Could an oil price shock retrigger inflation?

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How to adapt and respond to choppy waters

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Fast reading In May, Moody’s stripped the US of its triple-A credit rating, leaving the world’s largest economy without a top rating for the first time in over a century. The volatile market conditions support the case for a flexible and dynamic multi-asset credit investment approach. An unconstrained strategy has the ability to adapt to […]

It’s quant. But not as you know it

Fast reading The MDT Advisers  team uses machine learning to parse through vast amounts of data and seek a multitude of equity opportunities in an unbiased way. The investment team designs, oversees, and continuously looks for ways to improve upon the various tools in its investment process. The entire approach is transparent and the reasoning […]

Introducing the new QESG 3.0: The next generation

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Fast reading The broader philosophy of the score remains the same, in that it remains vital to avoid the worst companies and identify those that are changing for the better. However, the availability of better and more granular data sources has enabled improvements in several key areas. QESG 3.0 builds on our pioneering ESG research […]

US-China trade talks at a turning point?

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MDT: Do quants dream of electric sheep?*

*“Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” is a 1968 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. The book served as the basis for the 1982 film Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott and featuring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer and Daryl Hannah. Fast reading Quant investing typically sifts through vast amounts of data to […]

Real estate case study: Lauriston Farm

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Read More Watch now Listen now Read More Watch now Listen now Read More Watch now Listen now For information on Real Estate Fast reading Biodiversity: The farm has a mission to increase biodiversity – taking it from a simplified and depleted landscape to a vibrant, resilient part of the local ecosystem, using agroecology. One […]

Credit investors threatened with tax hike on US income

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Fast reading The US is weighing up legislation that could see foreign investors hit with a tax hike. In the event that section 899 is triggered, entities from “discriminatory foreign countries” would be hit by a tax increase on US income of up to 20%. The proposal raises the possibility of a slowdown in foreign […]

South Korea’s new dawn

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

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It’s become a cliché but bond markets remained volatile in May, with investors ultimately discounting the latest tariff tantrums and re-embracing risk. US Treasury yields spiked once again as the federal budget and deficit took centre court, but this time other forms of fixed income investment (asset-backed, corporate, international and municipals) benefitted by comparison to […]