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Perspectives Podcast
From equities and fixed income to commercial real estate, ESG and climate change, join us as we explore the issues global investors are talking about and uncover insights from industry experts that help keep it all in perspective.
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May 2021
Not Your Father’s Proxy Season
Shareholder proposals for strong action on climate change and diversity have taken center stage at this year’s annual meetings. We get a report from the front lines and insight into how we arrived at this moment in investment-stewardship history.
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Apr 2021 episodes
April 2021
What’s Up with Inflation?
As restrictions lift and economies re-emerge from their long slumber, inflation may have reawakened as well.
Episode 49How Much Goes into a Net-Zero Commitment?
The announcement of a company’s net-zero commitment is the result of much analysis and multiple decisions. But the key is that it represents the start of the process, not its conclusion.
Episode 48NFTs and Gamers and Bitcoin? Oh My!
The creation of a universe that blends our lives online and off will change the way we live, work and play. It also has real-world implications for investors and the planet.
Episode 47In Spring, Does an Investor’s Fancy Lightly Turn to Value?
As more vaccines entered arms and economies opened, value was the big story two quarters in a row.
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March 2021 episodes
March 2021
Can Private Assets Withstand So Much Public Attention?
Interest in private equity, debt and real assets is on the rise, with new participants and new approaches by asset owners who are expanding and shifting the role these investments play in multi-asset class portfolios.
Episode 45Isn’t It Time Investors Talked More About Diversity?
Promoting diversity, inclusion and equality is not only the right thing to do; there are also solid business reasons. But can the investment industry sustain the momentum built over the last year?
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February 2021 episodes
February 2021
Can Asset Owners See Around Corners?
Every investor may be affected by asset owners’ focus on climate change, private assets and advanced technology. We dive into these issues with industry veterans, Baer Pettit and Roger Urwin.
Episode 43Measuring Climate Change: Why Can’t We Just Turn Down the Sun?
The investment risk is real. And we’re learning how to account for it.
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January 2021 episodes
January 2021
China Tech: Revolution or Evolution?
We explore perceptions and misperceptions about the role that technological advances have played in China.
Episode 41Episode MMXXI: A New Hope?
Does factor performance at the end of 2020 suggest investor optimism in 2021?
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December episodes
December 2020
Keep Calm and Carry On
As 2020 comes to a close, we check in with Peter Zangari about the pandemic-related issues still facing investors and the insights that may help them continue to manage through.
Episode 39The Yield Hunters, China Edition
Our journey through the world of global investing continues with a look at the increasingly global focus of fixed income investors. Next stop: China.
Episode 38No Place Like Home? Revisiting US Portfolios
Investors’ home bias can leave a world of opportunity out of their portfolios… literally.
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November episodes
November 2020
It’s electrifying! Understanding the Future of Mobility
We discuss the shift to a mobility “ecosystem” encompassing renewable energy, technology, transportation, travel, infrastructure, entertainment and even public health.
Episode 36S (as in, ESG) Gets Real
We explore the many social issues brought about — and exacerbated by — the COVID-19 pandemic and their impact on investors.
Episode 35Shades of Green: Investor Approaches to ESG
We dig deeper into the 40% rise in ESG indexes over the last year with Rick Redding, CEO of the Index Industry Association and MSCI’s Head of ESG Index EMEA, Veronique Menou.
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October episodes
October 2020
Benchmarking the Index Industry
Rick Redding, CEO of the Index Industry Association (IIA), reviews the results of the 4th annual IIA industry survey, which provides a window to the whole of the investment landscape.
Episode 33Tonight We’re Gonna Invest Like It’s 1999?
Given the current economic outlook, some investors are skeptical about U.S. equity valuations reminiscent of the late 90s. Chenlu Zhou examines these concerns.
Episode 32We’ll always have Paris? Assessing the future of global gateway cities
Global gateway cities’ critical mass, connectivity and economic importance appeal to investors and occupiers alike. Has COVID-19 jeopardized the relative dominance of these power cities?
Episode 31Focusing Factors on Inflation
Global equities rallied in Q3, brushing aside fears of a COVID-19 second wave and economic slump. What did this mean from a factors perspective? And what did our models show headed into Q4?
Episode 30Has COVID Opened the Door for Driverless Cars?
Why have technologies such as 3D printing, drone delivery and driverless cars caught hold this year? And what could that mean for investors?
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September episodes
September 2020
When a Scientist and Investment Professional Talk Climate Change
An update on how the world, and investors, are grappling with climate change.
Episode 28Growing Your Factor-Investing Toolbox
How might investors put a pure growth factor portfolio to work? What are the challenges to building one, and can they be overcome?
