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Research Report
Foundations of ESG Investing – Part 3: Integrating ESG into Indexed Institutional PortfoliosAccording to recent surveys, asset owners’ have shifted their main focus to ESG’s financial benefits, as opposed to social benefits. In the third part of this paper, we discuss how ESG can be integrated into indexed allocations using MSCI ESG Ratings, which provided better risk-adjusted returns from August 2010 to December 2017 than the MSCI ACWI Index. We used existing best-in-class selection-based index methodologies (the MSCI ESG Leaders Index) for the creation of hypothetical global and...
Indexes ESG Products & Services
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Methodology
MSCI Factor ESG Target Series Indexes MethodologyPDF
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Methodology
MSCI World Select Multiple Factor ESG Low Carbon Target Index MethodologyPDF
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Methodology
MSCI Momentum Indexes MethodologyPDF
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MSCI Factor Indexes in Perspective: Insights from 40 Years of DataWith Research Spotlight - MSCI Factor Indexes in Perspective:Insights from 40 Years of Data, we launch our new publication called the Research Spotlight. IEach paper in the series, we will focus on the key findings of a longer white paper, summarizing the research for a non-technical audience. While certain readers will be drawn to the longer publication for the full scope of the study, the Research Spotlight affords a quick and focused summary for those interested in a concise...
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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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Methodology
MSCI World Select Multiple Factor ESG Low Carbon Target Index MethodologyPDF
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Methodology
MSCI Factor ESG Target Series Indexes MethodologyPDF
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Methodology
MSCI World Select 5-Factor ESG Low Carbon Target Index MethodologyPDF