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.

President and Chief Operating Officer of MSCI, oversees the company’s day-to-day operations and leads MSCI’s business functions, including client coverage, marketing, product management, research and product development, technology, data services and operations.

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.

MSCI has developed Factor Indexes, FaCS and Analytics backed by four decades of Factor research and innovation. Factors are the building blocks of many portfolios – the elements capable of turning data points into actionable insights.

The market crisis created by COVID-19 accelerated some existing trends and stole focus from others. Dimitris Melas, global head of core equity research, steps back and examines a number of other important investment issues.

Global Head of Equity Research, Dimitris Melas, provides insight into the current market crisis, offering observations as local as those found in his hometown of St. Albans, just outside of London, to the characteristics of the turbulent global equity markets.

Brett Winton, head of research at ARK Invest, explains how advancements in genomic technologies combined with artificial intelligence have proven invaluable in the fight against COVID-19 — and the profound implications for human health and investors far beyond the current crisis.

What guided MSCI's decision to proceed with the scheduled May semi-annual index review despite recent volatility? Craig Feldman, global head of index management research, shares his thoughts on the answers to these questions, the review’s key takeaways and the value of consistency.

Bloomberg, a global leader in fixed income indexing, and MSCI, the world’s largest provider of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) equity indexes and research, have collaborated on the development of a family of rules-based benchmark indexes that incorporate measures of ESG risk and exposures.

Laszlo Hollo, who works on MSCI’s risk management and liquidity core research team, details how sudden and powerful shocks to the system in March led to decreased liquidity across asset classes -- including investment-grade and high yield bonds, and even caused uncertainty for U.S. Treasurys.