacific team," Salvatico said "S&P ...

Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... will be an undefined long period before corporate, investment, government and community leaders can assess the full quantitative and qualitative information that is being assembled right now, but companies are seeking to make major change that will undeniably ...

Energy Super taps Robeco for $650m enhanced indexing mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... while integrating value, momentum and quality factors," the fund manager said. The mandate is managed by Robeco's Quantitative Equities team, which consists of more than 40 portfolio managers and quantitative researchers dedicated to quantitative investing ...

Green bond issuance could hit close to US$300 billion: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... remaining 64 an amber light score. "The process we go through is the combination of a qualitative assessment and quantitative assessment," Kendall said. "We do apply our own judgement here. Whenever you're evaluating any instrument, there's always a ...

Eurozone outperforms North America in ESG investing: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... universes - MSCI North America, MSCI EMU, MSCI Europe-ex EMU, MSCI Japan and MSCI World. The research is based on quantitative data using ESG metrics provided by the Amundi ESG Research department. The research confirmed findings of a 2019 Amundi report ...

ESG data can augment low-volatility quant strategies: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) data can augment low volatility quantitative strategies and enhance alpha seeking strategies, according to Northern Trust Asset Management. Michael Hunstad, head of quantitative research global equity ...

Investing in insurance linked securities, integrating climate risk: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... into account long-term climate risks and opportunities. Chin Liu, SVP, director of insurance linked securities and quantitative research, Amundi Natural disasters like the bushfires in New South Wales and California, hurricanes and cyclones, their frequency ...

Quantitative managers test ESG data as stand-alone factor in strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) data is increasingly being integrated into quantitative investing strategies, and with depth and breadth of data increasing each year, quantitative managers are exploring whether ESG is a separate ...

Robeco on ESG integration, SDGs and impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... better-informed investment decisions around risk and return. "We do it differently for different asset classes. In a quantitative equity strategy, you would be using ESG scores," Zandbergen said. "On the fundamental side, you'd use ESG information to ...