U.S. IPO Market: SPACs Drive a Third Quarter IPO Surge
The Q3 surge in U.S. IPO activity was driven by a boom in offerings from Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), sometimes...
Demystifying Fixed Income Attribution
Performance attribution is an integral part of the investment process that helps to close the feedback loop by explaining the...
Regulatory Update: October 2020
Regulatory stories dominating the conversation in October 2020.
Industry Analysts Predict S&P 500 Will See a 12% Price Increase in the Next 12 Months
Based on the difference between the bottom-up target price and the closing price for the S&P 500 as of Oct. 1, industry analysts...
Analysts Increased Quarterly S&P 500 EPS Estimates for the First Time Since Q2 2018
During the third quarter, analysts increased Q3 earnings estimates for companies in the S&P 500 by 4.1%.
Modern Data Lakes for Data-Driven Organizations
The biggest challenge in big data initiatives is connecting employees to the right data and making sure they understand how it...
ERCOT Scarcity Pricing Adder Becoming Scarce or Getting Started?
Will ERCOT capacity additions outpace load, or will retirements help to offset new capacity coming online, creating additional...
ESG Considerations in the Insurance Space
Whether they are intentional or accidental, if ESG factors are ignored they can have an outsized impact on a general account at...
Gain an overview of approaches to building scenarios and stress tests based on FactSet data, Portfolio Analytics suite, and risk...
The Growing Necessity for Multi-Asset Class Risk Factor Models
Multi-asset class risk factor models are especially difficult to construct because of the complexity of calculating risks across...
69% Fewer S&P 500 Companies Issuing Negative EPS Guidance for Q3 Than Average
Uncertainty around the impact of COVID-19 is causing many S&P 500 companies not to provide short-term EPS guidance as well as...
A Stylized History of the Risk-Free Rate Transition
In recent years, a lot of work has gone into preparing for the transition away from LIBOR as a financial benchmark.
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