What are ESG criteria? ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) criteria are non-financial analytical criteria used to evaluate how companies take sustainable development into account in relation to their operations and medium to long-term strategy. They are broken down into three
Weekly commentary – We favor a cautious tilt into cyclical assets, with expectations for a rebound in global trade and manufacturing activity. – We see global growth stabilizing and gradually picking up over the next six to 12 months, thanks
Davos Brief The global economic expansion is stretching, but powerful structural trends are testing limits — and intersecting with the near-term outlook. The trends include rising inequality and social unrest; deglobalization and fragmentation into trade blocs; an intensifying focus on
Late in the market cycle, Greg Kolb, Chief Investment Officer for Perkins Investment Management*, shares why he thinks investors would do well to focus on high-quality value or cyclical stocks, particularly outside the US. *Perkins Investment Management is a subsidiary
Global Snapshot Trends to watch: US Fed on hold 13 of 17 participants at the December Federal Open Market Committee meeting expected current official rates to remain appropriate throughout 2020. The central bank injected liquidity via Treasury bill purchases and
Cross Asset Investment Strategy As we approach the year-end, a look back over the past 12 months reminds us how unconventional this year of records has been. On the upside, equities rallied to historical highs in December and fixed income
Weekly commentary • The recent sharp escalation in U.S.-Iran tensions serves as a reminder of the potential for flare-ups in geopolitical risks as we enter 2020. • We see global growth stabilizing and gradually picking up over the next six
Weekly Investment Commentary The world and market attention last week was focused on the U.S. strike against Iran and mounting tensions in the Middle East. Yet markets largely looked past geopolitical risks and started 2020 on a strong note.1 For
Maandelijkse Asset Allocatie Vooruitzichten De wereldeconomie lijkt er aan het begin van het nieuwe jaar stabieler voor te staan. Maar beleggers moeten opletten niet zelfgenoegzaam te zijn. Begin 2020 hebben beleggers redenen om optimistisch te zijn. De wereldeconomie stabiliseert zich
Global economy – recovery should take hold in the first half of 2020 The preconditions for a recovery of the global economy in 2020 have significantly improved due to the following factors: – economic policy uncertainty has decreased; – the
Monetary Policy Frameworks • International dimension: global shocks; external shocks; external sector as a hedge against domestic shocks; international transmission of monetary policy • Choice of price index; time horizon for inflation target • Single country view; global view •
Executive summary This report summarizes the findings of research MSCI performed as part of the mandate defined by the Ministry of Finance of Norway, as described in the Appendix. Global markets have become increasingly interconnected over time due to more
We published a global 2020 Outlook last week instead of a weekly. I argued that the global economy will remain weak- ish in the short term, but show improvement in the course of 2020. If my assessment is right we
Allocation views The global economy continues to face headwinds, and risks are mounting. Trade tensions are spreading from country to country, and increasingly, manufacturing weakness is starting to infect the much larger service sector. Recurring equity market declines appear likely
Summary Global Economic Outlook: We expect real economic growth in the developed economies to continue to moderate over the next decade, as it has for the last 30 years. This is due to limited growth of the developed labor force,
Global Asset Allocation Down But Not Out After 21 months of slowing global growth, we are starting to see signs of stabilization, signaled by a potential bottoming in the industrial economy. The J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI ticked up in
Global Outlook Asset allocation While economic data suggest that the weak global growth backdrop will persist into 2020, investor sentiment has turned more constructive, supporting rising stock markets and bond yields. We remain skeptical on the prospect of a meaningful
Summary – Equities, and other risk assets, continues to price in a more positive economic outlook than the one which we are foreseeing The stabilization which we have seen in tactical macro data over October is in our view not
REITs outperformed equities and bonds. Renewed concerns over trade and decelerating global economic data favored defensives despite large swings between risk on/off during the quarter. Lower volatility stocks extended their outperformance from the previous quarter, reflecting continued investor caution.
Executive Summary Through our research, FCLTGlobal aims to identify the key determinants of long-term success for companies and investors around the world. We then use this knowledge to encourage long-term behaviors across capital markets. This paper focuses on predictors of
Global equity markets delivered a roller-coaster ride for investors over the past year as worries about trade disputes and slowing economic growth escalated. Even so, equities continued to deliver large gains. By late October, the S&P 500 ® Index hit
The technological revolution has led to a heightened level of disruption across every industry. Against this backdrop, where can you find firms that deliver sustainable and growing dividend streams? The Global Equity Income team continues to find plenty of attractively
Thematic equity investing focuses on markets that are growing faster than the broader global economy due to a range of long-term, secular growth drivers. It seeks out businesses that will be at the forefront of long-term growth themes – Safety,
The global economy is approaching a crossroad and we are looking to see how policy makers respond, in particular Chinese authorities and the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). In our view, the most powerful responses would be a U.S.-China trade deal
Year-to-date, Swiss and Global equity funds continue to deliver strong absolute and relative performances, ranking in the top quartile versus their peer groups. Despite short-lived sector/style rotations into oversold value names, the ytd performance of the MSCI AC World reached
"We more than ever need a targeted investment agenda that stimulates ‘real’ economic growth," @hanswstegeman argues, "instead of the current financial agenda, which above all sustains elevated asset prices."
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