Brave real world
It’s as if nothing happened. At the time of writing, the MSCI AC World index in EUR is up 8% since a year ago, which is very close to our long-term equilibrium equity return estimate of 7%. Yet, in the
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Gold Reaches Another All-Time High
Miners Remain Undervalued Despite Gold’s Run The strong gains of July carried on to early August. Gold reached an all-time high of $2,070 per ounce on 6 August amid U.S. dollar weakness and new lows in treasury yields. Gold then
Fibre broadband: Upgrading essential infrastructure
Society’s data usage has been growing exponentially for decades,1 but the lockdown measures imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic have placed even greater emphasis on the importance of digital connectivity. Tim Perry looks at the investment opportunities and challenges associated with
Strategic credit: a nimble approach for an uncertain world
Active Credit Allocation in Portfolios Jon Mawby discusses the advantages of active credit allocation in portfolios now that government bonds no longer serve their traditional purpose. Governments have launched massive efforts to underpin their economies in the wake of the
Investing to pastures green(er)
Some regions of Europe are returning to lockdown – for instance some districts of Madrid badly hit by the second wave of the pandemic. Yet, for now these lockdowns are very different from the ones imposed in March and April:
What COVID-19 Means for Globalisation
Lazard Sustainability Talks The supply and demand shocks precipitated by COVID-19 will dissipate in the coming months and years, but there are reasons to believe the virus may have longer-lasting impacts, notably on the rate and direction of globalisation. The
An Interesting Fall
Investment Perspective The relentless run in risk assets over the last five months finally faded a bit in early September, as the S&P 500 fell nearly 8% and the tech-heavy NASDAQ fell 11%. This year’s returns have been heavily influenced
Back to Reality
The Important Role of Active Management in Defined Contribution Plans While active management has always played an important role in retirement plans, the COVID19 crisis has added new layers of complexity to the active versus passive debate. We observe a
Emerging Market Debt Rallies on a Wave of Liquidity
On the back of a second-quarter rally across emerging market debt (EMD), sovereign bond vulnerabilities still vary signifi cantly by region and country. Lower oil prices offer a boost to oil importers like the Dominican Republic, but if prices fall
Accessing Dislocated Corporate Credit in Emerging Markets
Over the last five months, market participants have been following the COVID-19 pandemic as it has evolved into a global health crisis and forced various forms of lockdown across the world. The next 12-18 months …
The Next Normal -The recovery will be digital
Welcome to the “next normal”—the new reality emerging from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. How will life, public health, and business continue to change? We’ve chronicled our response in a wide-ranging series of publications—more than 500 articles and counting since the
What’s the impact of Covid-19 on ESG investing?
As the world starts to look beyond crisis management and focus returns to non-coronavirus-related objectives, improved regulation could become an unexpected ESG benefit of the pandemic. Back in 2019, all the signs were that 2020 was set to be THE
Prognose tafel AG 2020
Al decennialang neemt de levensverwachting toe, zowel in Nederland als in de ons omringende landen. Dit heeft grote impact op de samenleving. Voor pensioenfondsen en levensverzekeraars is inzicht in de ontwikkeling van de levensverwachting belangrijk om een inschatting van de
What could the Fed’s new policy mean for investors?
The Federal Reserve today announced an important change in its framework for conducting monetary policy in order to achieve its “statutory mandate from the Congress of promoting maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates.” One of the main
Family Offices & LTCMA in our Top Five
#36 It was a bit quiet in webinar-world the past month, but this month our calendar is quite busy again. For example, next week Capital Group hosts a webinar called “10 investment themes for the next 10 years“. The week
New York – Big shifts in the Big Apple
While no real estate sector or portfolio is immune from the negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic, we believe certain sectors and strategies are better positioned in these uncertain …
A note of caution for the back-to-school season
The appetite for risk assets has remained strong over the summer lull. This summer season has seen both the confirmation of existing themes and the emergence of new ones. On the former, the decoupling between the real economy and financial
The Next Normal -The recovery will be digital
Welcome to the “next normal”—the new reality emerging from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. How will life, public health, and business continue to change? We’ve chronicled our response in a wide-ranging series of publications—more than 500 articles and counting since the
Indices Push Higher
Market Flash US equities broke fresh records as new Coronavirus cases fell sharply and the overall sanitary situation improved. The contrast was strong with Europe where there was a surge in new cases even if the number of people on
Pushing with a longer string
The bad news on the pandemic front in Europe are offset to some extent by the recent experience on the other side of the Atlantic. There, in the late spring hotspots, the propagation of the virus has been curbed again
Downgrades, defaults and dispersion: Covid and credit
Markets reacted violently as global economies adopted shelter-in-place policies to combat the spread of Covid-19 earlier this year. Corporate bond credit spreads (or risk premiums), driven by heightened uncertainty and revenue pressure, widened dramatically to reflect the increased risk …
Barometer: Corona conundrum
De markten hebben zich sterk gehouden dankzij voortdurende stimuleringsmaatregelen, maar Covid19 moet nog worden verslagen. De vrees voor een tweede golf en de toenemende politieke risico's pleiten voor voorzichtigheid van de beleggers.
Strategic views for a post-Covid world
Weekly commentary The pandemic has sped up key structural trends and triggered substantial market swings, precipitating an urgent need to rethink strategic asset allocations. Among …
Nordea AM – Webinar – Morning Espresso
Webinar – Morning Espresso Our guest speaker on 26th August: Join us for a lively discussion with Nils Bolmstrand, CEO of Nordea Asset Management (NAM). During the interview, Nils will talk about how NAM is navigating the Covid-19 crisis and why
The Globe
Eurizon’s Investment View Covid-19 cases are confirmed to be accelerating in the Southern States of the US, in Latin America and in other emerging countries, but are not generating tensions on the markets. This is because the spreading of the
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Investors need to manage risk to take a breather and observe the shifting global economy, says our expert #Norman_Villamin in the Hong Kong Economic Times. Read on.
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