Factor Investing and ESG Integration

Over the past decade, many long-term institutional investors have incorporated Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations into their portfolios. The growing trend raises some important questions:
 
• What is the impact of ESG on portfolio performance and characteristics?
• How does it alter the risk profile and the factor exposures of portfolios?
• Does ESG integration impair or enhance investors’ ability to achieve their investment objectives?
 
Join Dimitris Melas, Global Head of Equity Research and Linda-Eling, Global Head of ESG Research, to examine some of the key findings of our latest paper Factor Investing and ESG Integration and explore some of the wider implications for passive investing, factor investing (“smart beta”) and active portfolio management.