Alternatives – Page 24
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What is the problem with cryptocurrency (bitcoin)?
Bitcoin is again in the news. Some advocates of the cryptocurrency suggest its price is rising because bitcoin is challenging gold’s standing as the one supra-currency, the asset to own when fiat currencies are being debased.
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Future financial footprints: Europe takes next steps on sustainable legs
Almost three years since the European Commission put its sustainability plan into action – and amid a second tranche of proposed reforms for the 2020-25 period – we examine the journey to date and map out the most promising routes ahead to reach the High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (HLEG) destinations.
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COVID-19 Update: Good News, Bad News
In an effort to bring timely insights during these uncertain times, we are pleased to share an update from Terri Towers, PhD, Senior Healthcare Analyst, who shares her views on the COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) pandemic.
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Setting our climate change expectations for investee companies
Climate change is the defining challenge of our time and, at the international business of Federated Hermes, we recognise the imperative for collective action to limit global average temperature increases to 1.5°C and to adapt to changing climatic conditions. That’s why we have set out our climate change expectations for ourselves and our investee companies.
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*Tokenisation of alternative investment*
Technology offers fascinating perspectives for asset management. These include tokenisation, the process of creating a digital representation of non-digital assets on a blockchain.
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A time for action: Race, ethnicity and investing
In a two-part feature, we look at what asset managers need to focus their engagement efforts on to make a difference on anti-black racism, and why the industry needs to get its own house in order.
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Daimler case study
Daimler has embarked on an ambitious business strategy to support its transition to the low-carbon economy, following a decade of engagement by EOS to achieve a roadmap for alternative technologies and sustainable vehicle models, culminating in a sustainable product portfolio.
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New money and maybe new powers too: Central Bank Digital Currencies are coming
While it is still too early to see a full launch in a large country, the CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) theme is likely to grow in importance in 2021. Over the recent period, central banks have accelerated their studies and tests in this domain. As an instrument for helping economies adapt to digitalisation, CBDCs are also intended to bolster a state’s monetary sovereignty in the face of new challenges.
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A pandemic side-effect: Climate change, front and centre
Once the pandemic is past, the existential issues around climate change will still require action on an unprecedented scale.
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The great blue economy wave
The sheer size of the blue economy means it can offer substantial development potential around ocean resources. Having already seen major technological development, the blue economy can provide investors with unique opportunities.
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ESG investing: How Covid-19 accelerated the social awakening
In 2014, to determine if environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors made a difference to shareholder returns, we analysed five years’ worth of data. In doing so, we proved that ESG investing is more than just a feel-good phenomenon. Since then, we have continued to monitor how ESG factors impact shareholder returns and every two years, we publish an intellectually honest assessment of the ESG investing environment.
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The Market Measure Of Carbon Risk And Its Impact On The Minimum Variance Portfolio
Like ESG investing, climate change is an important concern for asset managers and owners, and a new challenge for portfolio construction. Until now, investors have mainly measured carbon risk using fundamental approaches, such as with carbon intensity metrics. Nevertheless, it has not been proven that asset prices are directly impacted by these fundamental-based measures.
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Shaping the Future of Healthcare
As the world saw the coronavirus vaccines get developed and administered within a year of the first confirmed case, many may be wondering how the healthcare sector at large was able to achieve such an incredible feat. Are we seeing this level of innovation in other areas of healthcare today? And will it be sustainable going forward?
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Hot wheels: Cars, climate change and the great EV disconnect
With traditional carmakers under intense pressure to cut emissions in the fight against climate change, investors are putting their money behind pure play electric vehicle producers. Alessandro Rovelli digs into the numbers to assess whether this trend is sustainable.
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Rare earth metals – How to limit the impact of the clean energy transition?
With demand for rare earth metals set to skyrocket to support new energy technologies, how can the world transition to sustainable energy sustainably?
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Why The Future Still Means Fossil Fuels, For Now
Natural gas is likely to play a major role in the US transition to cleaner energy.
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Value or Values?
As investors increasingly seek strategies that both deliver returns and advance core values, asset managers have been testing different approaches.
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Is the euro’s rise a sign of greater resilience?
The complexity and fragility of European institutions have contributed to maintaining a specific political risk premium on European assets, including the euro. But institutions were ultimately strengthened when negotiators agreed in July to launch the New Generation EU package. The euro’s recent appreciation may be an early sign of decline in this “risk premium”.
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Is infrastructure key to a sustainable recovery?
Infrastructure investment is about financing the real economy, meaning few investments are better placed to deliver a sustainable future.
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Water: a pervasive resource and a portfolio staple
The transition of many economies from a depletive to a sustainable model with better social and environmental outcomes creates a wide range of investment opportunities in many areas including water, a resource that is fundamental to not only life, but also across end-markets from the consumer to industrial businesses.