Episode 27COVID-19 Infects the Real Estate Cycle
We explore how lingering effects from the 2008 global financial crisis, commercial real estate’s cyclical nature and COVID-19 changed the prognosis for real estate investors.
Episode 26Believe the Hype Around the Fed’s Inflation Announcement?
We discuss the potential impact of the Fed’s newly stated inflation stance on fixed income and equity portfolios with Chenlu Zhou, executive director on the multi-asset class factor research team.
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August episodes
August 2020
Credit Markets Snapshot: Apocalypse Not Quite Now
There’s a wide gulf between where credit markets are and where they were expected to be back in March. Get the full story on how we got here and the potential stressors that remain.
Episode 24Corporate Governance Has Mattered Even More in a Crisis
It can be all too easy to overlook corporate governance in the good times. But when a crisis hits, the importance of good corporate governance comes squarely into focus.
Episode 23The Hunt for Pandemic-Related Investment Factors
How did AI help George Bonne and team spot them and quantify their impact?
Episode 22Bond Market Movements and Potential Warning Signs
Head of portfolio management research, Andy Sparks, provides insights for fixed income investors as stimulus announcements and bond supplies increase.
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July episodes
July 2020
Single-Factor Portfolio Construction
Abhishek Gupta, executive director on the index solutions research team, on the many considerations when building a single-factor portfolio:
Episode 20Beyond Disruption: Investing and Technology Converge
Advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning and even user interfaces have radically changed the way investors collect and analyze data, and manage portfolios.
Episode 19The Genomic Age of Medicine Comes to Market
Brett Winton, explains how advancements in genomic technologies combined with artificial intelligence have proven invaluable in the fight against COVID-19
Episode 18Factor Trends: What’s in? What’s out?
We spoke with Hitendra Varsani about the latest factor trends across equity and fixed income markets.
Episode 17Technology, Travel and China’s Second Wave
Xiaoshu Wang of the ESG Research team in Beijing discusses how the Chinese government is working to stem a second wave while encouraging consumers to spend and the economy to flourish.
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June episodes
June 2020
Reviewing the 2020 Market Classification Review
Sebastien Lieblich, global head of index solutions and chairman of the MSCI equity index committee provides color on MSCI’s annual review.
Episode 155 Lessons from the COVID-19 Market Crisis
Dimitris Melas reflects on lessons learned from the crisis so far.
Episode 14Stress Testing Markets
Thomas Verbraken, from MSCI’s risk management solutions team, explores potential shapes of the eventual recovery.
Episode 13US Support for Securitization
We speak with David Zhang, MSCI’s head of research on securitized products, about the Federal Reserve’s efforts to support the securitization market during COVID-19, and how different credit sectors have reacted.
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May 2020 starter space
May episodes
May 2020
#postCOVID19 Part Two
We continue our conversation about ESG themes in a post-COVID world with Linda-Eling Lee, global head of ESG research.
Episode 11#postCOVID19 Part One
Linda-Eling Lee, global head of ESG research discusses investor focus on ESG investing through the crisis and looks ahead to potential themes to watch when the world emerges out from under the pandemic.
Episode 10The Index Review Must Go On
What guided MSCI's decision to proceed with the scheduled May semi-annual index review despite recent volatility?
Episode 9Rethinking Real Estate Post COVID-19
Will Robson, global head of real estate solutions research, examines the question: “Is it the end of the office as we know it?”
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April 2020 starter space
April episodes
April 2020
Analyzing the Fed’s Unprecedented Actions
Life in his hometown in Westchester County, NY moves at a slower pace these days, says Andy Sparks, MSCI’s head of portfolio management research.
Episode 7Are Fixed Income Markets Still Thirsting for Liquidity?
Laszlo Hollo, who works on MSCI’s risk management and liquidity core research team, details how sudden and powerful shocks to the system in March led to decreased liquidity across asset classes.
Episode 6How Do You Prepare For the Unexpected?
Zhen Wei, MSCI’s head of China research, understands what it’s like to navigate from the center of a market crisis.
Episode 5Fall Seven Times, Stand Up Eight
Raina Oberoi, head of index solutions research for the Americas, takes inspiration from the resilience of her fellow New Yorkers as they deal with being the U.S. epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis.
Episode 4Talkin’ ‘Bout G-Generations
Head of Research and Product Development, Peter Zangari discusses the idea of generational change and the speed of technological and market advances, which existed even before the current crisis.
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Mar 2020 starter space
March episodes
March 2020
Looking for Lessons From the Past
Global Head of Core Equity Research, Dimitris Melas, provides insight into the current market crisis.
Episode 2Managing Through a Crisis
Peter Zanagari, MSCI’s Head of Research and Product Development, details how MSCI has mobilized to provide critical research and insights to help investors navigate the volatility sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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