This Special Report reviews common liquid alternative strategies such as risk parity, alternative risk premia, and managed futures through a passive lens. Each strategy includes specifics on definition, strategy construction, and key risk/return characteristics.

Qontigo last month introduced the STOXX® Global Metaverse, a thematic index that follows a unique patents-based stock selection methodology and that underlies an iShares ETF from BlackRock.

When recycling alone isn’t enough: lawyers argue that Danone must do more to reduce its plastic usage – not just shift the problem elsewhere.

Matthew Townsend, partner at A&O' ESG Group and Greg Brown, partner at A&O's Social Finance and Impact Investment Group, in conversation with Adrienne Lawler, CEO and Founder of Responsible Asset Owners Global Symposium. An excellent conversation.

DB pensions play a vital role in sustaining consumer demand that ultimately supports millions of jobs.

This quarterly update highlights key changes in supervisory priorities across jurisdictions in 4Q22 that may lead to increased regulatory requirements for FIs.

Anti-vaccine groups are using the same information tactics as political movements, which may be leading to the return of previously eliminated diseases like polio to the U.S. and the UK.

Dollar appreciation leads to a decline in global economic activity, which in turn benefits, in relative terms, the dollar itself, reinforcing the initial appreciation and its effects.

A €25 million venture debt financing project is expected to have important public health impact, addressing underserved therapeutics market for immunocompromised and elderly people.

 “A shift from unfettered free trade to what might be described as strategically optimal trade—may be more in line with the changing geopolitical landscape and can have important economic implications.”

The first post of 2023 from our friend Giles Gibbons who asks several questions, starting with the big one: What’s the point of purpose? And how does an organisation put its purpose into practice?

This Roadmap is intended as a living document that is subject to regular re-assessment by ESMA and National Competent Authorities (NCAs) to ensure its continued relevance.

Bracing for another tough year. We expect much of the world to slip into recession, creating a challenging backdrop for equities. But there are also grounds for some optimism. Sonja Laud CIO LGIM

Inboxes are constantly flooded with data, reports, newsletters and news. This document, created in collaboration with Savvy Investor, is intended to be a resource on how to produce thought leadership that delivers on your communications and marketing goals.

“The global economy faces diverse and complex challenges, but we can play a key role in presenting opportunities to our clients that will generate positive impact for everyone.” Ben Way

A number of issues were at the front of delegates minds as COP27 began. Not the least of these was the volatile geopolitical background created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent energy crisis, as well as the deterioration of US-China relations.

A review by Deloitte suggests that players in multiple sectors are doubling down on ESG investment, even developing products and services to implement broader shifts that span the social and governance sides of ESG.

57 signatories report reducing their emissions from last year and attribute this to a range of measures including a reduction in staff air travel, staff commuting and more flexible working arrangements; reduced fleet size, fuel use and EV and hybrid uptake; and improved energy efficiency and use of renewable electricity.

Liquidity is the key to understand the structural causes of sovereign debt crises. Sovereign insolvency should be conceived not as a state’s inability or unwillingness to pay its debts, but rather as inability to continuously ensure or otherwise access liquidity.

As the world continues to move towards a new era of instability, the competition for investors’ attention is becoming increasingly fierce.