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MSCI Blog
Incorporating Sustainable Impact in your Investment ProcessInstitutional investors increasingly are looking for ways to steer capital toward companies that help to address major social and environmental challenges.
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MSCI Blog
Women on Boards: Global Trends in Gender DiversityMany institutional investors are increasingly focused on the gender composition of company boards, according to our research. Some studies show significant outperformance by companies with women on boards, though no one can show a direct link between the two.
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MSCI Blog
ESG Trends to Watch in 2019The long haul many are bracing for has already started for ESG investors. Each of our five ESG trends to watch in 2019 contain potentially overlooked costs – and opportunities.
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MSCI Blog
Thinking Broadly About Emerging MarketsEmerging-market equities revived in the first quarter after a rather dismal performance over the past five years. The pickup has left investors to wonder whether the gains might continue and to think anew about how to approach the segment.
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Research Report
Micro Caps - A Distinct SegmentA few large asset owners have expressed a preference for an expanded opportunity set that goes beyond the traditional equity universe comprised of large, mid, and small capitalization companies. These investors have typically focused on the domestic equity market. In order to address these needs, MSCI recently launched the MSCI All Cap Indices, which aim to provide comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all capitalization segments. The MSCI All Cap Indices include micro cap securities...
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MSCI Blog
Creating a common language for factor investingInvestors need a clear and consistent way to talk about factors. For more than 40 years, MSCI has defined how investors use factors to analyze risk and return, from individual stocks to entire portfolios. Factors are important drivers of portfolio performance and are well documented in academic research. They are used to quantify how much risk and return is attributable to different countries, sectors and styles.
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Newsletter
ESG Update - September 2011Online Version | Contact Us ESG UpdateFrom MSCI | September 2011» Change Preferences Client Announcements & UpdatesMSCI ESG ManagerMSCI has added MSCI ESG IVA ratings to the MSCI ESG Manager platform. The new and flexible MSCI ESG Manager platform now includes MSCI ESG IVA, Impact Monitor, and Business Involvement Screening Research, MSCI's full suite of ESG research, analysis and ratings products… Read moreMSCI ESG IVAIn September, MSCI ESG...
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ESG Update - April 2012Online Version | Contact Us ESG UpdateFrom MSCI | April 2012» Change Preferences Announcements & UpdatesMSCI ESG IVA Industry Reports and RatingsIn Q1 2012, MSCI ESG Research has published MSCI ESG IVA Industry Reports and Company Ratings for different industries. See the listImportant Information for Clients!MSCI ESG Research is upgrading its systems. In order to accommodate this upgrade, we will change to a new hosting facility...
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MSCI Blog
Under the hood: Rating ESG fundsNearly $31 trillion in assets under management were invested in funds that consider ESG issues in their investing process as of January 2018, a 34% increase from two years previously. Transparency is key to understanding what this expansion means.
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Research Report
Asset-Liability Modeling in BarraOneThis case study provides an introduction to modeling assets and liabilities for asset owners within BarraOne. We show how to use BarraOne to analyze both assets and liabilities in a shared framework for understanding risk and return. Our example uses zero coupon bond instruments to proxy for liabilities although other proxies may be easily substituted. We illustrate how to analyze the surplus risk of the portfolio focusing on market risk specifically. Other sources of risknonmarket or...