BACKTESTING METHODOLOGY
- Period analysed (Jan 2012 – June 2019) reflects period of wider ESG data availability
- Global universe of stocks, filtered for size & liquidity
- All backtest portfolios are constructed on a long/short, FX hedged basis
- All backtests are gross of fees, however, estimates for trading costs and borrow fees have been made
- Quarterly portfolio rebalancing
- Backtested performance is NOT an indicator of future actual results. Our results do NOT represent returns that any investor actually attained
TECHNICAL NOTES AND DISCLAIMER
Optimisation target to reduce L/S portfolio volatility whilst reducing large positive/negative country, sector and market cap exposures.
Long book selection: High or improving ESG characteristics. Short book selection: Low or Deteriorating ESG characteristics.
Information containing any historical information, data or analysis should not be taken as an indication or guarantee of any future performance, analysis, forecast or prediction. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
All backtesting data presented in this presentation has been internally generated and is unaudited.
The results of backtesting should not be taken to directly represent the returns of an investment vehicle. Most significantly, our analysis excludes the impact of management and performance fees which would be applied. Furthermore, certain costs such as custody, prime brokerage, legal fees, administrative fees are not included.
Our backtesting analysis has simulated a transaction cost of 0.03% of notional value per trade and assumed a borrow cost of 0.5% p.a. for short positions. In reality, transaction and borrow fees could differ significantly from these assumptions.
Within the backtesting presented in this presentation, all rebalancing trades are simulated to have been executed at the closing price at the end of each calendar quarter. In practice, transaction prices could differ from these assumptions.
Within the backtesting presented in this presentation, all positions, both long and short are assumed to be fully FX hedged back to portfolio base currency. In reality, even with a fully hedged portfolio, FX hedging and spot transaction costs, and FX exposures generated through position P&L and many other factors could differ significantly from these assumptions.
The selection universe for the long and short book selection consists of ca. 4500 companies globally, screened for minimum market cap requirements as well as a free float requirements.
In accordance with a change in the GICS classification framework and inline with its treatment by our attribution system provider, exposures and attribution data in the Telecommunications sector are shown until 15th June 2018, whereafter exposures and attribution are shown for the Communications sector.
Prices, exchange rates, and attribution models used in the backtesting analysis are sourced from MSCI & Bloomberg.
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