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Back to Basics: Commodities and Radical Uncertainty
When facing uncertainty in the markets, we find it helpful to frame our thinking within the four quadrants made popular by U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld: known knowns, known unknowns, unknown knowns, and unknown unknowns.
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Russia-Ukraine: an uncertain outcome calls for higher focus on liquidity
At the core of the crisis, Russian assets have become almost un-investible, with dramatic price action as the market attempts to grapple with uncertainty. European equities have suffered, anticipating the negative consequences of the war on corporate earnings, while also commodities trended higher with double digit rise across many commodities. A flight to safety move has benefited government bonds, with the US treasury yield and the Bund yield trending lower.
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EOS Engagement Plan 2022-2024
Our engagement plan identifies 12 key themes and 37 related sub-themes. We find this breadth of coverage is necessary to reflect the diversity of the issues affecting companies in our global engagement programme.
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Uninvestable Russia
We survey the impact on worldwide fixed income markets of the devastation in Ukraine and the sanctions against Russia, and send our thoughts to those in the heart of the conflict.
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If Sanctions Didn’t Stop the War, They Can Still Shape the Peace
After Ukraine’s allies decide how much to ratchet up pressure on Russia, they will face tough choices on how to ratchet down.
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EU policymakers may look to mitigate economic shock
Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, which has become Europe’s largest ground war in generations, has impacted millions of people and triggered a large-scale humanitarian crisis as vulnerable Ukrainians take shelter or flee their homes. The intensification and spread of the conflict is deeply troubling and is having a devastating impact on those people caught in the crisis.
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21st century investment governance for large asset owners
The past decade has brought profound change for asset owners of all kinds. The regulatory, social, and economic landscapes have fundamentally shifted, and the investment universe has expanded significantly. These changes pose major challenges to in-house teams at large asset owners including DB pension plan sponsors, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, and wealth management firms.
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Russia: Investment Implications of Ukrainian Invasion
Investors’ worst fears about Russia’s intentions toward Ukraine have materialized following Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s announcement that he is sending troops into the country to “demilitarize” the nation.
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What is place-based impact investing?
Place-based impact investing can help real estate investors deliver clear and measurable improvements to deprived areas. But how does it work?
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Responsible investment: themes to look out for in 2022
Responsible investment issues tend to have a long time horizon. However, we have identified key issues and opportunities we expect will drive change in the coming year.
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Supply Chain Strain in Commodities
Cyclical commodity prices have surged amidst pressure from multiple fronts. While COVID has certainly exacerbated the typical mismatch between the timing of supply and the growth in demand, the deviation has been further strained by environmental considerations that have limited supply development.
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Supply Chain Strain: Overview
Exploring how disruptions in the manufacturing, labor, and commodities markets may affect inflation and fixed-income investments.
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European strategic sovereignty must be an investment opportunity
The concept of strategic sovereignty goes far beyond the issues of security and defence. It also assumes relative self-sufficiency, and the ability to impose one’ standards and to create global leaders in tomorrow’s ecosystems. This political objective must be founded on economic reality and will first require new investment momentum in Europe.
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Investment Symposium Series – Biodiversity, food and health: The crucial pieces of the 1.5°C jigsaw
Boosting investment in restoring Earth’s biodiverse natural capital, so as to transition urgently towards a healthy, sustainable food future as well as keeping global warming to 1.5°C, is absolutely critical.
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How the ESG data dilemma rewards active and engaged investors
What you can measure you can manage. In responsible investment that has steadily become a practical reality, but thoughtful and analytical management is still required to make sense of sometimes uneven inputs and difficult comparisons.
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ESG Thema #7 - ESG Corporate Disclosure: Towards more demanding and harmonized reporting
The 21st century company is one that must go beyond considerations of financial profitability, ensuring that the ecosystem in which it operates is preserved.
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ESG investing: Why we believe an active approach is optimal
The ‘active versus passive’ investing debate is well documented and has rumbled on for years. However, when it comes to investing from an environmental, social and governance (ESG) perspective, we firmly believe active investing is the optimal route.
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Bitcoin, A Cornerstone Digital Asset: Part 4
Could Bitcoin options be the “picks and shovels” of the cryptocurrency Gold Rush, a way to convert Bitcoin from a “get rich” to a “stay rich” asset?
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The Value of Knowing What You Own
ClearBridge Investments: ESG investors will begin to know the companies they want to invest in that will help support long-term returns, and have a tangible impact on urgent sustainability matters.
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Natural Resources: Bridging the Gap to a Cleaner Future
There is a strong case to be made that resources companies are part of the solution—not the problem—when it comes to tackling climate change.