Hang Seng's New ESG-Themed Indexes Will Help Promote ESG in Asia (Some Thoughts On the Carbon Index)
Hang Seng Indexes launched two new sustainability/ESG indexes, the HSI ESG Screened Index and HSI Low Carbon Index. Here is a quick look, and a few...
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Smartkarma Originals
Asian Governance: Diversity & Incentives Through the Cultural Lens
In this Smartkarma Original, we seek to study how diversity and incentives influence stock performance and profitability. We tallied diversity and...
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Global Ex-U.S. Equity Strategy: MSCI EM in Early Stages of Bottoming
Our overall global outlook remains cautious and continued downward pressure on global equities remains our expectation. One bright spot is EM (more...
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Global Markets Deteriorating...Except EM
With U.S. markets stumbling, the MSCI ACWI index is breaking down to new lows: defensive Sectors remain attractive. Relative to MSCI ACWI however,...
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Buoyant Returns Beyond the Benchmark in 2016 YTD
The first 10 months of 2016 brought its fair share of macroeconomic challenges to the region. During the 10 months, the Straits Times Index (STI)...
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