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Trading in the China A-Share Market

The China A-share market has seen steadily increasing participation by foreign investors thanks to eased restrictions in the last decade. In this paper, Dimensional Fund Advisors takes a deep dive into the market microstructure, and they find this market exhibits good liquidity and relatively low trading costs.

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Benchmark Aware or Agnostic?

There are various investment techniques to pursue predefined return and risk objectives. For multi-asset investors, the choice starts with the role of the benchmark in portfolio construction.

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Impact transparency, integrity and harmonisation

The ITF uses the Impact Management Project (2021) definition of impact: a change in an aspect of people’s wellbeing or the condition of the natural environment caused by an organisation.

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Dirty Thirty

CAN THE TOP 30 PUBLICLY TRADED SINGLE-USE PLASTIC COMPANIES CLEAN UP THEIR MESS? asks Planet Tracker today. And the bigger question; are they cleaning up their act or will it take punitive measures by global Regulators to make them?

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Time to deliver

Time to deliver: mobilising private capital at scale for people and planet

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Why ESG Is Critical in Asian Fixed Income Investing

Investors also still face some hurdles in Asia, including the alignment of domestic “green” definitions with international principles, limited diversity of the types and sectors of issuers, and limitations related to transparency and credit ratings.

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Outlook 2022 Get Ready for Change

The three megatrends are:

1) the normalization of economies from the coronavirus crisis, including Covid-induced macro-economic trends

2) the ongoing search for alternative sources of return

3) the accelerating transition towards a more sustainable economy

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From all of us, to all of you…….

3 more stunning Responsible Asset Owner virtual events in 2022 -


APAC March 23rd 2022
the Americas June 2022
Europe Oct 2022

…….outstanding speaker lists to follow. https://raoglobal.org/register-interest

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COP26; Net zero on the horizon

COP26 has made it apparent that it is not only the responsibility of governments to solve this issue, but that both individuals and businesses can and must play their part to ensure these targets are met.

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8 ways AI can help save the planet

In just over a decade, computational power and advances in AI will enable home computers to have as much power as today’s supercomputers, lowering the cost of research, boosting scientific productivity and accelerating discoveries.

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