NEPC’s Nedelina Petkova shares insights with Chief Investment Officer on how data-driven strategies and custom indexing are redefining public equity investing. Read the full article on CIO’s website to learn how these innovations are reshaping portfolio construction.
The growing availability of trading data and information increasingly enables institutional investors and other market participants to improve existing portfolio models and build new ones. Providers and allocators can achieve any desired market exposure by matching sector characteristics and risk factors. This has allowed investors to move beyond traditional performance benchmarks and instead construct portfolios that reflect their unique investment theses.
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“Clients are seeking modular, tailored solutions,” says Nedelina Petkova, a senior investment director at NEPC. “Clients now use custom indexes to either amplify exposure to favored sectors, like artificial intelligence or clean energy, or to exclude sectors like tobacco, gambling or fossil fuels that may conflict with organizational values or regulatory guidelines.”
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