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White papersAn Integrated Approach to ESG and Quality
ESG factors are key considerations in evaluating a company’s quality and sustainable growth prospects. Our Fundamental Growth and Core Equity team incorporates ESG considerations, including climate transition planning and climate risk, into its fundamental analysis of companies via a proprietary Confidence Quotient metric.
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White papersJPY: Structurally weak, cyclically blessed
Structural headwinds are strong for the yen, setting a fundamental background for the currency to stay weak. Yet a recessionary environment is a cyclical blessing – peaking growth and rates prove that the JPY is among the cleanest diversifiers – and officials may have lost their appetite for currency devaluation.
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White papersEOS Stewardship Report 2021
EOS at Federated Hermes publishes Stewardship Report 2021. Monitoring engagement outcomes is crucial, to ensure that our approach is effective and achieving the desired results. This year’s report includes expanded sections on our diversity, equity and inclusion approach, and on how we are responding to market-wide and systemic risks. ...
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White papersLitmus test for chemical sector decarbonisation
Chemicals are essential inputs for many industries, with chemical use pervasive and entrenched in the modern world. But like the steel industry, the chemical sector is considered “hard-to-abate”, meaning that the solutions to reduce emissions are either technically challenging, prohibitively expensive, or both.
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White papersFederated Hermes Stewardship Report 2021
At Federated Hermes we believe the investment industry can be a powerful force for good, building a fairer, more equitable world for all – and that active ownership and engagement is the best way to achieve this. In this, our second annual Stewardship Report, we provide an update on our efforts towards effective and outcomes-driven stewardship.
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White papersThe Narrow Path to a Soft Landing
Fed governors have made clear that reining in inflation is their primary goal for monetary policy today. As they have no tools to address the supply side of prices, they can only act on the demand side by raising the cost of money to discourage spending.
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White papersWhat does the future hold for secondary private equity investments?
We expect that the comparatively new GP-led secondaries market will see continued strong growth if the difficulties facing broader financial markets persist.
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White papersAre investors right to look to UK real estate amid rising inflation?
UK real estate has seen increased interest from investors seeking shelter from rising inflation. We look at the strengths and weaknesses of the strategy and point out what investors should look out for.
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White papersDiscovering Stocks for Your Sustainable Investing Goals
Sustainability means different things to different people. So how can an investor know whether a sustainable equity fund is truly aligned with their responsibility ethos and investing goals? Start by asking the following three questions.
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White papersDon’t Fight the Fed Means Higher Real Rates
Global equities and bond markets declined sharply last month, as some indices reached new yearly lows, while rates jumped in the opposite direction and US and German 2-year yields culminated at yearly highs.
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White papersInvest in biodiversity to save the planet
The loss of biodiversity is one of the biggest problems facing humanity. Over the last century, we have seen unprecedented real GDP growth and have made huge progress on many fronts such as benefitting from improvements in mortality rates and technological advances. Unfortunately, in the process we have chosen to ignore nature and have altered 75% of the earth’s surface and 66% of the marine environment1 to satisfy our consumption and energy needs.
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White papersMiViews Q2 2022: Normalisation Delayed or Derailed?
Our core scenario for 2022 called for normalisation: economic growth cooling towards potential levels, which combined with easing supply constraints, would allow inflation to cool as well. While the former macro trend has been affirmed, the latter has been, at best, deferred or, at worst, derailed.
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White papersHow regenerative agriculture can sow the seeds of change
In the fifth article in our EOS Insights series on the social and environmental impacts of the global food system, Sarah Swartz explores the benefits of regenerative agriculture.
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White papersPrivate debt attractive amid public asset volatility, increased inflation and rising interest rates
Public asset volatility, increased inflation concerns and rising interest rates are driving more interest in private debt than ever before, finds a recent survey published by The Lead Left, founded by Randy Schwimmer, co-head of senior lending at Churchill Asset Management.
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White papersThe energy crisis heightens inflation fears - Strategies to protect portfolios from inflation risk
Inflation was already running well above central banks’ targets as we entered the year. The war has put additional pressure on prices and supply chains and this could have repercussions not just on oil, but on other commodities as well. Furthermore, given these (intermediate) commodities are used in the production of other finished products, we are likely to witness more broad-based inflation, particularly in Europe, the region closest to the crisis.
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White papersNew Frontiers: Finding the Untapped Opportunities in Alts
Investors are faced with a host of challenges in today’s market. Whether it be a war raging in Europe, the prospect of higher inflation and interest rates, or an equity market that may look frothy after a relentless run higher, the way forward for traditional investments may not appear as appealing as it was in past years.
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White papersA Case For: An Active Fundamental Approach to Climate Transition
A determined effort by both the public and private sectors to bring about a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the decade to 2030 also offers the potential for significant capital growth in equities. This new era of climate transition, when paired with discerning and forward-looking equity investment, presents opportunities for generating significant alpha.
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White papersFrom Extreme Pessimism to Complacency
The start of the year has seen a very sharp deterioration in investor sentiment that led to choppy price action in major asset classes in the shape of a correlation shock.
