IQSI News and Press, IQ Candriam ESG International Equity From 10/01/22

Summary Today’s extremely competitive environment requires diverse thinking and problem solving to find great opportunities. Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices create a platform for differentiation for firm performance and add to an asset manager’s botto...

Summary In a time of uncertainty, we believe that quality is the key to investing in equities. But to consistently find companies that meet high-quality standards requires research, judgment and investing skill. In this paper, we identify the characteristics that can help guid...

Summary As the next phase of SFDR disclosure begins, January 2023 marks an important milestone in the regulation of ESG in the EU. Most asset managers and other buy-side firms have been busy preparing for SFDR reporting for many months. One of the big challenges of SFDR is dat...

Summary Climate change, if left unchecked, will likely have such widespread implications that it could threaten the stability of the global financial system. Tracking the reality of the environmental implications will be critical to companies mitigating risk and capitalizing on op...

Summary Mining can have adverse environmental consequences. It often requires large surface areas, which can damage biodiversity, and processing can cause high emissions as well as water and soil pollution. Host communities of the natural resource sector are vulnerable to potentia...

A climate mitigation policy mix of carbon taxes, green subsidies, and infrastructure investment could reduce global balances by a quarter by 2027. Global interest rates are also likely to fall in the longer term because of the decline in investment in fossil fuels, following an initia...

The investment landscape has been much more difficult for most sustainable portfolios since the fourth quarter of last year. One thing that we know is that the sustainability challenges that these stocks are connected to haven’t gone away. If anything, the economic challeng...

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are values clients are increasingly looking to prioritize in their portfolios. Sourcing and managing relevant DEI data and metrics are critical steps to assess DEI integration, yet the industry lacks consistent and broad-based DEI data availabilit...

The global economy and financial markets have suffered a dreadful H1 2022, ravaged by a severe commodity shock, strict COVID-19 lockdowns in the world’s second-largest economy, and one of the most aggressive Fed tightening cycles in recent history. H2 looks equally tough. In it...

The global workplace identity is steadily changing - across age, gender, sexual orientation, and especially race. Effective DEI policies rely on a distinct ecosystem of actions and attitudes. In the post-COVID-19 business world, human capital is more valuable than ever. ...