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Total Portfolio Impact
The investment management industry is experiencing a fundamental change as two long-running trends converge: first, a belief that material environmental, social and governance (ESG) characteristics can be a driver of better long-term investment performance, and second, a demand from clients to understand the social and environmental impact of their portfolio alongside investment performance.
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How The Dollar Explains the State of the World
The global economy may be changing more slowly than you might think. How the dollar continues to serve as the global currency standard and what it tells is about the economy and the world.
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Coming of age: 15 years of stewardship services with Hermes EOS
In the 15 years since Hermes EOS was launched, stewardship has travelled from the fringes to the mainstream, with the benefits of engaging with companies on environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities now more widely recognised by investors and regulators.
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Liquidity Dilemma Needs A Regulatory Response
A few high-profile fund suspensions have recently driven the focus back to market liquidity and how this can affect the ability of funds to meet certain redemption scenarios. Despite ample liquidity at the macro level, some areas of strain remain at the micro level and could worsen in case of a material deterioration of economic conditions, a recession or a spike in volatility.
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Sustainable infrastructure: it’s not just about clean energy
Decarbonising existing infrastructure will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reinforce investment returns
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An Update On Our ESG Scores - Balancing E, S, and G to understand Global Macro Views.
In early 2018, Templeton Global Macro (TGM) published Global Macro Shifts issue 9— Environmental, Social and Governance Factors in Global Macro Investing [GMS-9]. The paper explored how we evaluate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in our macroeconomic research process and described the process of codifying the team’s research discussions into quantifiable scores.
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Beyond Alignment: Contributing To The Sustainable Development Goals
How impact management contributes to specific targets and indicators behind each Sustainable Development Goal.
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Forecasting Combination: An Application For Exchange Rates
This paper tries to forecast exchange rates by comparing forecasting methods that take into account cointegration and methods that do not. The first finding is that taking into account cointegration provides better forecasting results.
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Navigating Uncleared Margin Rules
CME Group offers bilateral and cleared solutions to help you comply with UMR, minimize impacts to your firm and add capital efficiencies.
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Impactful intent: RPI report 2019
In 2018 we launched the Hermes impactful intent framework as part of our commitment to deliver positive societal and environmental outcomes alongside strong risk-adjusted returns. In our 2019 responsible property investment (RPI) report, we consider how our holistic approach to real-estate investment has created healthier workplaces and helped bring the ‘meaningful city’ concept to life.
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Beyond ESG risk integration: Impact investing
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment is taking root within the infrastructure investment community. Infrastructure assets have the potential to bring strong social, environmental and economic benefits to society but they are also particularly exposed to ESG risks. Most investment firms active in the space have by now implemented ESG considerations in their investment process.
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Spotlight on the circular economy - Targeting sustainable development by ‘closing the loop’
Since the start of the industrial era, linear economic models have dominated the global economy, with resources typically extracted, used and then disposed of as waste.
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ECB Easing and Trade Deescalation Boost Markets
The three things you need to know this week: More signs are pointing to U.S.-China trade war de-escalation, ECB launches new stimulus and the PBOC cuts required reserve ratios.
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Measuring the market impact of geopolitics
Geopolitical risk is on the rise and investors will increasingly need to take it into account in the coming years. Our analysis looks at how it can impact portfolios and what investors can do about it in terms of strategy.
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Discovering Value In Climate Change Investing
Integrating six climate considerations with impact on long-term business performance into an investment process.
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Rising U.S. farm debt and the implications for farmland investors
Three consecutive years of disappointing commodity prices has led to farmer incomes decreasing year after year. Low prices for soybeans, corn, milk and beef have reduced the level of farm income and 2019 is not expected to provide a deviation from this trend.
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The impact of African Swine Fever on the agricultural industry: a complex puzzle
The outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in China is making headlines as it impacts the biggest pork market in the world. Industry experts consider this a ‘transformational event’ for the global pork sector that is ‘creating a devastating effect.
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Nuveen knows: alternatives
Beyond diversification: a geographical focus on farmland and real estate
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Six reasons global cities could save the world
Far from being a contributor to climate change, cities may actually provide the solution to tackling the world’s most pressing issue.
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Does Sustainable Investing Constrain a Portfolio?
Sustainable investing is often misunderstood. Many investors think a sustainable agenda limits a portfolio to a narrow piece of the market. In fact, plenty of stocks can help investors create social benefits while generating strong returns—if you know how to find them.