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Qontigo has become a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), underscoring its goal to advance sustainability in the investment industry.

Qontigo has become a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the United Nations-supported proponent of responsible investing, underscoring Qontigo’s commitment to advance sustainability in the global investment community.

Italian risk premium continues to rise, as political uncertainty persists; Gilt yields and pound rise on higher inflation; Portfolio risk falls on lower equity volatility.

Country volatilities ease, despite surging pandemic; Asset correlations drop to 12-month low, driving down risk; Is the sector rotation over?

The absence of clear economic and immunization success stories globally, has turned investors into hypochondriacs, debating who’s feeling bullish and who’s not and who’s not now but was a few weeks ago or isn’t bearish yet but thinks they might be soon, etc..

In capital markets investing, the greater fool theory1 states that an investor buying a risk asset, no matter its current valuation, can always find a “greater fool” to buy it later at a higher price. The theory rests on the subjectivity of valuations and the fact that beauty (the attractiveness of the investment) is always […]

SSF promotes the sustainable development of finance as a conduit for a safe and positive-impact world.

In a surprising turn of events, most equity markets finished 2020 with sizable gains—and the fourth quarter unquestionably did its part. Benchmark risk continued to slide in Q4—except for a blip in November—but still ended the year higher than where it started. Factor returns went wild in Q4 and many regions saw outsized returns for the year.

Risk appetites keep rising; Emerging markets industry risk at 12-month high; US market wobbles as risk remains relatively flat.

The index for German mid-sized stocks turns 25 today, in a year that sees important changes to its methodology.

Italian risk premium rises after cabinet resignations; Dollar strengthens on safe-haven flows; Portfolio risk falls, as share prices and exchange rates decouple.

This week, sentiment in the US weakened further ahead of a potential reaping this coming Wednesday. But, as they did then when they chose to ignore those shenanigans two weeks ago, markets rose last week and seemed to refute investor sentiment by observing that their Propter Hoc isn’t even a Post Hoc (i.e., markets didn’t fall after the (first) violence).