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While used extensively by active managers as part of their security-selection decisions, the growth factor has been largely left out of the factor-index investing landscape, at least in its simplest form. This paper explores why and offers a way to capture this factor with a systematic, rules-based approach.

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The distinction between investment-grade and high-yield issuers always has seemed rather black and white – low vs. high level default risk – but can we assume the same for these issuers’ management of ESG risks? Are all high-yield issuers also poor ESG risk managers? There is early research in the fixed-income market suggesting that credit ratings do not accurately reflect ESG risks and therefore do not serve as a sufficient proxy for that measure, but what about ESG ratings? Can a better...

ESG Products & Services

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KEY FINDINGS By mapping meteorological data of temperature zones against office portfolios of Australian REITs and REMDs, we found that as of November 2015 28% of their portfolios fall in zones where temperatures, and associated cooling costs, are relatively high and are likely to rise further as a result of climate change. Similar building performance in terms of energy efficiency between cooler and hotter zones, suggests that the real estate market in Australia may not have fully...

ESG Products & Services

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Risking impact to the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s coast, the northeastern state of Queensland is seeing major development for new and expanded coal and gas projects, demanding a dramatic increase of port and rail capacity in chase of export opportunities to Asia. However, climate change and other environmental regulations and movements overshadow these investments, raising questions of their long term prospects and investment value.

Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet