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Scenario Analysis: How Could a Credit Crisis Affect Portfolios?
Jul 25, 2024 Rick Bookstaber, Thomas Verbraken, Dora PribeliWe examine a scenario for how a sudden disruption in credit markets could affect portfolios, especially given indications of the market’s fragility.
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MSCI ESG Ratings and Cost of Capital
Jul 22, 2024We found a strong historical correlation between a company’s MSCI ESG Rating and its cost of capital in both equity and debt markets. Firms assessed as the most resilient to financially material sustainability-related risks financed themselves more cheaply.
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Systematic Options Strategies Linked to Regional Indexes
Jul 19, 2024Our analysis of data spanning the last 18 years indicates that systematic options strategies linked to the MSCI EAFE and MSCI Emerging Markets Indexes have consistently exhibited lower risk and lower drawdowns compared to their parent indexes.
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"GPT-4, Write a Blog Post About Director Skills and AI"
Jul 18, 2024 Harlan TuffordBoard expertise is one lens through which investors can scrutinize companies’ efforts to manage the risks and opportunities of AI, but just how expert in AI are these directors? We use GPT-4 to find out.
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Real Estate Capital Flows in a New Era
Jul 16, 2024Ultra-low interest rates provided a massive boon to commercial real estate for years. With higher rates now in effect, what might be the impact on cross-border investors, who have been a key influence on market liquidity and pricing?
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Understanding MSCI Resilient Future Indexes
Jul 15, 2024The MSCI Resilient Future Indexes capture eight environmental-opportunity subthemes to help investors broadly identify business activities with the potential to make positive contributions toward achieving a resilient future.
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Investment Trends in Focus: Revisiting MSCI’s Five Key Themes for 2024
Jul 11, 2024Chief Research Officer, Ashley Lester and team assess the evolution of the five key themes affecting investors in 2024. What does the landscape look like for the second half of the year?
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Corporate Governance: Market Matters
Jul 11, 2024 Harlan Tufford, Xinxin Wang, Drashti ShahGood governance is foundational to effective capital markets, promoting accountability, transparency and sound decision-making aligned with investor interests. But how do those potential benefits translate into market performance?
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