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MSCI Investment Insights Report 2021
We surveyed 200 institutional investors globally with assets of around $18 trillion to better understand their views on the most important investment issues. What are the most important trends for the next three to five years? What is the lasting impact of COVID-19? And what is their latest thinking on factor investing, risk management, and diversity?
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MSCI’s research organization is a multi-disciplinary team made up of over 200 professionals globally specializing in ESG, fixed income, global equities, multi-asset classes and private assets.
2020 ESG trends to watch
ESG themes are long-term, but some can emerge with sudden force. We are watching five trends we believe will unfold in 2020 to catapult ESG investing into the new decade.
Backtesting Year in Review: A Look at 2018
We evaluate the 2018 performance of the key risk methodologies available in RiskMetrics RiskManager.
A road map for resilient carbon-transition portfolios
Is your portfolio ready for the transition to a low-carbon economy?
Banking on ESG: Examining the financial relevance of ESG to banks
For spread businesses such as banks, profitability, returns and valuation are typically driven by balance-sheet strength, rather than by the transmission channels such as operational efficiency and oversight that apply to other industries. In this analysis, we show how ESG has further differentiated performance for such businesses.
2020 ESG trends to watch
ESG themes are long-term, but some can emerge with sudden force. We are watching five trends we believe will unfold in 2020 to catapult ESG investing into the new decade.
Backtesting Year in Review: A Look at 2018
We evaluate the 2018 performance of the key risk methodologies available in RiskMetrics RiskManager.
A road map for resilient carbon-transition portfolios
Is your portfolio ready for the transition to a low-carbon economy?
Banking on ESG: Examining the financial relevance of ESG to banks
For spread businesses such as banks, profitability, returns and valuation are typically driven by balance-sheet strength, rather than by the transmission channels such as operational efficiency and oversight that apply to other industries. In this analysis, we show how ESG has further differentiated performance for such businesses.
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Liquidity and correlation in the Chinese credit market
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