analysis – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Mon, 06 May 2024 13:05:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 What’s keeping ESG rankings so convoluted? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/whats-keeping-esg-rankings-so-convoluted/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/whats-keeping-esg-rankings-so-convoluted/#respond Fri, 17 Jul 2020 04:15:24 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/whats-keeping-esg-rankings-so-convoluted/ Morningstar Inc. is taking aim at the disparate ESG disclosure requirements still hampering the investment industry. In a recent report, Morningstar explored some of the issues hindering ESG measurement tools. “Simply put, ESG disclosures from issuers are all too often inconsistent and non-comparable and material information is not always available.” One key problem, it noted, […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/whats-keeping-esg-rankings-so-convoluted/feed/ 0 Coronavirus crisis sparks need for more investment analysis, monitoring https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/coronavirus-crisis-sparks-need-for-more-investment-analysis-monitoring/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/coronavirus-crisis-sparks-need-for-more-investment-analysis-monitoring/#respond Wed, 29 Apr 2020 03:58:51 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/coronavirus-crisis-sparks-need-for-more-investment-analysis-monitoring/ The current market environment isn’t like a regular market correction, but more like a natural disaster, says Joseph Connolly, vice-president of asset and risk management at Morneau Shepell Ltd. In the current context, investors should be doing more monitoring and looking at more timely data because mid-month or mid-quarter results may be stale. “We’re definitely […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/coronavirus-crisis-sparks-need-for-more-investment-analysis-monitoring/feed/ 0 Sustainalytics launches series of ESG indicators in new data product https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/sustainalytics-launches-series-of-esg-indicators-in-new-data-product/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/sustainalytics-launches-series-of-esg-indicators-in-new-data-product/#respond Mon, 24 Feb 2020 06:13:50 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/sustainalytics-launches-series-of-esg-indicators-in-new-data-product/ Research and ratings firm Sustainalytics is launching a set of environmental, social and governance indicators aimed at helping investors with security selection, portfolio construction, risk and scenario analysis, as well as meeting disclosure requirements. The data covers more than 220 ESG indicators across several themes, subdivided into three categories. The ESG management indicators are meant […]

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