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White papersWhat ‘Data-Dependent’ Feels Like
As central banks become more “data-dependent,” will monetary policy become less predictable and markets potentially more volatile?
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White papersNew Pension Standards in Effect
New disclosures are in effect for pension plans. This marks a change for public plan sponsors in particular who should understand the new valuation measure, as we believe there are implications for pension bond portfolios.
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White papersPublic Engagement Report Q1 2023
The Q1 Public Engagement Report from EOS at Federated Hermes takes an in-depth look at the impact that cattle ranching is having on the Amazon rainforest. Plus, how EOS engages with companies on sexual harassment in the workplace, and why climate accounting is under scrutiny this voting season.
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White papersMercedes-Benz case study
In seeking to understand the alignment of the company’s public policy positions on climate change with that of the lobbying carried out by the company, we received written assurance that Mercedes would review its associations’ lobbying activities and publish a report.
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White papersVolkswagen case study
Following the 2015 emissions scandal, we have engaged with Volkswagen through numerous meetings, vote recommendations and a site visit. In that time, it has undertaken a comprehensive integrity project to improve its company’s culture.
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White papersAsset Class Return Forecasts - Q2 2023
The effect of the fast-paced Quantitative Tightening (QT) embraced by Developed Market (DM) central banks (CB) is materialising across two fronts: price dynamics and financial stability.
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White papersFinding the silver linings: Private Equity International interview with Markus Benzler on the future of private equity
Public market corrections, inflation, increasing interest rates and political uncertainty are all having an impact on LPs’ capacity to invest in private equity. This is already leading to a knock-on effect on private equity fundraising, but what might this mean for the industry over the short to medium term? And where are the bright spots for investors in today’s environment and beyond? Markus Benzler, head of multi-managers private equity at UBS Asset Management, gives his take on how the market will evolve.
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy - May 2023
Topic of the Month: Our key takeaways from IMF’s Spring meetings
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White papersLike 10,000 Interns: How ChatGPT Can Liberate Investment Analysts
ChatGPT is generating excitement about the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to reshape business. For investment firms, AI can help execute many menial functions to free up analysts for deeper research dives, armed with more information than they could ever process alone.
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White papersA buyer’s market: Roundtable with Jochen Mende and other industry experts on secondaries with Private Equity International
The secondaries industry exists to provide liquidity to an illiquid market. In the current period of high macroeconomic volatility, therefore, demand for secondaries’ solutions should be through the roof. To a certain extent, this is true.
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White papersDebt’s defence against volatility
The appetite for infrastructure debt continues to grow, with a well-developed pipeline of investments, says Infranity’s CEO Philippe Benaroya
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White papersKeynote Interview: The renewables path is clear
In an article originally published by Infrastructure Investor magazine, Matt Ridley, partner at Schroders Greencoat, says the right time for renewables is now, with the required investment in renewable energy and associated infrastructure representing a multi-trillion dollar opportunity globally.
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White papersAsset Allocation Committee Outlook: 2Q 2023
Despite equities holding up well so far in 2023, the Asset Allocation Committee remains cautious, anticipating volatility as we approach peaks in rates and inflation and troughs in economic growth and earnings.
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White papersInstitutional Investor: America’s Top Asset Management Firms
Institutional Investor published their list of America’s top asset management firms, according to the companies owned by them. We are proud to announce that we were ranked within their top 10 list.
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White papersThe cost of not acting is high
The world is facing an environmental crisis of unprecedented dimensions. Fighting climate change should be a high priority for humankind as it is closely linked to many other environmental challenges.
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White papersImpact Investing - for investors who want to make a difference
As the scientific evidence of climate change is becoming increasingly indisputable, impact investing has become a prominent and necessary aspect of investing.
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White papersReconsidering the banks sector
Banks have been held widely in the credit side of our sustainable strategies, and selectively on the equity side, for the entirety of their history, reflecting the role that products such as mortgages, current accounts and savings play in society.
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White papersCombining sustainability and outperformance with credit factor investing
What is the ex-ante impact of different sustainable investment approaches on the alpha of a credit portfolio? And what can investors do who want both outperformance and sustainable credit investments? Credit factor investing provides a solution to both questions.
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White papersMaking an impact with fixed income
Impact investing is an increasingly compelling consideration for core bond allocations
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White papersInflation, disinflation, inflection Who is right?
The market narrative remains focused on a single topic – inflation – but the overall picture is markedly different to that of late 2022. Equity, credit and rates markets are not synchronised in their pricing or probabilities of the outcomes from here. This conflicting picture of significant rate cuts just around the corner, dovetailing nicely with median levels of credit spreads and a somewhat lofty equity multiple valuation backdrop, leave us asking: ‘Who is right?’
