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...
Webcast: Uncover Investment Opportunities with DataRobot on FactSet
This webcast shows how automated machine learning can be used to streamline investment decision workflows.
STOXX 600 Earnings Season Update: Energy Underperforms While Tech Outperforms
As the STOXX 600 Q2 2020 earnings season comes to an end, it’s clear that this earnings season has been filled with uncertainty...
An Uncertain Global Economic Outlook
As seen in increasingly pessimistic growth forecasts, there is considerable uncertainty regarding the global economic outlook for...
Data Management Best Practices in Financial Services
Historically, the financial services industry predominantly relied on readily available public-security and company-level data...
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