All Equities articles – Page 76
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White papersKeep Your Eye on the Loser
The election’s winner will drive market sentiment for the next several months, but the loser could reshape economic policy for the decade.
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White papersEuropean equities: accelerating the digital revolution
The coronavirus crisis has fast-tracked the global economy’s digital transition, as the pandemic has encouraged the uptake of virtual solutions across different industries.
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White papersGlobal Emerging Markets: ESG Materiality, Q3 2020
Welcome to the Global Emerging Markets’ ESG Materiality commentary – a quarterly publication that demonstrates our engagement activity with portfolio companies and showcases holdings that are creating positive impact aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals. In addition, we explore an environmental, social and governance (ESG) theme and its implications for the asset class.
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White papersRecovering scenarios and Emerging Themes
Erik Knutzen shares guidance on navigating the range of paths through the recovery and our Playbook 2.0 for capitalizing on investment themes.
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White papersIs Concentrated Investing Riskier in Today’s Uncertain Environment?
In a world of increased uncertainty, many investors’ natural instinct is to “hedge their bets” by diversifying, rather than investing in a concentrated strategy. But this year, a portfolio consisting of just the five largest US stocks would have significantly outperformed. So, is there a way to reduce risk and to capture long-term growth in a concentrated portfolio?
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Asset Manager NewsCoronavirus: what now for economies and markets?
It’s been a tumultuous time for investors everywhere. Momentum is the key when looking at future prospects for stock markets and employment prospects across the continent
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White papersSDG Engagement Equity: 2020 H1 Report
Launched in January 2018, the Hermes SDG Engagement Equity Fund has the dual purpose of delivering attractive returns and measurable real-world impact.
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White papersWebinar – Nowcasting the US Economy
Join CME Group Chief Economist, Blu Putnam, as he shares insights using alternative data and nowcasting to monitor developments in the US economy.
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White papersInvestment decisions in volatile times
Volatile market conditions are an opportunity for investors to reassess and diversify. Timing an investment in the right asset class can bring significant gains, but may require using strategies that diversify risk, argue Wei Li, Senior Structurer, Multi-Asset, Quantitative and Solutions APAC.
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White papersSharpe Thinking: calling time
What’s moving the investment landscape? In these turbulent markets, we bring you views from our portfolio managers, analysts and economists, delivered by our Investment Office – an independent body ensuring that our investment teams perform in the best interest of clients.
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White papersAsset Class Return Forecasts - Q3 - 2020
All signs indicate we have passed the inflection point of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, even if this signals a clearer picture moving forward, different uncertainties are emerging. Our latest forecasts, incorporating analysis of key driving factors, confirms last quarter’s future sequence of macro-financial regimes1 registering some slight fine tuning in terms of recovery forecasts coherent with the macro picture taking shape.
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White papersTikTok on the Clock, Now Don’t Let Fiscal Stimulus Stop
TikTok may be the tip of the iceberg as the U.S. recommends tech companies remove Chinese apps from their app stores. Uncertainty around the next stimulus package may continue to weigh on consumer spending as we expect weaker data for July.
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White papersCredit investing in the coronavirus era: 360°, Q3 2020 - August 2020
The SDG Engagement Equity Fund focuses on attractive companies with the potential – through engagement aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – to generate outcomes that benefit people, the planet and investors. Here we demonstrate how we are engaging with current holding Brunswick to create positive impacts on society.
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White papersTaming the Golden Geese (Without Killing Them)
After rising to the challenge of making lockdowns livable, technology firms and their investors face a trickier future than ever.
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White papersPerspectives on Emerging Markets Investing
The first half of 2020 witnessed an unexpected shock that unsettled markets around the world and abruptly ended a 10-year, record-long expansion. Emerging market (EM) economies—profoundly distinct and at different stages of development—have weathered the COVID-19 storm better than expected, yet many face longer-term headwinds.
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White papersCautious Consumers Await Fourth Fiscal Stimulus Bill
U.S. politicians will continue negotiating the next fiscal package. The July employment report will likely be weak due to rising uncertainty, cautious consumers, and greater restrictive measures. Meanwhile, next week’s BoE meeting is expected to strike a bearish tone.
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White papersA Summer Setback in Jobs Doesn’t Mean a Double-Dip Recession
The odds are rising that July will produce a poor employment report in the U.S. Nevertheless, as long as Congress delivers a fourth stimulus bill that continues to support the incomes of those out of work, the U.S. economy should be able to continue its slow recovery.
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White papersVulnerability to Default in Emerging Markets
While emerging markets sovereign defaults are at levels not seen since 2001 this year, rapid policy responses are helping to avoid the worst—furthermore, we believe the corporate default rate for 2020 could be lower than in 2009 or even 2016.
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White papersSDG Engagement Equity commentary: Brunswick
In April, EOS at Federated Hermes published a white paper – Investor Expectations for Global Plastic Challenges. This set out the scale and complexity of the problem and offered investors ways to engage with companies in three key sectors – chemicals, consumer goods and retail.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views – August 2020
As we enter the summer, conflicting forces in major equity markets have led to a period of temporary equilibrium between fear(risk of second wave, low bond yields, high gold prices) and greed (equities rallying as a result of economies reopening). The big question for investors now is: where do we go from here?
