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Can equity value investing be sustainable?
Traditional equity value indices, which incorporate only the least expensive companies, tend to be associated with a higher carbon footprint...

Will value stocks continue to outperform expensive sector peers?
Value stocks have strongly outperformed their growth sector peers since late 2020, when they became as cheap as they were...

Multi-factor equity strategies that outperform when rates rise: what’s inside?
A well-diversified strategy invested in value, quality, low risk and momentum stocks should do well, irrespective of which way interest...

How the Ukraine crisis could affect global food sustainability
With the prices of various food staples off the charts, Robert-Alexandre Poujade explores the knock-on effects that Russia’s invasion of...

Talking heads – Look for value in the value style
Value investing remains a worthwhile approach, even after an extended period of underperformance. A rebound has now set in that...

Value stocks still cheap relative to growth sector peers
We expect the environment in the coming few years to be unusually favourable for value relative to growth stocks. Multi-factor...

Equity factor investing - Sunshine after the storm
After a particularly difficult 2020, 2021 proved favourable for multi-factor equity strategies investing in the cheapest, most profitable and least...

Factor investing: understanding your performance!
Our latest paper on equity factor investing addresses the question of performance attribution of multi-factor equity strategies. Multifactor strategies...

For sustainability, diversification and upside potential: US value equities
It’s payback time for investors who have been seeing a return to favour of the equity value investment style after...

Equity factor investing – An ever-evolving journey*
The multi-faceted nature of equity factor investing means it can play a dynamic and highly useful role in portfolios, especially...

Value and multi-factor equity investing – When value spreads compress
With value spreads now at levels last seen at the peak of the tech bubble in 2000 [1], we expect...

Value investing: Is this the biggest opportunity since the tech bubble?
Value stocks have been underperforming ‘glamour stocks’ for a while, rendering valuations as cheap as they were in the tech...