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Measuring Climate Risk in Real Estate PortfoliosBy evaluating real estate portfolios in terms of different physical risks as well as under different transition-risk scenarios, investors may be able to build a more complete picture of their exposure.
Climate VaR Real Estate Products & Services
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Would Integrating ESG in Chinese Equities Have Worked?ESG ratings have reflected financial risk and returns in developed-market and emerging-market equities. But was this true in China, where ESG considerations are still in their infancy?
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ESG Ratings: How the Weighting Scheme Affected PerformanceOur recent research suggests that environmental and social issues were more industry specific and tended to show up in financial measures over a longer time frame compared to governance issues. How can E, S and G issues be combined?
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Which ESG Issues Mattered Most? Defining Event and Erosion RisksVery different ESG issues can be material for different industries. Our research suggests that risks can be divided into two main types: “event” risks and “erosion” risks to companies’ long-term competitiveness. Which ones mattered most for E, S and G?
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Is ESG All About the ‘G’? That Depends on Your Time Horizon.The conventional wisdom has it that governance is the most dominant of the three E, S and G pillars. But our analysis finds different results when looking at contribution to performance over different time horizons.
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Building Better ESG Indexes: 30 Years OnHow ESG indexes have evolved over the past 30 years: A Q&A with Stuart Doole, head of new index development at MSCI, about his conversations with investors since the COVID19 crisis started, the growth of ESG investing and how MSCI Research uses AI and machine learning in developing its ESG indexes.
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Five lessons for investors from the COVID-19 crisisCOVID-19 unleashed a torrent of sharp movements across global financial markets. We highlight five key lessons for investors regarding global investing, managing factors, active management, indexed investing and ESG investing.
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MSCI ESG Indexes during the coronavirus crisis
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Green bonds: Growing bigger and broaderAs the green-bond market matures, it is developing offshoots. The types of projects financed, as well as the emergence of innovative types of bonds and loans linked to the ESG targets, is growing. These initiatives may broaden the market for green investment options.
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Corporate-bond performance by factors and ESGThe volatility seen in equity markets was also present among investment-grade corporate bonds,. We use factors and ESG ratings to dissect these bonds’ performance over Q1 2020.