IQSI News and Press, IQ Candriam ESG International Equity From 03/04/22

We do feel that ESG risks are difficult to quantify, but all investing is a difficult activity. Emerging-market corporates deal with things like macroeconomic imbalances, sovereign defaults, COVID, but yet two-thirds of the issues are partially driven by ESG considerations. What t...

The most recent sanctions are wreaking havoc on global financial markets. The Russian ruble is also plunging, and the Russian economy is being squeezed. Most global equities are also down since the start of the war, and with investors on edge, volatility is spiking. The effects of thi...

While Covid remains a powerful force in the world economy and our lives, it does appear that the situation is improving in 2022. So, how did the stock funds react to the better news? By declining! Even if market timers could have predicted Covid and the economic effects, they were pro...

Sustainable investment funds are mushrooming. Exerting influence through management engagement is an effective way to make an impact. Sustainable investing has become so popular because it addresses real needs that gained prominence during COVID-19. For further details see: ...

Professor Isil Eril, the David A. Rismiller Chair in Finance at the Fisher College of Business of the Ohio State University talks about corporate governance and how AI can help augment human judgement to identify diverse boards and management by avoiding biases. One thing that we fail...

Environmental, social, and governance factors are all important to the sustainability of an investment. Bond investors are primarily concerned with reducing risk to their investment, while equity investors focus on increasing returns. Governance reviews beyond data provided by age...

The problem is, in fearing volatility, most asset managers and their algorithms are now positioning themselves to perform closer to the Dow 30 or S&P 500 Indices. Some capital markets traders may think risk only refers to short-term volatility, but that is not true. When in a ...

For investors who want to earn a reasonable return without taking excessive risks, diversification still works, and we think you’re going to need more of it this year. The weighing of the high-flyers is not over. Commodities had another good week, and the 1-year return is getti...

For those investors who like the idea of buying and holding for the long term, international stocks are likely to dramatically outperform over the coming years. The SPDR Developed World ex-US ETF offers a well-diversified portfolio of international stocks, with much stronger long-term...

Jan van Eck, CEO of VanEck, discusses his thoughts on the top themes to watch going into 2022. The world economy came into 2021 like a car going 200 miles an hour, which fueled by the biggest stimulus we'd gotten since World War II. The Fed is sort of the cause of the uncertainty ...