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Meet the Manager: Henry Biddle
In our latest instalment of ‘Meet the Manager’, Henry Biddle, Portfolio Manager on the Sustainable Global Equity and US SMID Equity strategies, explains what he loves about his job, why he considers himself a quality investor, and the one thing that would make him check his inbox on holiday.
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Emerging Markets: Q1 CIO Update
Chief Investment Officer Sean Taylor provides a Q1 update on emerging markets, a regional outlook on how some countries are doing, and his thoughts on AI’s impact in Asia.
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Your Questions Answered: Unconstrained Credit
In this video, Fraser Lundie, Head of Fixed Income – Public Markets, responds to the key questions that are front of mind for credit investors at the present time.
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The Role of Private Markets in the New Regime
While market yields have risen, insurers’ book yields remain low—making it difficult to keep up with claims inflation or compete with higher-rate banking and money-market savings products.
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Dislocation: What Are the Opportunities, and Can Insurance Companies Take Advantage?
Higher rates and tighter financial conditions are leading to capital and liquidity shortages in private markets, creating opportunity for long-term investors prepared to step in as liquidity providers. We identify some of these opportunities and discuss how insurers in EMEA might capitalise on them.
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Un-picking the Role of ESG
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations tend to be factored into the investment process at the security-level, after a strategic asset allocation (SAA) process has already set the shape of the overall portfolio.
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Higher for Longer: Time to Close the Gap?
Fixed income yields remain near multi-year highs offering an opportunity for insurers to rebuild book yields, secure future investment earnings and continue to close the duration gap that opened up during the low-rate years. With short-term policy rates apparently at their peak, however, this opportunity may not last: now may be the time to lock in those longer-dated yields before they begin to retrace.
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Talking Markets – European Opportunities
Join Jonathan Willocks, for this episode of Talking Markets, where Thomas Brown, Fund Manager of Premier Miton European Opportunities Fund, discusses the European equities landscape, investing in undiscovered gems, and navigating sectors like luxury goods and AI amidst market shifts.
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What defines a Biodiversity Champion?
In this video, Jordan Patel, Deputy Portfolio Manager of the Biodiversity Equity Strategy, explains why these companies, more so than transition names, stand to benefit from the exciting multi-year trends and regulations which underpin the team’s investment thesis.
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The stars (and stripes) align: The overlooked appeal of US SMID
In our latest video insight, Charlotte Daughtrey, Equity Investment Specialist, makes the case for US SMID (small and mid-sized) stocks, which can sometimes get overlooked amid the hype around the so-called ‘Magnificent Seven’ stocks, but can represent a particularly exciting area of the market.