Alpha-Centric ESG Research

Kyle Rudden

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/singapore-exchange-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1047:1" rel="noopener">Singapore Exchange (SGX SP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/oversea-chinese-banking-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:114:1" rel="noopener">OCBC (OCBC SP)</a> recently launched a new sustainability/ESG index – the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/iedge-ocbc-singapore-low-carbon-select-50-capped-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35795:1" rel="noopener">IEdge-OCBC Singapore Low Carbon Select 50 Capped Index (SGLC50CN INDEX)</a>.</li>
<li>Whilst country-Specific carbon indices are often too narrow for index-linked products, they are invaluable as carbon performance <em>benchmarks</em> for climate change mitigation and planning.</li>
<li>The iEdge-OCBC index, along with the broad-based <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/iedge-singapore-low-carbon-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35793:1" rel="noopener">iEdge Singapore Low Carbon Index (SGLCN INDEX)</a>, consistently outperformed (backcast) comparable indices, often with lower volatility.</li>
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Singapore Exchange (SGX SP) and OCBC (OCBC SP) recently launched a new sustainability/ESG index – the IEdge-OCBC Singapore Low Carbon Select 50 Capped Index (SGLC50CN INDEX).
Whilst country-Specific carbon indices are often too narrow for index-linked products, they are invaluable as carbon performance benchmarks for climate change mitigation and planning.
The iEdge-OCBC index, along with the broad-based iEdge Singapore Low Carbon Index (SGLCN INDEX), consistently outperformed (backcast) comparable indices, often with lower volatility.


SGX's New Low Carbon Index Outperformed Comparable Indices and With Less Volatility

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IEdge-OCBC Singapore Low Carbon Select 50 Capped Index (SGLC50CN INDEX)

IEdge-OCBC Singapore Low Carbon Select 50 Capped Index

SGX's New Low Carbon Index Outperformed Comparable Indices and With Less Volatility

SGX's new iEdge-OCBC Low Carbon index outperforms comparable indices, and with lower volatility – a testament to Singapore issuers' carbon...

Kyle Rudden