‘People can focus so much on risk they can overlook opportunities’
The sell-off in Chinese stocks this year as investors fret over the impact of the country’s zero-Covid policy and the risks presented by slowing growth mean that Chinese shares are trading at discounts unseen for more than two decades, according to fund managers at Federated Hermes. Weakening sentiment has pushed the Hang Seng Index down […]
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A glimmer of hope amid China’s lockdowns?
Fiorino: 4.669 reasons why car-tech could outpace insurers
Genius-at-large Mitchell Feigenbaum was always on the move. But the wandering physicist stayed still long enough in the early 1970s to uncover a fundamental truth about the inexorable path of certain systems as they journey from apparent stability to chaotic behaviour: chaos approaches at a surprisingly regular rate of acceleration. As discussed in previous editions […]
The demise of ESG is much exaggerated
Fast reading The war in Ukraine has heightened security-of-supply concerns in the energy sector and among key hard and soft commodities The need for an energy transition away from fossil fuels is now more urgent than ever ESG investing continues to offer the best roadmap to both funding and achieving that transition The notion that […]
ESG Materiality, Q1 2022
In this latest edition of our ESG Materiality newsletter, Olivia Lankester, Director of Responsible Investing & Sustainability, Global Emerging Markets, considers the latest EM response to the net zero imperative. Which countries have gone furthest fastest and which have more to do? ESG Materiality Newsletter, Q1 2022 Download Share: Risk profile This information does not […]
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Annual Report, 2021
Inflation: A stubborn beast to slay
As the conflict in Ukraine weighs on various industries, the price of commodities, metals and energy looks set to rise Doubts about the US Federal Reserve’s ability to engineer a soft landing are growing amid global recession fears and stagflation risks As the war in Ukraine adds to pressure on prices, investors could be facing […]
Strategies to navigate soaring inflation and rising rates
The value segment in European equites has fallen behind growth in the recent weeks because of rising inflation and demand destruction Idiosyncratic fixed income opportunities are developing amid the market volatility The US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England (BoE) both raised rates this week in a bid to tame inflation despite the uncertainty […]
Signal changes
Why finance is warming to AI
A measured approach to volatile markets
Soaring energy, commodity and food prices look set to squeeze household incomes around the world as the risk of a protracted war between Russia and Ukraine heightens fears about the possibility of a global recession. Crude and natural gas prices endured another turbulent week amid tensions within OPEC over increasing oil supplies and a US […]
