Articles about ESG and equity market risks dominated your interests in the first half of 2021, as flows into ESG strategies continue and equity markets reach all-time highs. Indeed, as equity markets climbed, so did assets in Intech ESG-tilt portfolios, which exceeded over US$14 billion in assets as of March 31, 2021. Below is a list of Intech’s top five blogs you were reading in the first half of this year.
Top 5 Blog Posts
These Big Four ESG Data Problems Demand Your Focus
No matter your investment approach, without reliable and up-to-date data, you’re spinning your wheels. This blog discusses how current ESG data sources are lacking and covers some of the requirements for useful ESG data. Read on to find out which ESG data problems demand your focus.
How Simple ESG Tilts Affect Your Portfolio
ESG investing is plagued with data challenges, but did you know that a few simple tweaks can have a material impact on your ESG outcomes? Here, we present some simple hypothetical portfolios that help demonstrate our observations regarding data problems and how you can identify stable ESG characteristics. Read this blog to see how our findings can help you.
Improved Factor Investing Can Improve Funding Levels
Equity exposure is essential to close funding gaps, but the potential for a significant market pullback is real. So-called “passive” low volatility indexes appear to be a straightforward answer to this risk, but they have shortcomings by design. We demonstrate how active management has the potential to add value over these factor indexes and improve your funding levels.
Active Management Can Improve Low Volatility Indexes
The prospect of funding benefits out of equities in down markets can have outsized negative effects on long-term solvency. Read more on how low volatility factor investing offers a potential solution: market-like returns with lower risk, in the form of reduced volatility and downside.
How Do You Survive 20 Years in the Investment Business?
While “slow and steady” approaches might be boring, it rewarded the turtle, as you know. Learn how this old-school strategy focused on portfolio efficiency and risk management attempts to trade eye-popping returns for more reliable long-term results. After all, it’s a long race.
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