Aussie Investors Lean On U.S. Derivatives For Alpha Generation, Risk Management

Aug 19, 2024

News category: ESG

New York Plan Shifts USD1 Bln To MSCI Climate Index

Jun 7, 2023

The USD242 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund has invested USD1 billion in the BlackRock MSCI Climate Change Index, according to transaction details released this week.

Investors Talk Energy Transition, Commodities Congestion And Lithium Futures - EQD Investor Network Austin

Feb 27, 2023

Jeff Anderson, managing director in commodities and global markets at Macquarie, led panelists Daniel Cepeda, founding partner and portfolio manager, Quantix Commodities, Vikas Dwivedi, global oil and gas economist, Macquarie and Matt Talbert, director, multi-asset strategies, Teacher Retirement System of Texas in a discussion of commodities and systematic strategies in a post-inflationary world.

Implementing ESG Derivatives And Keeping Up With New Developments – Europe EQD

Jan 30, 2023

Laurent Poirot, product strategist at SGX, led a discussion about using environmental, sustainable and governance-focused derivatives with Despina Xanthopoulou, director of business development and sustainability at Lynx Asset Management and Russell Rhoads, head of research at EQDerivatives.

Measuring ESG Hiring Effects On Corporate Rankings And Returns - Europe EQD

Jan 27, 2023

Adam Kelleher, chief data scientist at Barclays, showcased Barclays’ quantitative data on ESG hiring interest from corporate investors to predict future performance.

Q&A: Frontier’s Pappas Talks ESG, Quant, ARP In Aus

Dec 22, 2022

Scott Pappas, head of alternatives and derivatives solutions at Frontier Advisors, sat down for a video call with EQDerivatives’ Georgia Reynolds to discuss the quantitative and ESG solutions that are driving innovation in Australia.

ARP Leaders Discuss Asset Allocation In A New Economic Landscape – Asia EQD

Sep 20, 2022

Spyros Mesomeris, global head of QIS structuring at UBS led the keynote panel session at Asia EQD on September 6 at Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore. The panel featured the perspectives of Kif Ho, associate director at Singapore Management University, Tze-Houng Lee, senior vice president, quant investment strategies at UOB, Jaime Martinez Gomez, global head of asset allocation at BBVA Asset Management and Kari Vatanen, chief investment officer at Veritas Pension Insurance Company.

Regulation, Time And Standardization Needed To Develop ESG Derivatives – Asia EQD

Sep 20, 2022

Laurent Poirot, product strategist at SGX, led an interactive discussion about the nascent market for environmental, social and governance-focused derivatives in Asia. He surveyed the audience on their thoughts and weaved their responses into a presentation that covered possible developments to help kick start the market.

AP7 Integrates Climate Transition Strategies Dedicated To Making A Real-World Impact

Sep 15, 2022

Sustainability is an integral part of The Seventh Swedish National Pension Fund’s investment strategy. By investing in climate solutions and using active ownership to encourage companies toward net-zero alignment, the Swedish pension fund is dedicated to helping build a greener future. EQDerivatives’ Georgia Reynolds spoke to AP7’s Carl Fredrik Pollack about the pension’s latest direction — integrating climate transition strategies — the impact this will have on the fund, performance and the future.

Is It Responsible To Invest In The Defense Industry?

Sep 14, 2022

Corporate responsibility is nowadays an integral part of the core activities of an institutional investor. The traditional method of implementing responsibility into the investment process has been negative screening, for example the exclusion of the non-responsible companies. Kari Vatanen, chief investment officer at Veritas Pension Insurance Company in Helsinki, discusses how the war in Ukraine has changed investors’ attitudes towards blacklists as a tool of responsible investing.

Turbulent Markets Call For Active Approach To Portfolio Construction – Australia EQD

Sep 6, 2022

David Haefliger, a director in quantitative investment strategies at Barclays, led panelists Kim Bowater, director of consulting at Frontier Advisors, Michael Rhodes, senior portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs Assets Management, Kari Vatanen, chief investment officer at Veritas Pension Insurance Company, and Charles Wu, chief investment officer at State Super, in a discussion about portfolio construction in a changing environment.