All Energy articles – Page 5
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White papersWhy geopolitics must not derail the energy transition - or investors’ resolve
Energy security, the robustness of global supply chains and climate change have become inextricably linked in recent years. Geopolitical and environmental tensions have contributed to the need for companies to focus on shortened supply chains and reduced carbon footprints, and for governments to incorporate sustainability into fiscal investment and policy frameworks.
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July 26-27 FOMC Review: Maintaining a Hawkish Course
The Federal Reserve hiked the fed funds rate by 75bp to 2.25-2.50%, the second consecutive 75bp rate hike. The Fed rate decision was widely expected. With today’s rate hike, the fed funds rate is within the 2 to 3% range of estimates of the long-term “neutral” rate. However, as Chair Powell reminded us during his press conference, policy needs to go beyond neutral into restrictive territory this year in order to reduce inflation.
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Why Everyone’s Talking About… The Energy Transition
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, many countries – but especially those across Europe – have received a wake-up call when it comes to energy supplies. The shift from fossil-fuels to renewables remains the long-term goal. But how feasible are timescales, given the need for immediate energy security?
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Why energy storage is the focus for the next decade
Climate technology innovation panel, UBS APAC Sustainable Finance Conference 2022
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Blog
Voilà! Is the ECB Capable of Going Big?
The European Central Bank (ECB) surprised investors with an outsized 50 bp rate hike today, taking its policy rate out of negative territory in one fell swoop. But the ECB’s Governing Council underwhelmed with its vague announcement of a new tool, known as the transmission protection instrument (TPI). This tool is meant to ensure the even transmission of monetary policy across the euro area.
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Exploring ITR scores: Framing robust company-specific benchmarks and future company-level GHG emissions ranges
As investors are looking to align their portfolios with the goals of the Paris Agreement, forward looking portfolio metrics like Implied Temperature Rise (ITR) are becoming increasingly popular. In this paper, we describe a Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)-aligned ITR methodology based on absolute GHG emissions, which includes two important methodological innovations:
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Energy Fuels European Inflation & Rate Fears
U.S. labor demand remains strong but has likely passed the peak imbalance with supply, while the Fed has reaffirmed its prioritization of inflation over growth. Elsewhere, talks of greater hikes by the ECB followed inflation surprises in Europe. All eyes are on U.S. CPI next week.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve is about to Raise Rates: Keep Calm
With widespread inflation persisting in many western economies, the United States, United Kingdom and to a lesser degree, the Eurozone are moving up the curve of hawkish monetary policy. Emerging from the pandemic-induced lockdowns, the initial burst of inflation was largely driven by so-called base effects as prices were being compared to artificially low prices in 2020 due to the dramatic disruption of aggregate demand.
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Time to scale up?
Institutional Investor fireside chat series with Mark Saunders on energy storage
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Current and Future Opportunities Within the Space Economy
The range of current and potential future opportunities presented by the space economy is considerable. In this video, Senior Portfolio Manager, Michael Barr looks at a range of these, highlighting some recent breakthroughs as well as potential future developments.
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Are Biofuels Really the Choice Fuel for the Future?
The most beneficial biofuels for carbon intensity reduction are biodiesels produced by wastes, such as used cooking oils and other fats, which are truly being recycled into energy. However, supply of these feedstocks is largely limited by the amount of food consumption.
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Sticker Shock Sinks In
Investor sentiment has whipsawed in recent weeks amid focus on growth risks. U.S. and euro area PMIs underperformed and real U.S. spending fell for the first time since November. On the other hand, China has taken a step to relax restrictions. Watch for U.S. jobs data next week.
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Four Key Considerations Within the U.S. Energy Sector
Since the winter of 2020, the energy sector’s weight within the S&P 500 Index has gone from less than 2% to almost 5% as of the end of May 2022. Having more than doubled, how much energy exposure, and in which areas, has become a key consideration for investors in U.S. equities.
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Responsible Investment Quarterly - Q1 2022
Welcome to the newly designed Responsible Investment Quarterly. Over a number of years we have developed the publication to showcase Columbia Threadneedle Investment’s responsible investment (RI) capabilities across Europe, Asia and the US. In this new incarnation we wanted to focus more on the RI research embedded within our investment process, and how it supports and furthers our investment approach across the globe.
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Focus on Spain: macroeconomic projections and fixed income view
Under our scenario and assumptions, Spanish GDP is projected to grow at 4.2% in 2022, moving below 2% in 2023, significantly below Banco de España projections for 2023 and 2024 at 2.8% and 2.6%, respectively, as we expect the current environment of higher energy and gas prices and high inflation to negatively affect consumers, companies and activity.
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Podcast
The Mission Toward Carbon Transition
Global energy demand continues to increase as populations grow. Therefore the global economy is shifting into a greener one, or is it? What role does carbon play across infrastructure and are companies implementing changes across their operations as a result?
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The Road to Net Zero
Many entities, including federal and regional governments, corporations, universities, and investors are setting net zero targets— as the world looks to tackle climate change. Net zero means achieving a balance between the greenhouse gases (GHG) put into the atmosphere and those taken out. This state is also referred to as carbon neutral.
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Security Concerns Add Urgency to Global Energy Transition
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused enormous human suffering and upended the previous political consensus in Europe. It’s also prompted concerns that Western countries will be distracted from environmental priorities as they struggle to replace embargoed Russian oil and gas. But data suggest otherwise—that the global energy transition is accelerating and that the widespread effects from the conflict bolster the secular growth case for renewable energy.
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Energy Transition: Reconciling Environmental and Social Issues in Europe Amidst Turmoil
Since the beginning of the year, the market’s attention has focused on challenges confronting the energy sector, which is in turmoil following Russia’s military attack on Ukraine in February. The embargoes imposed as a result of this offensive have heightened fears, already palpable in the preceding months, of tensions between energy supply and demand, causing a further surge in prices, particularly for oil and gas.
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Energy shock: War sparks bond risks and opportunities globally
Views from our fixed income experts on how the shift toward a zero carbon future impacts sovereign debt in Europe, the importance of credit fundamentals among US shale-oil companies and how rising rates are creating different outcomes in emerging markets.
