Digital Transformation and the Complex Challenges and Opportunities That Come with It
Our research, executed at the height of the COVID-19 crisis, uncovered several drivers behind the need to transform business...
100% Increase in S&P 500 Companies Citing “ESG” on Earnings Calls in Q2 vs. Q1
60 S&P 500 companies cited the term “ESG” (in reference to environmental, social, and governance factors) during their Q2...
Leveraging APIs for Cost Savings and Value-Added Services
APIs allow people (and firms) to access data that is neither on premise in their data centers nor in their cloud storage.
Regulatory Update: September 2020
Regulatory stories dominating the conversation in September 2020.
Sustainable Finance Policy Cleaves Down the Atlantic
The boundaries of sustainable finance regulation are being redrawn in unanticipated ways, with recent proposals highlighting the...
Analysts Are Raising Quarterly S&P 500 EPS Estimates for the First Time Since Q2 2018
After making substantial cuts to EPS estimates for Q3 during Q2, analysts have increased earnings estimates for companies in the...
COVID-19 and Multi-Period Optimization
Here we introduce the concept of multi-period optimization and its application for studying portfolio positioning during...
How Do Corporate Bonds React to Earnings Announcements?
The HIT score may be useful for corporate bonds as well as equities, particularly in predicting the spread movements of...
The Forgotten Credit Risk of Convertible Bonds
Convertible bonds, like any corporate bond, are subject to credit spread risk.
Record Performance vs. EPS Estimates by S&P 500 Companies in Q2
Of the companies in the S&P 500 that have reported actual earnings numbers for the second quarter, 84% reported actual EPS above...
Earnings Insight: Q2 '20 by the Numbers [Infographic]
A look at the numbers that defined the S&P 500 in the second quarter of 2020.
Outsourced vs. In-House Trading: A False Choice
The financial crisis ushered in by the COVID-19 pandemic has increased fee pressures on asset managers, forcing them to cut costs...
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