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Methodology
MSCI World Select 5-Factor ESG Low Carbon Target Index MethodologyPDF
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ESG Trends to Watch in 2019We highlight five of the most pressing challenges and opportunities ESG institutional investors face in 2019: how to deal with the massive amount of plastic waste generated each year; regulations focused on ESG investors; the earlier-than-expected effects of climate change; the big signal revolution and the role of corporate leadership in a world where we’ve seen the disintegration of walls between the executive suite and employees, markets and governments. To read data from other...
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Indexing Change: Understanding MSCI Thematic IndexesThematic investing is a top-down approach that has become increasingly popular with both institutional and retail investors, whether in terms of investment philosophy or product development. In this paper, we review the concept of thematic investing and discuss the differences between it and the factor and ESG investment processes. We then lay out how we model various themes in order to build a rule-based index methodology that represents the performance of companies exposed to a certain trend.
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The MSCI Minimum Volatility Indexes: 10 Years On2018 marked the 10-year anniversary of the MSCI Minimum Volatility Indexes. Launching just prior to the global financial crisis, which caused sharp equity market falls, and the indexes’ behavior “out-of-sample” since launch have led to adoption by a large number of asset owners and the indexes’ serving as the basis for a wide range of ETFs that have gathered significant assets. Here, we contrast 10 years of live data with the previous 10 years of backtesting, investigating changes in the...
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Style Factors for Private Real Estate–Beyond Property Type and Location
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Methodology
MSCI World Select Multiple Factor ESG Low Carbon Target Index MethodologyPDF
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Methodology
MSCI World Select Multiple Factor ESG Low Carbon Target IndexPDF
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Foundations of ESG Investing – Part 4: Integrating ESG into Factor Strategies and Active PortfoliosHow can ESG characteristics be integrated consistently across factor-based and active equity allocations? In Part 4 of the Foundations of ESG Investing paper, we discuss two approaches to applying ESG ratings to factor-based allocations – a one-step and a two-step approach – asking which has done a better job at combining the underlying strategy with ESG while maintaining exposure to target factors. We then investigate overlaying ESG ratings and ESG momentum on the historical holdings of...
Indexes ESG Products & Services
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2017 ESG Trends to WatchThis year may usher in a fundamental rethink for investors. Underlying all the major trends we identified for 2017 is a strategic decision point – do we change the way we think about investing, or is this business as usual in a new order? In our annual trends to watch report, we highlight the six biggest ESG forces affecting institutional investors over the long haul. To read data from other years, please see our ESG Trends page.
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Measuring factor exposuresAccurately estimating factor exposures for stocks and portfolios can be economically relevant and may improve the investment process for a variety of investors, including asset owners, quantitative managers, wealth managers and risk managers. Methods for measuring exposures vary, however. We provide a comparative analysis of two such techniques — one based on time-series regression models, the other on observable firm characteristics.
Indexes Portfolio Management Analytics