Portfolio Risk Management

In this interview, Priya Panse, Lead Strategist for BlackRock’s US Factor ETFs business, Arun Singhal, Head of Product Management and Client Success at STOXX, and Brian Spinelli, CIO of Halbert Hargrove, discuss the main attributes and advantages of the multifactor ETF strategies.

So-called buffer ETFs offer investors exposure to the market’s ups and downs, with limits on both directions — hence providing potential gains and protection. A new STOXX whitepaper explores the relative performance of a hypothetical European buffer index over the short and long term to assess its benefits and drawbacks.

The Director for EMEA Equity Factor Product Strategy at BlackRock discusses in this article how a balanced multifactor portfolio with risk controls in place can harness the potential upside of factors over the long term.

This article examines six ESG and climate metrics of the group of stocks that have led gains in the STOXX Europe 600. It is useful to understand the dispersion within this group and that of the ‘Magnificent 7’ at the security level, and the specific risks and opportunities individual corporate performance presents, argues Hernando Cortina of ISS ESG.

Real estate has long had the reputation of being at least a partial hedge against inflation, since both rental income and property values typically respond positively to inflationary pressures. The iSTOXX Developed and Emerging Markets ex USA PK VN Index has lived up to this reputation historically and is continuing to do so in the current inflationary environment.

The STOXX WTW Climate Transition Indices are a new approach to managing climate risk that offer investors a systematic and transparent way to incorporate climate transition risk into their investment decisions.

This paper focuses on creating SDG portfolios that maximize exposure to one, two or all SDGs. The study shows that it is quite possible to create a portfolio that significantly improves the exposure to SDGs without taking on too much active risk. An optimizer can help manage that active risk.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine spooked equity investors around the world, but losses were not distributed equally across all sectors, with some industries even exhibiting positive returns. This opens up opportunities for more focused strategies such as thematic investing.

Qontigo announced today the appointment of Mohan Verma as Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Business Development.

ESG integration, sustainability, and impact investing…While there may be overlap in the meanings of these terms, they each represent a distinct approach to “doing well while doing good” in investor portfolios.

We are happy to announce that Neal Pawar has been named Chief Operating Officer. Pawar most recently served as Group Chief Information Officer at Deutsche Bank and, before that, as a Partner and Chief Technology Officer at AQR Capital.