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  • Introducing the new QESG 3.0- The next generation | Federated Hermes Limited

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    Introducing the new QESG 3.0: The next generation

    20 June 2025

    The Global Equity ESG Pathway team’s assessment of ESG – the QESG Score – is embedded directly within our stock selection model and is a crucial part of how we determine the expected return of investments. In this paper, we provide a rundown of what’s changed in the next iteration of QESG.

  • A history of quant

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    A history of quant

    20 June 2025

    Quantitative investing (quant) encompasses a broad range of strategies that use data analysis, mathematical modelling and automated transactions to deliver investment returns. In our latest paper, we discuss how quant strategies have evolved over recent decades; explore how they have been enhanced by advances in technology; and dispel some of the myths that have grown up around them.

  • It's quant. But not as you know it

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    It’s quant. But not as you know it

    20 June 2025

    MDT’s approach uses rigorous, supervised processes powered by advanced algorithms and robust risk management. But repeatability, transparency and the human touch are the key factors.

  • MDT- Do quants dream of electric sheep?*

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    Do quants dream of electric sheep?

    20 June 2025

    With a hat tip to the sci-fi classic by Philip K Dick, we explain why a quant approach doesn’t have to be the computer-driven black box of popular imagination.

  • Real estate case study- Lauriston Farm

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    Real estate case study: Lauriston Farm

    20 June 2025

    Sustainability is at the heart of everything the Federated Hermes’ Real Estate team does. In this video, we look at our involvement in Lauriston Farm, Edinburgh. An urban farming scheme offering a local, nature-based response to the combined challenges of climate change, biodiversity collapse and the lack of access for all to healthy, fresh and affordable food.

  • How to adapt and respond to choppy waters

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    How to adapt and respond to choppy waters

    20 June 2025

    The global outlook is overshadowed by uncertainty, which can make asset allocation tricky. However, a multi-asset approach to credit investment can provide a vital degree of stability amid the turmoil.

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    Fed may do little in this push-me-pull-you market

    6 June 2025

    Bond investors had plenty to consider during May as momentum shifted.

  • Newsletter Equitorial- ESG is here to stay – and we’re better for it

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    Equitorial: ESG is here to stay – and we’re better for it

    6 June 2025

    ESG has become a polarising subject in recent years, dividing opinion across economic, political and social lines. For the Federated Hermes Global Equity team, however, ESG has always been about one thing: enhancing returns.

  • Has Moody’s downgrade of the US credit rating impacted money market funds?

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    Has Moody’s downgrade of the US credit rating impacted money market funds?

    6 June 2025

    This is one of those instances when it is best to be direct. As soon as the news hit about Moody’s recent downgrade of the US credit rating, we knew cash managers would be fielding questions about its impact on US money market funds. There are no ramifications: the rating agency has affirmed its Aaa-mf assessment of money funds is unaffected by the “demotion”.

  • Riding the Storm

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    Riding the storm

    6 June 2025

    In our latest video insight, Steve Chiavarone, Head of Multi-Asset Group, breaks down how we’ve steered through the recent market turbulence, shares his insights on what markets may do next, and reveals the opportunities we’re eyeing in a shifting landscape.

  • Trump’s tariff rollout hits roadblock

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    Trump’s tariff rollout hits roadblock

    6 June 2025

    US court ruled this week that president has overstepped his authority by invoking an emergency law to justify tariff policy.

  • The ECB’s road ahead navigating the certain uncertainties

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    The ECB’s road ahead: navigating the certain uncertainties

    23 May 2025

    Europe’s economic backdrop is brimming with competing dynamics that have made the ECB’s principal mandate for ‘price stability’ more challenging than ever.