Listen to Peter Shepard, Head of Fixed Income, Multi-Asset Class and Private Assets Research on how investors are looking at private assets within a multi-asset class portfolio.

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

Dimitris Melas, global head of equity research, returns to the podcast to discuss his findings on global investing, factors and ESG resilience, as well as opportunities that arose for active management and indexed investing.

Chenlu Zhou, executive director on the multi-asset class factor research team, discusses the potential impact on fixed income and equity portfolios, as well as the continued disconnect between the economy and markets.

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Having moved to Hong Kong in 2008 to help Lehman Brothers’ expansion plans, Zhen Wei, MSCI’s head of China research, understands what it’s like to navigate from the center of a market crisis.

Hitendra Varsani returns with his quarterly analysis of factor performance, including the question of sustainability of the rally in momentum stocks, the potential opportunity in small caps and new research into the historical impact inflation has had on factors.

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.