4th Quarter (2022)

Vol. 20, No. 4, 2022 by Fabio Alessandrini, David Baptista Balula and Eric Jondeau This paper evaluates the impact of a screening process based on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores for an otherwise passive portfolio of investment-grade corporate bonds. The main result is that a global exclusion strategy leads to a substantial improvement of… Read more

Vol. 20, No. 4, 2022 by Brian Jacobsen, Eddie Cheng and Wai Lee Climate change is a risk investors are thinking about, but how can it be practically incorporated into an asset allocation framework? This paper presents two different approaches. One is a traditional approach where the covariance matrix and excess return vector is adjusted… Read more

Vol. 20, No. 4, 2022 Janina Kolle, Harald Lohre, Erhard Radatz and Carsten Rother The 2015 Paris Agreement is a landmark in limiting emissions and targeting global warming well below 2◦C, preferably 1.5◦C compared to pre-industrial levels. In this light, we investigate how to efficiently construct equity portfolios that help mitigating climate change risk but… Read more

Vol. 20, No. 4, 2022 Stephen Horan, Elroy Dimson, Clive Emery and Kenneth Blay ESG investment strategies have experienced a massive inflow of capital over the past decade despite investors having few methods to evaluate their performance and communicate their ESG values, objectives, and preferences to investment managers. This paper develops a three-dimensional performance evaluation… Read more

Vol. 20, No. 4, 2022 by Ashwin Alankar and Myron Scholes Two common methods that portfolio managers use to reduce the carbon footprint of their portfolios are either to exclude carbon emitters from their portfolios or to engage/cajole underlying companies to reduce their carbon footprint by taking actions to reduce emissions. We estimate the costs… Read more