This manuscript presents a case study of EU Paris Aligned Benchmark (PAB) implementation across different asset classes in a Swedish state pension fund AP2. Three significant contributions are made. First, the manuscript introduces a notion of Absolutely Sustainable Investing based on the EU...

We propose a new methodology to build portfolios that hedge the economic and financial risks from climate change. Our quantity-based approach exploits information on how mutual fund managers trade in response to idiosyncratic changes in their climate risk beliefs. We exploit two types of...

We investigate institutional investor behavior and firm valuation surrounding extreme rainfall conditions in rain-sensitive firms. Using Indian monsoon data and exploiting extreme rainfall conditions as ongoing natural experiments, we show that institutional investors significantly increase...

We propose a new methodology to build portfolios that hedge the economic and financial risks from climate change. Our quantity-based approach exploits information on how mutual fund managers trade in response to idiosyncratic changes in their climate risk beliefs. We exploit two types of...

One of the key issues dominating the institutional investing industry is impact investing and the need to reduce carbon emissions (measured in Carbon Dioxide Equivalents or CO2e). Many investors have signed the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA), which has specific goals and targets to be met...

We compare corporate carbon emissions data of four data providers for investment universes relevant for investors in developed and emerging equity markets, as well as investment grade and high yield corporate bond markets. In contrast to Environmental, Social, and Governance sustainability...

We develop a novel stress testing framework to quantify the risks to the German banking sector from the green transition. Our methodology combines a macro-level and a micro-level approach to calculate scenario-dependent probabilities of default and losses. The macro approach leverages...

The concept of a market portfolio plays an important role in many financial theories and models. Knowledge of each asset's share of the invested capital markets is both useful information and a good starting point for investors considering the appropriate allocation to the asset. In our latest...

I investigate whether or not the multi-period trades of financial institutions cause mispricing in the stock market. After controlling for the magnitude and trends in institutional trades, I find evidence consistent with institutional trades pushing prices away from fundamentals. Stocks heavily...

The condensed research article presents some innovative research results on the venture capital optimal investment portfolio strategies selection in the diffusion-type financial systems in the imperfect highly volatile global capital markets with the incomplete information, which are...