Was SVB All About That ESG?

The world of ESG explored. A rotating cast of environmental, social, and governance researchers join hosts Mike Disabato and Bentley Kaplan as they discuss the most pressing news of the week. But in an enjoyable way.

Banks failing, another sold and governments stepping in to backstop the fallout. Add to that a global economy coping with high inflation and still shaking off the COVID-19 cobwebs and, on top of that, regularly scheduled meetings for two major central banks. Our panel of MSCI experts helps put these events into context for investors managing multi-asset-class portfolios.

The past week’s change in the slope of the Treasury yield curve was its most rapid in decades. Investors may wish to contemplate the two most recent examples of such swift steepening: the 2008 global financial crisis and 2020 COVID-19 market crisis.