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Sustainability challenges facing the chemical industry: What investors need to know
Chemicals are widely used and a necessary component of modern economies - they provide numerous benefits and enable innovation. As a fundamental component of global manufacturing, the chemical industry forms the backbone of a wide range of downstream industries - from textiles to energy and transportation.
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Staying vigilant in Buy and Maintain credit portfolios
Buy and Maintain credit portfolios are often - and wrongly - thought of as being sleepy, ‘set-and-forget’ investment vehicles. But this is not the case; they are very much actively managed strategies with a long-term focus.
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COP28: Limited expectations met with some progress on climate finance
But what might be a diplomatic victory is definitely not a climate one, whatever the efforts and intense negotiations that have underpinned it, as there is still much to be done. Notably the agreement did not say to “phase them out”, which many were calling for.
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2024’s elections around the world: The who’s who and the so what…
Voters from more than 60 countries will head to the polls this year, representing almost half the world’s population. This makes 2024 perhaps the ultimate election year by historical standards. But the act of merely holding elections does not guarantee a free and fair process e.g., Russia’s March elections, nor does it imply consequential change.
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The key drivers of 10-year US Treasury yields
Deconstructing 10-year UST drivers and the direction they could take in 2024
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Four critical elements for asset managers to meet the biodiversity challenge
Our biodiversity system is deteriorating at an alarming rate and its loss is causing damage to the natural world, society, and global economy.
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Why living wages should be considered a driver of human capital value, not a cost
“Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.” Article 23 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Understanding and responding to the human cost of the green energy transition
As the world moves towards a low-carbon economy it will require a massive increase in the production of so-called transition minerals. These lie at the heart of an expected surge in demand for clean energy technologies.
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Four critical elements for asset managers to meet the biodiversity challenge
Our biodiversity system is deteriorating at an alarming rate and its loss is causing damage not only to the natural world but to the wider planet, society, and the global economy.
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An accounting ‘big bang’? The implications for insurance investors from IFRS 9 and 17
Sustained inflation has triggered unprecedent monetary tightening and a surge in interest rates which in turn have revived volatility and provoked changes in market liquidity conditions.
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How pension schemes should view stagflation risks
There is an economic scenario that pension funds perhaps fear the most, but for which most are probably least prepared: Stagflation. Most schemes have a strategic asset allocation based on a relatively optimistic “goldilocks” scenario. Rightly so, you could argue, as stagflation’s heady combination of accelerating prices and meagre growth remains an economic rarity through history.
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How technological transformation is shaping Asia’s future
The hype surrounding advanced technology has reached fever pitch, from the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI), to the new Apple headset which some believe could revolutionise the virtual experience and take the metaverse mainstream.