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Asset Owner Market Report - Rising Interest Rates and Pension Plans - July 2013Pension plans have been considering what would happen when interest rates started to rise, and in the past quarter we saw a noticeable increase in rates across developed economies. While it is unclear if, when, and by how much rates will rise in the future, this recent quarter has shown the impact of this particular increase in rates, and the different ways in which plans were affected. In this Market Report, we reviewed how asset allocation, the relative duration of liabilities...
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The Asset Owner Real Estate Investment Process: Risk management insights from the MSCI/IPD survey
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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
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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Research Spotlight - Real Estate Home Bias - An Australian Case StudyThe erosion of the real estate home bias: an australian case study in risk diversification. As an asset class, real estate investing typically has a high degree of home bias, especially when compared to equities and fixed interest. However, this real estate home bias is starting to erode, with asset owners in most countries already investing internationally or actively exploring the options for building offshore exposures. Some of these asset owners are motivated purely by pricing, but many...
Real Estate Products & Services
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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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Research Paper
Bridging the gap: Adding factors to indexed and active allocationsAsset owners face a challenge in determining how the factor allocation fits into the overall equity program, in particular how the factor allocation relates to the existing roster of active managers. This paper uses a risk budgeting framework to investigate how active mandates and factor allocations can be combined. We address three key questions: 1) how does the level of active risk in active management affect the factor allocation decision, 2) what share of the portfolio can be deployed to...
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Fund ESG Transparency: Quarterly Report 2021Indexes ESG Products & Services
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KEEP IT BROAD: AN APPROACH TO ESG STRATEGIC TILTINGHOW CAN UNIVERSAL OWNERS INTEGRATE ESG PRINCIPLES WHILE MAINTAINING A BROAD AND DIVERSIFIED INVESTMENT UNIVERSE? Institutional investors are increasingly looking for ways to integrate ESG considerations into their investment decisions. By doing so, they may aim to mitigate long-term risks, generate higher risk-adjusted performance and/or align investments with broader societal objectives. As ESG investment guidelines become more commonplace among asset owners, and as many continue to build...
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Rising Interest Rates - Funding Consequences for Pensions