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Sector Neutrality – An Essential Mechanism within the S&P 500 ESG Index
The S&P 500® ESG Index seeks to provide a measurement of U.S. equities while incorporating ESG factors.1 The index maintains similar industry weights to the S&P 500 while enhancing the index’s sustainability characteristics. The Importance of Sector Neutrality within the S&P 500 ESG Index A common misconception is that ESG indices remove or underweight sectors…
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Integrating Sustainability: 5 Years of the S&P 500 ESG Index
How has the S&P 500 ESG Index helped to elevate ESG investing from the margins to the mainstream? Reflecting on the five years since its launch, S&P DJI’s Jaspreet Duhra, Sherifa Issifu and Maya Beyhan take a closer look at a benchmark that has adapted to the ever-changing sustainability landscape while outperforming the broad equity…
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Closing the Retirement Gap with Indices
How can indices help retirees achieve retirement income goals? Nobel Laureate and Resident Scientist at Dimensional Fund Advisors, Dr. Robert Merton joins S&P DJI’s Dan Draper and Aye Soe for a deep dive into the U.S. retirement ecosystem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQPAWQ5N-Nw
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Manage Drawdown and Recovery with Dynamic Allocation
In October 2019, S&P Dow Jones Indices launched the S&P ESG Global Macro Index, an ESG-themed, regionally diversified, volatility-managed, multi-asset index. As discussed in my previous blog, the index has generated stable absolute returns of 5.44% annually, a volatility of 4.89%, and downside protection during extreme market scenarios, based on back-tested performance from Aug. 31,…
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What Drives the S&P PACT Indices’ Weights?
In April 2020, we launched the S&P PACTTM Indices (S&P Paris-Aligned & Climate Transition Indices). The indices aim to align with the following: a 1.5oC climate scenario, the relevant aspects of the EU Low Carbon Benchmark regulation (BMR), and recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), while maintaining a broad, diversified exposure….
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ESG – All the Rage!
It appears that environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is “all the rage”—not only in the Asia Pacific region but all around the world. At S&P DJI, we have spent a lot of time and effort thinking through how best to construct indices that consider ESG values. One of our more recent innovations has been…
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Dive Deeper into the S&P/BMV Total Mexico ESG Index
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) and BMV recently launched the long-awaited S&P/BMV Total Mexico ESG Index to great fanfare. The Mexican equities market is in the early stages of exploring ESG-related concepts, from sustainable assessments at the issuers’ level to sustainable investments for asset owners, asset managers, and regulators. The S&P/BMV Total Mexico ESG…
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A New ESG Index for Mexico Sets the Stage for Investment
Where can environmental, social, and governance (ESG) benchmarks help investors and markets most? The answer may be in emerging markets, where it is crucially important to identify and navigate ESG concerns. The transparency that ESG benchmarks provide can help investors distinguish companies that prioritize the needs of not just their shareholders, but also their many…
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Taking Up the Challenge of Turbulent Markets with ESG and Multi-Assets
After a long bull market, the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the financial markets and put the question of how to earn a smooth return stream over a long period of time back on the table. This has given rise to a strengthening of conviction toward environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing and risk management. S&P…
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Socially Responsible Investing in India
In recent years, socially responsible investing has gained importance among market participants worldwide. Globally, there has been an increase in the number of large-scale market participants who have become socially conscious and want to allocate their investments toward businesses that acknowledge the relevance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. Socially responsible investing in India…
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