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Adding to the debate: “Is the Fed behind the curve”?
Over the past few months, price hikes above expectations have prompted cohorts of investors to proclaim, “the Fed is behind the curve!” It is a well-known fact that the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) statutory dual mandate is to target both price stability and maximum sustainable employment.
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War and Net Zero offer opportunities across the commodity universe
Commodity trends are driven by four sets of factors: fundamental, geopolitical, structural and cyclical. Today, these are all supportive and underpin commodity price trends, especially for base metals and energy.
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Investing in green, social and sustainability bonds
Green, social and sustainability bonds provide financial support for projects and activities that have a positive impact on the environment and/or society. Issued by companies as well as governments, these ‘purposeful’ debts are enjoying growing success.
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Macron’s re-election is positive for French assets
Emmanuel Macron won the presidential election with a strong lead (58.5%), a much better result than the latest polls predicted at the end of last week. However, the low turnout (72%), the lowest level since 1969, puts this victory into perspective.
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Corporate ESG Impact Ratings: Concept, Process, and Implementation
Not all investors share the same ESG objectives. While most aim to manage ESG risks and opportunities specific to individual companies (i.e., single materiality), some also target net positive impacts on the environment and society (i.e., double materiality).
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Just What Will Break First?
Tighter policy will eventually tame prices, but it’s still hard to see a U.S. recession anytime soon.
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More China Lockdowns May Bring More Slowdowns
China’s zero-COVID policy should be a significant headwind to growth, with its impact likely weighing more on consumption than production. Nevertheless, more logistical delays could disrupt manufacturing activity in the months ahead and add to global inflationary pressures.
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ESG Thema #9 - Engaging on Human rights: Identifying risks and promoting best practices
This paper is the first of our ESG Thema series on social issues. The “S” pillar of ESG investing is increasingly on the agenda of investors, alongside environmental issues, as they have come to recognize the materiality of social risks. The first topic we will tackle as part of this series is that of respect for human rights, specifying how investors can integrate these fundamental rights in their investment and engagement strategies.
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2021 ESG Engagement Campaign
At AB, active engagement with issuers is fundamental to our research and investment processes. Our investment analysts, in partnership with the Responsibility team, engage with issuers on ESG topics throughout the year in their normal course of business, but we believe that centralized campaigns can help drive meaningful outcomes and better results for our clients.
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Energy in focus: The pivot to green
How will the surge in the prices of oil, gas and coal impact the transition to low or zero carbon sources of fuel? In the second part of our Q&A on the energy sector, experts from our credit, equities and ESG teams contemplate the challenges and opportunities in the pivot to green.
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Energy in focus Part 1: The last hurrah for fossil fuels?
The fallout from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has highlighted the fragility of energy markets, with significant implications for the global economy.
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Thick skins and tin ears: Facing up to the ESG backlash
Mark Versey goes on the offensive to dispel recent criticisms against ESG investing.
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The Rising Costs of a Drawn-Out War
Financial markets may not ebb and flow with major developments on the battlefield anymore, but we believe they do still need to come to terms with the war’s lasting inflationary impact.
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EMD as a Hedge Against Inflation
Inflation concerns have caused investors to search for income with lower duration, and we believe Asia high yield delivers on this front.
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Electrification: Paving the Road to Emissions Reduction
As investors focused on long-term sustainability, we have long focused on emissions, energy efficiency as well as long-term opportunities and threats in business models as it relates to their sustainability and competitiveness over the long run.
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Emerging Markets in a World of Higher Long-Term U.S. Inflation
In an effort to stave off disinflationary impulses in the economy, the Federal Reserve’s Flexible Average Inflation Targeting (FAIT) framework announced in 2020 was one of the most important shifts in monetary policy strategy in years.
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Impact Report, Q1 2022
While we believe recent price inflation is likely to be transitory, the current state of affairs has nevertheless unnerved investors, prompting fears of a further rise in interest rates.
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Market snapshot: a glimmer of hope amid China’s lockdowns?
The People’s Bank of China held key interest rates steady this week despite widespread expectations that it would further loosen its monetary response
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Sustainable Global Equity Report, Q1 2022
In this latest update on the Sustainable Global Equity strategy, fund manager Martin Todd asks: Is ESG inflationary?
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How does LOIM address the forest management challenge?
It is nearly impossible to talk about nature-positive development ambitions without talking about the need to improve forest management practices. Whichever way you look at it, the statistics on global loss of tree cover are a scathing reminder that our deeply extractive economic model is threatening the planet, humanity and economic output worldwide.