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Quantitative Methods for ESG Finance

Name: Quantitative Methods for ESG Finance
Brand: John Wiley & Sons
SKU: 9781119903802
Price: 500.00 HKD
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Author: Cyril Shmatov; Cino Robin Castelli
ISBN: 9781119903802

Edited by Cyril Shmatov · Cino Robin Castelli

John Wiley & Sons November 2022

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ISBN-13: 9781119903802
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Publication: November 2022
Format: Hardback , 240 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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A quantitative analyst’s introduction to the theory and practice of ESG finance

In Quantitative Methods for ESG Finance, accomplished risk and ESG experts Dr. Cyril Shmatov and Cino Robin Castelli deliver an incisive and essential introduction to the quantitative basis of ESG finance from a quantitative analyst’s perspective. The book combines the theoretical and mathematical bases underlying risk factor investing and risk management with accessible discussions of ESG applications.

The authors explore the increasing availability of non-traditional data sources for quantitative analysts and describe the quantitative/statistical techniques they’ll need to make practical use of these data. The book also offers:

A particular emphasis on climate change and climate risks, both due to its increasing general importance and accelerating regulatory change in the space
Practical code examples in a Python Jupyter notebook that use publicly available data to demonstrate the techniques discussed in the book
Expansive discussions of risk factor investing, portfolio construction, ESG scoring, new ESG-driven financial products, and new financial risk management applications, particularly those making use of the proliferation of “alternative data”, both text and images

A must-read guide for quantitative analysts, investment managers, financial risk managers, investment bankers, and other finance professionals with an interest in ESG-driven investing, Quantitative Methods for ESG Finance will also earn a place on the bookshelves of graduate students of business and finance.

Foreword vii

Introduction and Book Overview 1

1. Overview 1

2. Why ESG Finance? 2

3. Why Quantitative Methods? 2

4. Target Audience and Timing of This Book 2

5. Book Outline 3

1 Introduction to ESG Finance 5

1.1 Preface: ESG Is Not a Niche Strategy Anymore 5

1.2 Introduction and Definitions 7

1.3 ESG Investment Performance 21

1.4 Sustainability and Sustainable Finance 25

2 Factor Investing and Smart Beta 39

2.1 Index Construction Basics 39

2.2 Smart Beta Indexes 40

2.3 Risk Factor Investing 48

2.4 Fama- MacBeth Regressions 50

2.5 Expanding the Risk Factor Universe 53

3 ESG Ratings 55

3.1 Introduction 55

3.2 Overview of ESG Rating Methodologies 57

3.3 Regression Trees as an Alternative Scoring Technique 61

3.4 Random Forest 69

4 Alternative Data 75

4.1 What Are Alternative Data and Their ESG Applications? 75

4.2 How to Validate an ESG Data Provider 81

4.3 Processing Satellite Data 83

5 Alternative Text Data 105

5.1 Alternative Text Data on ESG 105

5.2 Corporate ESG Reports 108

5.3 Topic Modeling 114

5.4 Latent Dirichlet Allocation 118

5.5 Outlier Topics 126

6 Introduction to Agent- Based Modeling for ESG Finance 129

6.1 Preface 129

6.2 Use of Agent- Based Models in Other Fields and Their Applicability to ESG Finance 131

6.3 Use of ABMs in the ESG Field 132

6.4 General Overview of ABMs 133

6.5 General Operating Principles of ABMs 136

6.6 Example of the PartE Framework Applied to an ESG Scenario 136

6.7 Why We Should Look Closely at ABMs 138

6.8 Challenges in the Use of ABMs 139

6.9 Example: Buildup of a Population Model ABM 140

6.10 In- Depth Review: ABMs in Academic and Regulatory Publications 154

7 Climate Risk: Macro Perspective 165

7.1 Climate Change: Background Information and Definitions 165

7.2 Regulatory Response to Climate Change 185

7.3 Climate Change Modeling 191

7.4 Carbon Risk and Carbon Pricing 199

7.5 Climate Risk in Investment Practice 202

8 Stress Testing for Banks 207

8.1 Stress Testing as a Risk Management Tool 207

8.2 Macroeconomic Stress Scenarios for Climate Risk 213

8.3 Climate Loss Modeling 220

8.4 Climate Stress Testing Exercise 223

8.5 Concluding Notes 224

Index 227

About the Author

CYRIL SHMATOV, PHD is Head of Enterprise Stress Testing (Managing Director) at Citigroup and Adjunct Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at Columbia University. An area of particular interest for Cyril is ESG (Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance) Finance, including the management of financial risks associated with Climate Change and the quantitative analysis techniques that make such management possible. Cyril’s recent research focuses on leveraging alternative data for Climate Risk quantification and management, including its practical aspects from a financial institution’s perspective. Cyril holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Columbia University.

CINO ROBIN CASTELLI is Director at Citi, Business Unit Manager for Enterprise Risk Management, the area that covers, amongst other topics, Climate Risk. Prior to this position, Robin was the Chief Strategy Officer for Quantitative Risk and Stress Testing, the division of Risk tasked with developing all the quantitative models used for Market Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit and Obligor Risk Analytics, Risk Capital Analytics, and Stress Testing. Robin is also co-founder and former Executive VP for Business Development at MacroUSA, in the field of Unmanned Ground Vehicles, and prior to that, co-founder, CEO and president of Macroswiss SA. Robin holds a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree in Molecular Biology, summa cum laude, from Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, with an evolutionary biology thesis on “Chromosomal rearrangements as speciation mechanisms.”

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