"Environmental, Social, and Governance Issues and the Financial Analysts Journal" "Capital Market Liberalization and Investment Efficiency: Evidence from China" "Index + Factors + Alpha" "Hedge Funds vs. Alternative Risk Premia" "Boosting the Equity Momentum Factor in Credit" "ESG Rating Disagreements and Stock Returns" "Tax-Loss Harvesting: An Individual Investor's Perspective"

This is a summary of “ESG Rating Disagreement and Stock Returns,” by Rajna Gibson Brandon, Philipp Krueger, and Peter Steffen Schmidt, published in the Fourth Quarter 2021 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal.

This is a summary of “Capital Market Liberalization and Investment Efficiency: Evidence from China” by Liao Peng, Liguang Zhang, and Wanyi Chen, published in the Fourth Quarter 2021 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal.

This is a summary of “Tax-Loss Harvesting: An Individual Investor’s Perspective,” by Kevin Khang, Thomas Paradise, and Joel Dickson, published in the Fourth Quarter 2021 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal.

This is a summary of “Index + Factors + Alpha,” by Andrew Ang, Linxi Chen, Michael Gates, and Paul D. Henderson, published in the Fourth Quarter 2021 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal.

This is a summary of “Hedge Funds vs. Alternative Risk Premia,” by Philippe Jorion, published in the Fourth Quarter 2021 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal.

This is a CFA Institute summary of “Boosting the Equity Momentum Factor in Credit,” published in the Fourth Quarter 2021 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal.

Heidi Raubenheimer, CFA, managing editor of the Financial Analysts Journal, provides an overview of the Third Quarter issue of 2021, featuring the following articles:

"The Financial System Red in Tooth and Claw: 75 Years of Co-Evolving Markets and Technology" "Volmageddon and the Failure of Short Volatility Products" "Chinese and Global ADRs: The US Investor Experience" "To Bundle or Not to Bundle: A Review on Soft Commissions and Research Unbundling" "Decarbonizing Everything" "Hedge Fund Performance: End of an Era?" "Predicting Bond Returns: 70 Years of International Evidence"

To Bundle or Not to Bundle? A Review of Soft Commissions and Research Unbundling

This is a summary of “To Bundle or Not to Bundle? A Review of Soft Commissions and Research Unbundling,” by M. Bender, B. Clapham, P. Gomber, and J. Koch, published in the Third Quarter 2021 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal.

To Bundle or Not to Bundle? A Review of Soft Commissions and Research Unbundling

This is a summary of “Hedge Fund Performance: End of an Era?,” by Nicolas P.B. Bollen, Juha Joenväärä, and Mikko Kauppila, published in the Third Quarter 2021 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal.

Summary: https://www.cfainstitute.org/research/financial-analysts-journal/2021/hedge-fund-performance