Claiming to incorporate ESG factors in investment processes is fashionable, but is hard to implement and even more difficult to evaluate the impact, according to a risk management software provider.

Claiming to incorporate ESG factors in investment processes is fashionable, but is hard to implement and even more difficult to evaluate the impact, according to a risk management software provider.
Investors should be aware of the return drivers of smart-beta products as the criteria that managers use to build these portfolios may be unsophisticated, according to Joel Coverdale, Hong Kong-based managing director for Asia-Pacific at risk management firm Axioma.
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