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Can ESG Add Alpha?Popular interest in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) integration has grown considerably over the past few years, but some institutional investors remain concerned that the inclusion of ESG factors in their process may come at the cost of weaker risk-adjusted returns. Our research finds that this performance trade-off does not always occur. We analyzed stock returns of two strategies constructed with MSCI's ESG dataset - a "Tilt" strategy and a "Momentum" strategy - and found that...
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The Controversial Weapons Landscape: Recent Regulations and Research TrendsCanada recently ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions, becoming the 92nd State Party to the Treaty. An increasing number of institutional investors are looking to implement investment policies that exclude companies involved in the production of Cluster Munitions, as well as other types of so-called 'controversial weapons'. What constitutes a controversial weapon varies by region, country and institution, with some investors focusing on chemical and biological weapons, cluster...
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China's Economic Transformation: A New Era of ESG OpportunityAs China embarks on the final few months of the 12th Five Year Plan, President Xi Jinping's administration faces some difficult policy choices. The economic slowdown is converging with a multitude of other challenges previously seen as secondary to economic goals. Natural resource scarcity due to overuse and to industrial pollution has become one of the restricting factors on economic development. Environmental pollution has alarmed the public and precipitated protests in some regions. China...
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Managing Ownership Risk in a Global MarketView the recorded webinar featuring legendary governance expert Bob Monks, co-founder of GMI Ratings, (now part of the MSCI ESG Research), to explore how investors are managing their exposure to ownership risk. Agenda Topics: Why engage? How do different ownership structures affect governance risk? Alpha vs. beta strategies for engaged investors Does passive investment mean passive ownership? Speakers: Robert A. G. Monks, Author, Founder, ISS / co-founder, GMI Ratings Claudia...
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MSCI ESG Research Round Table Report 2015‘GSE’ - The Rising Importance of Governance in ESG Integration. This fascinating round-table discussion is titled ‘GSE’, reversing the usual order of ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance factors. This is because for institutional investors, especially equity holders, corporate governance is the legal framework for ensuring their shareholder rights and views are respected and heard. It also tends to be the main channel (voting and engagement) through...
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Can ESG Add Alpha?Do institutional investors sacrifice risk-adjusted returns by incorporating ESG considerations? In this paper, we analyze two relatively high tracking error global strategies constructed using ESG data — a Tilt strategy and a Momentum strategy — and find that both model portfolios outperformed the MSCI World Index over the last eight years, while also improving the ESG profile of the portfolios. These backtested model portfolios show an example of how institutional investors with the...
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MSCI Launches Indexes with the ITG Fair Value ModelPDFIndexes ESG Products & Services
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Environment Agency Pension Fund Selects MSCI as Low Carbon Equity Index ProviderPDFIndexes ESG Products & Services
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2015 ESG Trends to WatchAligning to Fuels of the Future Investors can be highly exposed - both positively and negatively - to fundamental shifts in energy technology in the broad, diversified equity and fixed income holdings that can make up the vast majority of a portfolio. To read data from other years, please see our ESG Trends page.
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MSCI ESG Research Launches Next Generation ESG Ratings ProductPDF