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Shining a spotlight on solar in China
Advancements in technology and innovation are allowing more sunlight to be converted into energy, and the scope for future growth is considerable.
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Mid-Year 2021 Outlook
Covid-19 negatively impacted 2020 European growth to various degrees. Regardless of its precise speed, the 2021-22 recovery is expected to be solid. But, this strength is also raising concerns on inflation.
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Pan-European warehouse opportunity amidst accelerating online sales
Omnichannel retail continues to drive rapid transformation in worldwide supply chains and logistics real estate. Recently, the global COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically accelerated e-commerce penetration rates and sales growth.
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The growth of European Life Sciences Real Estate
COVID-19 has magnified the importance of life sciences by highlighting the need for the critical innovation life sciences firms are using to solve the current health crisis and to assist with solutions to other long-term health challenges.
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Emerging Markets Charts & Views - Navigate the cyclical recovery and ride the long-term opportunities in energy transition and Asia
The global economy should rebound strongly this year from its worst economic slump since the 1930s. However, the growth pattern is expected to be uneven across advanced and emerging economies, hinging critically on the virus cycle and the success of vaccine campaigns.
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Amundi Pension Funds Letter n°11
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, a lot of discussion has focused on the worsening of the retirement prospects of savers around the world. Indeed, exceptional policies, such as the possibility of raiding retirement pots in advance and the low interest rate environment supported by dovish monetary policies, could potentially have dramatic impacts on the availability of pensions in the long run.
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UK set to launch world’s second-largest carbon market
The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) is among the hottest commodity markets in the world so far this year with European carbon allowances (EUAs) having broken above EUR 56 per tonne last week for a new all-time high, trading up by 70% since 1 January and by 195% over the last 12 months (see Exhibit 1).
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A sneak peek into the second half – What to expect for equities?
As economies recover from last year’s collapse in demand, partly on the back of large-scale government budget spending and amid ultra-low interest rates, investors can expect inflation to bounce higher as well, especially in sectors that were hit hard in the COVID-induced slump.
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Emerging Market Debt: Opportunities Monthly Review
Perspective from Franklin Emerging Market Debt Opportunities team.
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Stewardship in a pandemic
The pandemic has starkly illustrated the links between different sustainability issues. We have explored these links, and the challenges for companies, employees, investors, and wider society in a series of articles highlighting our stewardship work.
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Running Out of People
Understanding the forces that will one day fuel persistent price increases helps clarify why inflation is less of a problem now.
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How to talk to clients about Bitcoin
Fear of missing out is a powerful force in investing. And it’s difficult to ignore an asset that has gained more than 500,000% in just a few years, eliciting headline-grabbing commentary from Elon Musk and Warren Buffett, among others.
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Industrial Delivers: Logistics Steps into the Spotlight
When COVID-19 first appeared, comparisons were made with the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Back in 2008, the industrial and logistics sector was hit hard and left with a plethora of new but empty warehouses that had been built on the whim of retailers.
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Time to rethink value versus growth
How should investors position their portfolios after more than a decade of disappointing value returns?
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Webinar - Inflation: Back on the Agenda
It has been a long time since investors had to worry about rising inflation and interest rates at the global level. Over recent months, however, the prospect of a strong economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis, compounded by unprecedented fiscal stimulus and accommodative monetary policy, has sent bond market inflation expectations soaring.
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Blockchain Innovates and Disrupts
Our Chief Market Strategist Stephen Dover believes blockchain has the potential to launch a new global digital Renaissance, transforming financial services, supply chains, healthcare, backend offices, and more.
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Navigating Seismic Market Shifts
Seismic shifts in the marketplace have pushed the prices of some assets to levels of fundamental attractiveness; other asset prices are the most unattractive we have ever seen. And investors could benefit from the gravitation of prices back to fundamental value.
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Unlocking carbon capture and storage: An Interview with Stuart Haszeldine
The professor of carbon capture and storage at the University of Edinburgh discusses why achieving net zero needs multiple technologies and explains the thinking behind the UK’s evolving approach.
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Why active investing is an attractive approach for Japanese equities
The Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) recent decision to adjust its ETF purchase programme has given investors plenty to think about from the impact on asset prices to the longer term future of the country’s monetary easing policies.
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Plant-based food and alternative proteins look set to upend food industry
The food industry is on the brink of a decade of profound change. Unparalleled growth in plant, micro-organism, and animal-cell based alternatives has the potential to drive this change as consumer tastes evolve, meat intake is being reduced or cut altogether and demand for alternative food types rises.