All Global articles – Page 96
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White papersSDG Engagement Equity commentary: National Instruments
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.
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White papersPensions Investment Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities
There are several uncertainties in the economic and market outlook that are important for pension funds.
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White papersNo immediate storm ahead, but insurers should use the lull to build portfolio resilience
Lingering COVID-19-related supply-side disruptions, alongside a significant rebound in consumer demand, are producing supply bottlenecks and an inflation rate not seen for decades.
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White papers2022: A Year of Major Inflection Points
These five big transitions are likely to make 2022 a choppy and challenging year for equity investors—and the end of the coronavirus pandemic doesn’t even make the cut.
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VideoEnvironmental strategies – Electrifying opportunities
2022 is likely to see further efforts to limit energy consumption, reduce losses, use natural resources more efficiently and more responsibly and protect our environment – all in our joint efforts to transform the global energy system en route to a low-carbon economy.
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VideoSynthetic Biology: Investing in the Science of Sustainability
If the technology for making diabetes medicine hadn’t changed since the 1930s, today we’d need an area larger than the surface of the earth for raising pigs, harvesting insulin from their pancreases to help hundreds of millions of diabetics around the world.
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White papersThe time for action is now: Incorporating carbon into private markets
Our real assets research analysts explore the whys and wherefores of understanding and managing the carbon footprint of their portfolios.
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White papersFederated Hermes Sustainable Global Equity Fund awarded Towards Sustainability label
Our recently-launched Federated Hermes Sustainable Global Equity Fund has been awarded the ‘Towards Sustainability’ label.
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White papersExxonMobil case study
We continue our longstanding dialogue with ExxonMobil through significant leadership changes at the board level
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White papersDoes meeting the SDGs require new macroeconomics?
In 2015, world leaders developed 17 Sustainable Development Goals as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The SDGs set forth a blueprint for fostering a healthy planet and an equitable society – both critical for a healthy economy.
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White papersEMD in 2022: New catalysts offset gloom and doom
The global outlook remains mired with worries about inflationary pressures, central bank rate hikes, and liquidity withdrawals.
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White papersThe wheels of a Circular Economy go round and round - N°4 The Electronics and ICT sector: designing a new matrix
Since the 1980’s, the electronics industry has grown dramatically and has benefited substantially from the linear economy by regularly offering new and better products, pushing consumers to renew their computer equipment (computers, smartphones, tablets, etc.) at an ever-increasing frequency. The extraction of materials, especially rare earths, the programmed obsolescence and the low recycling rate have become the industry norm.
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White papersPortfolio Construction with Climate Risk Measures
Because of the 2015 Paris Agreement, the development of ESG investing and the emergence of net zero emission policies, climate risk is certainly the most important topic and challenge for asset owners and managers now and will remain so over the next five years.
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PodcastBiodiversity: Episode 1
How can markets price the absence of birdsong? How much are people willing to pay to maintain the existence of, or be compensated for, the loss of biodiversity in all its forms?1
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - January 2022
The resurgence of the virus cycle, central banks’ reactions to high inflation figures, and Evergrande’s unavoidable default have led to some volatility in the market, but these issues have not caused any major disruption. In the battle between growth and inflation narratives, the mantra that bad news is good news for markets continues to prevail.
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White papersAnalyzing global cities in the 2020s
Post-pandemic life is on the horizon, but which global markets are best positioned to benefit over the next decade?
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White papersBitcoin, A Cornerstone Digital Asset: Part 3
Our Option Group believes that Bitcoin is the most likely of all the cryptocurrencies to emerge as a durable new asset—and the difficulty of pinning down exactly what kind of asset it is could be a big reason why.
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White papersOmicron Soon to Be the Dominant Variant in the U.S…Is This Strain the Way Out of the Pandemic?
We thought it might be helpful to frame our latest thinking on the SARS-CoV2 Omicron variant now that we have seen more data out of South Africa on the evolution of this viral variant.
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White papersESG Thema #6 - Carbon-efficient technologies in the race to Net Zero
Although its decarbonisation has been under way for several years now, as highlighted by the strong growth in renewable power capacities, the power sector still accounts for 38% of global energy- and industry-related CO2 emissions.
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White papersThe Opportunity in Wind
As the fossil fuel industry, coal in particular, may suffer job losses, it is important to ensure that a low carbon energy transition can work for everyone.
