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Guido Giese
Executive Director, MSCI Research
About the Contributor
Guido Giese is an Executive Director in the Core Equity Research team. He is responsible for applied research and thought leadership in ESG integration, impact investing and factor investing. Previously, Guido was responsible for the sustainability index solutions business at RobecoSAM, following his tenure as Head of Research and Development at index provider STOXX Ltd. He holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich.
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Is ESG Investing a Price Bubble? Probably Not.
Dec 9, 2020 Guido Giese , Navneet Kumar , Zoltán NagyInflows into ESG funds have soared in recent years and months, in part motivated by outperformance since the COVID-19 pandemic erupted. But have these inflows become a self-fulfilling prophecy, creating an ESG bubble?
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What ESG Ratings Tell Us About Corporate Bonds
Nov 11, 2020 Rohit Mendiratta , Hitendra D Varsani , Guido Giese -
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ESG Ratings: How the Weighting Scheme Affected Performance
Jun 29, 2020 Zoltán Nagy , Linda-Eling Lee , Guido GieseOur recent research suggests that environmental and social issues were more industry specific and tended to show up in financial measures over a longer time frame compared to governance issues. How can E, S and G issues be combined?
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Which ESG Issues Mattered Most? Defining Event and Erosion Risks
Jun 22, 2020 Guido Giese , Zoltán Nagy , Linda-Eling LeeVery different ESG issues can be material for different industries. Our research suggests that risks can be divided into two main types: “event” risks and “erosion” risks to companies’ long-term competitiveness. Which ones mattered most for E, S and G?
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Welche ESG-Kriterien waren die wichtigsten? Definition von Ereignis- und Erosionsrisiken
Jun 22, 2020 Guido Giese , Zoltán Nagy , Linda-Eling Lee -
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Geht es bei ESG nur um das „G“? Das hängt von Ihrem Zeithorizont ab
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Is ESG All About the ‘G’? That Depends on Your Time Horizon.
Jun 15, 2020 Linda-Eling Lee , Guido Giese , Zoltán NagyThe conventional wisdom has it that governance is the most dominant of the three E, S and G pillars. But our analysis finds different results when looking at contribution to performance over different time horizons.
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MSCI ESG Indexes during the coronavirus crisis
Apr 22, 2020 Zoltán Nagy , Guido Giese -
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Have regional equity-market correlations risen?
Nov 15, 2019 Guido Giese , Roman KouzmenkoGlobal equity investors use regions as building blocks in asset allocation, typically segregating markets by how developed they are and by geography. Has globalization reduced the potential for geographical portfolio diversification?
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Many investors want to stick to their values or beliefs, as well as meet certain financial objectives. How can ESG indexes help them address these goals?
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Are ESG characteristics tied to stock performance? Many researchers have studied the relationship between companies with strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) characteristics and corporate financial performance. A major challenge has been to show that positive correlations — when produced — explain the behavior. As the classic phrase used by statisticians says, “correlation does not imply causation.”
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