Foreign IPOs in the U.S. on Track for Record-Breaking Year
Even in 2020’s challenging environment, foreign companies continue to IPO in the U.S., with this year appearing poised to set a...
Innovation Drives Growth in ESG Indices
RepRisk recently interviewed Jeremy Zhou, Vice President, Head of Indexing Solutions at FactSet, to learn more about the growing...
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...
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.
When Analyzing Insurance Companies, There’s More to Ratings Than Meets the Eye
You should care about an insurance company's Financial Strength Rating (FSR)—even if you are an equity analyst or equity...
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...
H1 2020 Global IPO Report: Health Technology Takes the Stage During the Global Pandemic
The Health Technology sector emerged as the major winner in H1 2020 as firms across the world scramble to develop therapeutics...
The COVID-19-Induced Volatility of 1H2020 Accelerated ETF Fee Compression
In the first half of 2020, the relentless force of fee compression carried on uninterrupted with the preference for low-cost...
Institutional Ownership in the UK
For all indices and the UK market as a whole, the majority of UK shares are held by UK and U.S. institutions.
U.S. IPO Market: IPOs Rebound Late in Q2 with the Equity Market
IPO activity slowed dramatically at the end of Q1 and the hesitation around new offers continued into Q2. However, June saw a...
Factor Research for the Corporate Bond Market
Despite the availability of tools, true factor-based corporate bond portfolios haven’t yet become as ubiquitous as traditional...
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