All Commentary articles – Page 170
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White papersAre Europe’s dog days over?
Boasting a broadly improving macroeconomic environment, the prospects for Europe are on the turn. What’s more, the investment case for the region is too good to ignore, explains Ian Ormiston, manager of the Old Mutual Europe (ex UK) Smaller Companies Fund.
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White papersAsset Allocation Monthly: March 2017
Global equity markets are near all-time highs, bond markets are relatively calm, and currency volatility is reasonably low.
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White papersOur Convictions: March 2017
No major changes on the macroeconomic front last month, but, rather, a confirmation of trends that we had already factored into our asset allocation.
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy: March 2017
This month, we present the main issues and scenarios relating to French presidential and legislative elections, as well as the most likely market impacts.
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White papersEconomic Insights: February 2017
Recession; it follows an expansion as the economy encounters constraints, inflation rises, and the Fed hikes interest rates. A recovery follows a recession and begins a new era of better growth, mild inflation, and stock market gains.
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White papersBehavioural Interventions Series: Paper Three Committed, Disengaged, Suspicious or Falsely Secure - What type of pension saver are you?
Saving for retirement is for most a complex and inaccessible topic, which is perhaps why many people switch off rather than engage with it head-on.
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White papersAmundi Outlook 2017
As we enter 2017, we would like to take a step back and reflect on the evolution on the macro-financial system in which we operate.
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy: February 2017
The rise in long-term interest rates raises a crucial question: is it a change in regime, a change in level, or a correction within a band of fluctuation that will remain low? The purpose of this article is to answer this question.
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White papersOur Convictions: February 2017
The election of D. Trump to the presidency of the United States had several major consequences on the financial markets
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White papersHuman rights and businesses: how can one assess the corporate responsibility to protect human rights?
Three tensions between society and the individual are at the origin of human rights: the individual’s desire to preserve his freedom, the search for equality, and the quest for brotherhood. After the second world war, the United Nations translated these rights into international texts.
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White papersCross Asset: 2017 and beyond
In an ultra-low or even negative interest rate environment, maintaining an overweight stance in emerging market assets (equities, debt and currencies), in credit (vs. government bonds) still makes sense, while continuing our search for yield and spreads.
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White papersEndocrine disruptors in ESG analysis
Endocrine disruptors, the definition of which has not yet been ratified within the European Union, are chemicals that may affect the normal functioning of the endocrine glands to which humans may be exposed through different channels (WHO, 2012).
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White papersUK Real Estate Outlook
One month after the referendum vote to leave the EU, the UK real estate market is adapting to the result.
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UK Real Estate Outlook: 2H16
Expectations for UK economic growth underwent some fairly significant downward revisions prior to the EU Referendum, and these have now been revised downwards again, although we do not envision the UK entering a recession as the main scenario.
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Eurozone Real Estate Outlook: 2H16
The slowdown in China and other emerging markets viewed in conjunction with the uncertainties surrounding Brexit, has led to a downward revision of economic growth prospects in the eurozone.
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APAC Market Outlook: 2H16
Investment opportunities and strategies linked to broad structural shifts across the APAC region likely to outperform.
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UK real estate outlook: Risks and opportunities emerge after Brexit
We expect the ‘Brexit’ vote to have a lasting impact on the UK real estate market. We have downgraded our forecasts for total returns on domestic property from 5.1 per cent per annum to 4.3 per cent over the next five years.
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Brexit: Impact on UK Property
The UK public voted to leave the European Union on 23rd June, to the surprise of pollsters and economists.
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Economic and Property Market Overview: Q2 2016
The UK public voted to leave the European Union on 23rd June, to the surprise of pollsters and economists. The margin was tight at 4%, although in absolute terms this represented a 1.25 million difference in votes between the leave and remain camp.
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European Real Estate Summary: Edition 3 2016
The potential consequences of the Brexit vote have dominated economic commentary in the aftermath of the historic decision. It is too early to assess the full implications for both the UK and Europe, although economic commentators unanimously expect that there will be negative short-term impacts on growth stemming from heightened uncertainty.
