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MSCI Blog
Bridging the gap: Adding factors to indexed and active allocationsHow can asset owners integrate an equity factor allocation into their existing roster of active managers? There is no one answer that suits all. The response may be different for each asset owner, depending on its investment beliefs, goals and risk tolerance.
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MSCI Blog
CEO Pay: Trick or Treat?Some large asset owners are increasingly coming to believe that many executive pay schemes don’t align the interests of CEOs and investors. There appears to be an increasing focus on pay plan simplicity and transparency.
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Rising Interest Rates - Funding Consequences for Pensions
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Research Paper
Foundations of ESG Investing – Part 3: Integrating ESG into Indexed Institutional PortfoliosAccording to recent surveys, asset owners’ have shifted their main focus to ESG’s financial benefits, as opposed to social benefits. In the third part of this paper, we discuss how ESG can be integrated into indexed allocations using MSCI ESG Ratings, which provided better risk-adjusted returns from August 2010 to December 2017 than the MSCI ACWI Index. We used existing best-in-class selection-based index methodologies (the MSCI ESG Leaders Index) for the creation of hypothetical global and...
Indexes ESG Products & Services
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MSCI Blog
Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” and the value of benchmarksToday, there are indexes designed to represent the performance of a wide range of investment segments, including market capitalization, geography, industry and, most recently, factors. They also are used as the basis for financial products, such as exchange-traded funds or derivatives. Much like Adam Smith’s “invisible hand,” they play a critical, behind-the-scenes role, reflecting the entire market’s views on valuations, rather than those of any individual or group of individuals.
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MSCI Blog
REAL ESTATE: ALLOCATIONS AND INTEGRATING RISKThe classic 60:40 mix of stocks and bonds has shifted to a 40:40:20 mix of stocks, bonds and alternatives, according to the 2014 MSCI Asset Owner survey.
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MSCI Blog
How Funds Are Positioned for a Low-Carbon FutureAs the world moves toward a low-carbon future, companies of many stripes are adopting renewable and clean-energy technologies. That, of course, has implications for stocks and the portfolios that hold them. How can asset owners understand the carbon-transition risks in their portfolios?
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Multi-Portfolio Attribution Across All Asset Classes, Strategies, Managers And Fund-Of-Funds
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MSCI Blog
The road toward a seamless global real estate portfolioTwo roads lead asset owners into real estate: the private (direct and indirect) ownership route and the public equity route. With private assets, investors can analyze performance in detail, down to the asset and vehicle level.
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Research Paper
MSCI Multi-Asset Class (MAC) Factor Model ValidationThe MSCI Multi-Asset Class (MAC) Factor Model introduces several major advances in risk modeling, including systematic MAC strategy factors, a next-generation fixed income model, and improved equity models. This document demonstrates the value of the MSCI MAC Factor Model in forecasting risk, based on (1) visual inspection of the risk forecasts and realized returns, and (2) statistical tests. The MSCI MAC Factor Model is evaluated on an absolute (stand-alone) basis, and is also compared with...
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