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Hidden factors: exploring equity market behaviour in 2020
At the beginning of a new year, it’s customary to look both back to the past and forward to the future. This year, it would be tempting to focus on a future in which the coronavirus is finally brought under control, gladly turning our backs on 2020 and consigning it to the annals of history. However, looking at the extreme market events of the past 12 months can provide some valuable insights for investors.
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Is infrastructure key to a sustainable recovery?
Infrastructure investment is about financing the real economy, meaning few investments are better placed to deliver a sustainable future.
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Biden, Taxes and Your Portfolio
Higher personal taxation under a Biden administration could strengthen the case for municipal bonds and tax-managed equity strategies.
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Water: a pervasive resource and a portfolio staple
The transition of many economies from a depletive to a sustainable model with better social and environmental outcomes creates a wide range of investment opportunities in many areas including water, a resource that is fundamental to not only life, but also across end-markets from the consumer to industrial businesses.
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Is infrastructure key to a sustainable recovery?
Infrastructure investment is about financing the real economy, meaning few investments are better placed to deliver a sustainable future.
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Few Things Are Riskier Than Consensus
Investors should be concerned that market participants have begun 2021 with their views and positioning arguably more closely aligned than they have been for years.
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ECB QE Monitor - January 2021
In December, the ECB bought €57.2bn under the PEPP and €21.1bn under the APP.
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Biden and Democrats take control despite Trump protesters
The 2020 US general elections ended on 6 January 2021 with a Democratic sweep of two critical Georgia Senate seats, giving Democrats a slim majority and control of government until at least the next round of Congressional elections in two years. The stunning developments on Capitol Hill will not change the significance of the Georgia election, which will have far-reaching implications for Biden’s policy agenda and financial markets.
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Vaccine Distribution, Administration, Logistics & Mutant SARS-CoV2 Strains
In an effort to bring timely insights during these uncertain times, we are pleased to share an update from Terri Towers, PhD, Senior Healthcare Analyst, who shares her views on the COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) pandemic.
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How can social bonds support a sustainable recovery?
Social bonds could help mitigate the economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, at least in the short term. While on the surface, most bond issuances appear well-intentioned, all market participants need do their homework to ensure they are directing capital to the right social causes.
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China’s strategy supports a bullish view on emerging Asia
China’s economic policy focus on domestic and, by extension regional, growth argues for a bullish view on Asian emerging markets in the face of the far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A Recipe for the Next Financial Crisis
It may not come soon or deliver the same shock, but the ingredients that triggered so many predecessors are already coming into view.
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What is an impact bond? A specialist fund manager explains
An expert from BlueOrchard – a leading impact investment firm and a member of the Schroders Group – outlines what these increasingly popular assets are and why they matter.
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Hydrogen: Back to the future
The UK is the latest country to accelerate plans to develop hydrogen as part of its push to reach net zero. But it is not the first time hydrogen has attracted attention – it has been trumpeted by the scientific community as a possible wonder fuel for around a century. So, what’s changed now?
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A bright end to 2020 for equity markets
After setting record highs in early December, global equities vacillated on market concerns over the resurgence of COVID-19 to end the month with a rebound to new highs. The MSCI AC World index (in US dollars terms) gained 4.5%, taking its rise for 2020 to 14.3%.
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Global Innovations Driving Zero-Carbon Cement
Company-level metrics provide only half the picture of zero-carbon cement. Our Emerging Market Equity and ESG teams’ on-the-ground analysis provides the other half.
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A thin and last-minute Brexit deal should give temporary relief to UK assets
The deal: the core of the deal is a zero-tariff/zero-quota free trade agreement for goods, but trade will be affected by new non-tariff barriers such as customs checks and compliance procedures. The deal is lighter concerning trade in services, and in most services sectors providers will need to seek approval on a case-by-case basis with national authorities.
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10 predictions for 2021: The world improves, but do markets already know?
At the start of the year, we expected economic growth to pick up modestly and were encouraged by seemingly diminishing macro risks, such as trade policy. Conversely, we were concerned by relatively full stock valuations and thought that market gains could be limited following a strong 2019.
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Spirit of resilience: Market Risk Insights, Q4 2020
Last year, Albert Camus’s 1947 novel The Plague returned to global best-seller lists as people searched for a deeper understanding of the pandemic convulsing society.
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Global Emerging Markets: ESG Materiality, Q4 2020
In our ESG Materiality Newsletter, Q4 2020, we seek to demonstrate our engagement activity with portfolio companies and showcase holdings that create positive impact aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)