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Two events pushed down Eurozone sovereign spreads in 2017: the French presidential election in April & May, which dissipated investors’ fears about Eurosceptic movements, and the announcement on 26 October of a smaller-than-expected reduction in ECB’s QE for 2018 (monthly purchases lowered from € 60 bn to €30bn).
However, it is important to point out that the fundamentals of European sovereign bonds have improved recently and provide strong support for this segment of the market.
Stewardship activities, like engagement and voting, are increasingly seen as effective tools for promoting corporate accountability, enhancing long-term value, and driving sustainability.
“With ongoing inflation swings, central banks will be increasingly data-dependent.”
We study how global equity markets price the physical climate risk associated with tropical cyclones. To assess firms’ exposure to this risk, we use a bottom-up, forward-looking measure of firms’ expected losses to their geolocalized physical assets based on simulated cyclone tracks under different climate scenarios (RCP 2.6, 4.5, and 6.0).
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