Since the emergence of “Modern Portfolio Theory” and the “Capital Asset Pricing Model” in the late 1960s, institutional investors have taken a quantitatively driven approach to portfolio construction, looking to create portfolio diversification and obtain better risk-adjusted returns by balancing their asset-class exposures. This journey has seen several important advancements in thinking about how to optimally achieve desired results.
Funds that want to take the total portfolio approach first need to get the total portfolio view. To do that they not only need data – and lots of it – but a rock-solid understanding of exactly how they’re going to use it.
Two out of three on ESG
Melbourne: ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) is one of the fastest growing trends in
investing globally.
It has become part of the funds management zeitgeist, aided, in part, by research pointing to better
performance by fund managers that favour companies with good ESG policies and practices.
The recent decision by the Trump administration to restrict the ability of US pension funds to invest
in companies espousing ESG principles has thrown a spotlight on the issue once again.
Read the full Media Release: here.
