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MSCI Blog
Why global small-cap stocks are becoming an important part of institutional portfoliosInstitutional investors worldwide traditionally have tended to focus on the stocks of larger companies, finding them less risky, more liquid and offering greater investment capacity than small-cap stocks. But asset owners and managers increasingly are allocating strategically to the small-cap equity segment as part of their global equity portfolios i.e., via an “all-cap” approach.
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Research Report
Breaking Down Real Estate Net-Zero Targets
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Webcast
MSCI ESG Indexes: A Primer for CorporatesWatch the recorded webinar of the introduction to our flagship MSCI Global Sustainability Indexes, as well as our other ESG indexes, including our Global SRI and Global Environmental index series, which consists of both the Global Environment Index and the Global Climate Index.MSCI Global Sustainability Indexes include companies with high ESG ratings relative to their sector peers. This family of indexes includes the following:The MSCI ACWI ESG Index - consists of large and mid-cap companies...
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MSCI Blog
Ownership Forms and Governance ControlJust as the MSCI ACWI Index includes companies representative of a diversity of industries and equity markets, it also includes a diversity of ownership forms, ranging from fully controlled companies to those companies that are so widely held that their largest shareholder owns no more than 2% of shares.
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MSCI Blog
How to Describe a FactorHow to define a factor? It’s a challenge for asset owners and wealth managers in evaluating how well factor products meet investment objectives. We found an improved and more robust measure can be formed by combining multiple descriptors.
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MSCI Blog
Silicon Valley’s Women (On Boards) ProblemCalifornia companies with no women on their boards are going to have to quickly up their diversity game.
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MSCI Blog
Global Real Estate: To Hedge, or Not to HedgeWhile not quite as profound as the Shakespearean original, it is still quite a tricky one for real estate investors to grapple with. Until fairly recently, it is one that has been avoided by the majority of real estate investors due to their heavy home bias. But the increasing global nature of the asset class, combined with rising currency volatility, means the question is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid.
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MSCI Blog
2018 ESG Trends to WatchBigger, faster, more. Whether due to policy, technological or climatic changes, companies face an onslaught of challenges that are happening sooner and more dramatically than many could have anticipated.
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MSCI Blog
Professionally Managed Global Real Estate Hits $7 Trillion in 2014The professionally managed global real estate market size grew marginally to $7.0 trillion by year-end 2014 from $6.8 trillion at year-end 2013, according to MSCI. Currency movements reduced the global real estate market by approximately 7%.
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MSCI Blog
Decarbonizing Bond Portfolios: Risk Trade-OffsBond investors looking to reduce their portfolios’ carbon footprint may decide to shift capital from high to low emitters. Did a decarbonizing approach that preserves sector exposures significantly change the main portfolio risk characteristics?