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Our analysis shows how an optimized sustainability index can decrease active risk and free up more of the risk budget to be allocated to the desired sustainability metric(s), making the resulting portfolio a suitable replacement for a traditional benchmark.

In honor of Women’s History Month, we interviewed Pam Vance, Mojdeh Singh and Charlene Low to share their experiences and perspectives. Through these stories, we hope to inspire future generations of women who want to pursue their dreams and make a positive impact on the world.

At a recent IPE webinar, experts from Qontigo and DWS discussed how investors can build a sustainable strategy considering their impact objectives, tracking error budgets and the need to comply with evolving regulation.

A panel at the annual conference organized by the derivatives exchange, held last week, discussed the drivers behind the boom in thematic investing. As thematic ETFs continue to lure inflows, demand will also move on to listed derivatives, the experts said.

The collapse of a Californian bank triggered a rapidly-spreading banking crisis, with Europe suffering the brunt of it. European Banks, Financial Services firms and Insurers have fallen more than their US counterparts, while the risk of each one of those sectors in Europe has jumped.

US short-horizon statistical-fundamental gap widens; Banks’ woes caused Value’s return to plunge in Europe; Trading volume has increased, but only in Financial stocks.

Treasury yields drop as Fed approaches pivot; BoE leaves door open for further hikes, supporting the pound; Portfolio risk holds steady amid overall stock-market recovery.

The recent collapse of several banks has sparked fears of a 2011-style “doom loop,” in which losses in the financial sector spread to the wider economy. So far, contagion has been limited, but a further deterioration in credit quality could result in drawdowns across all sectors.