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Currency-Risk Hedging in Real Estate BenchmarksGlobal real estate investors can expose themselves to currency risk. Using a hedged index, they may better align their benchmark and investment approach and ensure currency risk is accurately treated in allocation modeling and performance attribution.
Hedging & Currency Indexes ESG Climate VaR Global Intel IRIS
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Stress Testing Climate-Change ScenariosRegulators around the world are upping the ante on climate-related financial disclosures. How can investors stress test potential exposures to these changes in policy? We take a look within Europe.
ESG Climate Solutions ESG Climate VaR
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A Thematic Lens for PortfoliosWe show how MSCI Thematic Exposure relevance scores helped position growth funds, as an example, alongside thematic funds, and highlighted key megatrends that drove performance. A thematic lens can help analyze other categories and strategies as well.
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Kuwait’s Move from Frontier to Emerging MarketKuwait’s reclassification from frontier to emerging market and inclusion in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index provides investors exposure to yet another Gulf Cooperation Council member, one that has worked to open its doors to foreign investors.
All Country Indexes Emerging Markets Indexes MSCI Sector Indexes
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Accounting for Revenue Sources Tells a Richer StoryDespite North America’s outsized weighting in the MSCI ACWI Index, companies in the index generated only 30% of their global revenues there. We explore how examining revenue sources may help uncover opportunities of economic growth around the world.
Indexes MSCI Country and Regional Indexes Developed Markets Emerging Markets Indexes MSCI Sector Indexes
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China Tech Investing: An Indexed ApproachChina’s emergence as a tech leader holds great potential. But its technology value chain isn’t limited to IT firms. Opportunity lies across sectors, from electric vehicles to medical devices. How does one effectively gain exposure?
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How Diversified Are US Equity Investors?The universe of stocks represented by the MSCI USA Index comprises over 600 securities. U.S. investors might assume there are ample opportunities for diversification and potential risk reduction in the domestic market. Is this assumption correct?
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Chinese Government Bonds: Higher Yield, Less Risk?Global investors’ interest in Chinese government bonds has risen, as these bonds offer higher yields than developed-market sovereign debt. For investors thinking about adding Chinese bonds to their portfolios, what could be the impact on portfolio risk?
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China A Shares: What Have We Learned?In this first of a series of blogs covering specific index-inclusion stories, we explore China A shares’ inclusion in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index by looking back at how it occurred and what’s happened since with market and investor reaction.
Emerging Markets Indexes China Indexes EN Indexes
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Aligning with the Paris Agreement: An Index ApproachInstitutional investors are under pressure to align their strategies with a maximum global temperature increase of 1.5oC as targeted by the Paris Agreement. We examine how they can approach this while respecting other investment constraints.