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Is ESG Smart Enough?

Brown Advisory

Is ESG Smart Enough? This series of regional events seeks to educate and inspire investment professionals on various topics related to sustainable investment, and also to build momentum for the annual SRI Conference , one of the oldest and largest sustainable investment conferences in the U.S. Is ESG a Smart Beta Factor?

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Is ESG Smart Enough?

Brown Advisory

Is ESG Smart Enough? This series of regional events seeks to educate and inspire investment professionals on various topics related to sustainable investment, and also to build momentum for the annual SRI Conference , one of the oldest and largest sustainable investment conferences in the U.S. Separating Alpha and Beta.

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The Topic is Gold

The Irrelevant Investor

The last one I was at, an older "advisor" (he worked for an insurance company) asked me how I knew so much about smart beta. Source: Wealth Management Startup Betterment Gets $800 Million Valuation The post The Topic is Gold appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor. There's a point to this story, three in fact.

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We Built a Crypto Index

The Irrelevant Investor

From smart contracts to non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to decentralized applications (dApps), basically all the cool and exciting stuff that's happening in the space is built on top of the Ethereum blockchain. You need someone to translate complex topics into plain English. No need to make it any more complicated than that.

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ESG and the Stock-­Picker’s Dilemma

Brown Advisory

We posit that ESG information can provide an investment edge, but current techniques that seek to provide proof of this assertion focus on systematic risk, or beta factors. In our view, the ESG investing debate has centered on beta , or systematic , risk. In this article we briefly summarize some of those issues.

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ESG and the Stock-­Picker’s Dilemma

Brown Advisory

We posit that ESG information can provide an investment edge, but current techniques that seek to provide proof of this assertion focus on systematic risk, or beta factors. In our view, the ESG investing debate has centered on beta , or systematic , risk. In this article we briefly summarize some of those issues.

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Masters in Business: The Emerging Manager Playbook

The Big Picture

You know, investors historically have not been, you know, invested in hedge funds just to pay fees on beta. They’ve been willing to pay the fees on beta because the underlying assumption would be that you would deliver them enough alpha to cover the beta costs. And you only pay me when I generate value for you.