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Biodiversity in focus in EOS’s Q3 Public Engagement Report
The Q3 Public Engagement Report from EOS at Federated Hermes focuses on three of its expanding engagement themes for 2020 – biodiversity and sustainable land use, fast fashion, and business purpose – all issues brought to the fore by the pandemic.
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The “Not Quite” Recovery Meets the Second Wave
The recovery this summer was vibrant. Cheap credit and accumulated savings were used to satisfy pent-up demand, resulting in strong activity. U.S. consumers are showing up; the EU governments keep having the economy’s back; and in Asia, economies are full steam ahead.
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From Drought to Deluge (Chapter 6 of 6)
On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the US coast just south of Houston, Texas. After pushing inland, the storm ran against a ridge of high pressure, blocking its forward movement. As most tropical cyclones do, the storm carried with it a prodigious amount of moisture.
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Water Markets Are Key to Properly Valuing Water (Chapter 5 of 6)
Obviously, Adam Smith didn’t know about climate change when he wrote about water’s value in exchange—if only he could see us now! What he did get right was that the value of any good is very much based on the value of exchange. When Smith was writing his magnum opus that formed the basis of free market capitalism, water was an abundant resource in many places.
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The Future is Here (Chapter 4 of 6)
Climate change is often discussed as something occurring in a distant future—an event we have time to prepare for and perhaps even prevent if we course correct. The future is already here in western North America. Over the last two decades, climate change and a megadrought have wrought havoc on the region’s most vital water supply, the Colorado River.
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Directly Engaging To Understand Water Risk - (Chapter 3 of 6)
We’ll now focus on risk and use fixed income investing as our lens. Firms with water intensive business operations and those operating in areas of water stress—where water withdrawals are high relative to supply—face the risk of having to pay higher water prices or losing access to water supply.
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Water-related Risks in Equities (Chapter 2 of 6)
Water risk impacts investors’ equity holdings in two simple, yet key, ways: decreased revenues and increased costs. These risks manifest operationally, potentially impacting or preventing a company’s day-to-day operations, and through the company’s understanding and management of risk via its water and wastewater management plans.
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Video: Why investors are turning to private assets amid uncertainty
In this video Georg Wunderlin and Johanna Kyrklund discuss the key challenges and benefits of using private assets, as identified by Schroders’ Institutional Investor Study.
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Water Disruption: Investment Risk From Multiple Angles (Chapter 1 of 6)
(Chapter 1 of 6) Before the well runs dry: The time for investors to understand water risk is now.
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Race, ethnicity and investing: Practice what you preach
In the second article in our series on racism, we explain why asset managers need to get their own house in order to be a credible agent for change at the companies they invest in.
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Race, ethnicity and investing: A time for action
In the first of a two-part series on anti-black racism, we look at five areas asset managers need to focus on if their engagement efforts are to make a positive difference.
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Liquidity trends in the wake of Covid-19: implications for portfolio construction
The Covid-19 crisis has triggered the deepest liquidity squeeze since 2008. Unlike the Great Financial Crisis (GFC), an unprecedented real economy shock led to extremely quick deterioration of financial conditions and showed that, under extreme circumstances, liquidity may dry up not only within risk assets, but also within risk free ones.
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Election countdown: A Trump opening after the final Presidential debate?
President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden met in Nashville, Tennessee on Thursday 23 October for the final presidential debate. This is an important milestone in the campaign, and early indications the morning after the debate are that while both camps felt proud of their performance, it may persuade some undecided and GOP-leaning independent voters back to the Trump fold.
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How private equity can work with healthcare companies to build better, longer lives
The scale of the global healthcare market and the strength of its long-term drivers mean opportunities abound, particularly in privately-held companies.
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CLOs: A Bias Toward Quality
CLOs continued their rebound in the third quarter, but the potential for volatility going forward is high. In this environment, there may be benefits to moving up in quality.
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Investment Impact of 2020 Elections
The 2020 US presidential and congressional elections are fast approaching and the global market outlook is already hazy in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are likely to find more policy and political turbulence through Inauguration Day than we have faced in past elections.
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Moving the Needle
The U.S. election will be big news in November, but news on coronavirus vaccines will probably “move the needle” more for markets.
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Choosing Trump or Biden
Investors will benefit from supportive policy under either outcome, but the impact on specific industries is much harder to predict.
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Positioning for the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election: An Update
Undeniably, 2020 has been an eventful year and the fireworks are likely not yet over. Amidst rising COVID-19 infections and a stuttering economic recovery, investors are preparing for the U.S. Presidential election. While this election may be one of the most contentious in U.S. history, investors should remember that that once the elections pass, much of this noise typically quiets and risk assets are able to resume a trajectory dictated by fundamentals.
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Readying For Record-Breaking Rebounds in GDP
Q3 GDP confirmed China’s rebound, while we watch for U.S. and EU data next week. The BOJ and ECB will likely hold policy steady, but look for messaging on economic and policy outlooks. Executive orders and employment recovery should support U.S. personal income and spending.