Alpha-Centric ESG Research

Kyle Rudden

I am an ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) analyst with an alpha-centric approach to ESG research. After all, ESG investing is, first and foremost, investing. "Alpha-centric" does not mean apathetic, however. Quite the contrary. I believe global sustainability – i.e., environmental stewardship, social equality, and economic prosperity – is imperative, and private-sector capital is its cornerstone. Private-sector capital still has fiduciary responsibilities. Profitability is necessary for sustained impact. The Triple Bottom Line. People, Planet, AND Profit.

More importantly, you. I value your investment in Smartkarma research, and commit to Insights worthy of your time and money. That means giving ASEAN ESG the attention it deserves, and with Insights that are substantive and differentiated; the intersection of material and under-covered. You can expect investigative research into emergent ESG issues; data-driven analyses of deals (pre-IPO ESG research, ESG-focused M&A consequence analyses, etc.); and trading-oriented ideas like ESG short selling and playing ESG index constituency changes.

I bring both ESG expertise and traditional investing experience, as well as some rather unique perspectives on ESG (a lesson in governance from Enron, anyone?). I spent the last decade exclusively on ESG, researching links to equity returns, credit ratings, cost of capital, and yield spreads. I also contributed to ESG reporting standards (SASB and GRI), and the MBA curriculum (Impact Investing) at the Kellogg School of Management. Previously, I was an Institutional Investor and Wall Street Journal All-Star sell-side analyst at J.P. Morgan.

Please, feel free to contact me about anything.

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It sounded like adolescent trash-talk in the run-up to schoolyard fist fight. Not very presidential, as a Presidential debate shoud be. I am referring, of course, the first U.S. Presidential debate that too place on 29 September between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.The debate went off the rails early. It often sounded like Trump was yelling Tweets at Joe Biden. In a number of instanes the moderator struggled to regain control. The debate was, for all intents and purposes, a waste. Until, ten minutes before the end, the moderator brought up climate change.Aside from being mildly entertaining (Trump rambling on about trees, and cows, and immaculate water), there was some real debating – versus just yelling – and one absolutely historic admission by Trump, coaxed out of him by a master moderator who knew all the buttons to push.This is my quick take on the debate, through the ESG lens of course, and about the Environmental moments of thee debate. I will be writing about the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections, from an ESG perspective. Some data-heavy analyses, some lighter and more timely pieces, like this.

It sounded like adolescent trash-talk in the run-up to schoolyard fist fight. Not very presidential, as a Presidential debate shoud be. I am referring, of course, the first U.S. Presidential debate that too place on 29 September between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.The debate went off the rails early. It often sounded like Trump was yelling Tweets at Joe Biden. In a number of instanes the moderator struggled to regain control. The debate was, for all intents and purposes, a waste. Until, ten minutes before the end, the moderator brought up climate change.Aside from being mildly entertaining (Trump rambling on about trees, and cows, and immaculate water), there was some real debating – versus just yelling – and one absolutely historic admission by Trump, coaxed out of him by a master moderator who knew all the buttons to push.This is my quick take on the debate, through the ESG lens of course, and about the Environmental moments of thee debate. I will be writing about the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections, from an ESG perspective. Some data-heavy analyses, some lighter and more timely pieces, like this.

U.S. Presidential Debates: Biden and Trump Butt Heads Over the Environment

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U.S. Presidential Debates: Biden and Trump Butt Heads Over the Environment