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Responsible technology: How can companies and investors drive digital inclusion and economic growth?
The ‘connectivity canyon’ between those who have access to digital technology and those who do not can have a significant impact across education, employment, healthcare and more – deepening social inequalities and holding back economic growth.
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Plastic wrap: innovations, private-equity dealflow for circularity
Welcome to the launch issue of Plastic wrap, our bimonthly review of the science, policy and corporate activity pivotal in creating a circular plastics value chain.
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Green growth, degrowth or a-growth: What’s behind the new models proposed for sustainable economies?
The universe may be expanding but the earth and its resources are finite. This thought taps at the shoulders of investors seeking to run responsible portfolios. We want growth that drives economies and allows companies to flourish, but we are increasingly aware that for growth to be sustainable it must be consistent with planetary boundaries.
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Activating Equity Portfolios for Higher Rates and Inflation
Passive equity investing has retained its dominance and outflows from active portfolios have continued amid the market and macro shocks of the past year. But in a world of structurally higher inflation and interest rates, there are good reasons for equity investors to consider active portfolios for equity allocations.
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Hard or soft landing? Macro adaptation in multi asset
Is the worst over? Some investors remain unconvinced, while others are animated by animal spirits as macro data and policy action stoke expectations that markets can rise from the ashes of 2022.
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Will China grow old before it grows rich?
China aims to become a high-income country. Can the world’s second largest economy achieve this without the favourable demographic tailwinds that helped shape the preceding four decades?
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GSS bonds: The sustainable bond market of cities and regions
The Franklin Templeton Fixed Income team believe investors with an appetite for sustainable impact should focus their attention on the market of urban GSS bonds.
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Mixed messages. Messy markets.
When macroeconomic data give mixed messages about the path ahead, markets are bound to become more challenging. That could be a good opportunity for using volatility to position for an eventual recovery.
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What the latest US jobs data say about recession risk
In the latest instalment of Simply put, where we make macro calls with a multi-asset perspective, we analyse the surprising strength of the US services sector and explain what it tells us about the risk of a recession.
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Six key differences between private equity and public market investing
New, smaller investors are entering private markets. We explain some key differences between investing in private versus public equity markets.
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The Crucial Role of Resources in the Great Energy Transition Debate
It is becoming increasingly clear that to improve the chances of achieving Net Zero by 2050, natural resources companies are a key part of the solution—not the problem.
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Why Securitized & Why Now: $12.5 Trillion Market Goes on Sale
Today’s securitized market presents a rare opportunity to add diversification via an asset class with the potential to provide defensive opportunities with outsized returns.
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ESG Viewpoint: Banking on biodiversity
Biodiversity loss - why it is material and relevant for banks
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Emerging Markets Debt: will 2023’s bright start last the course?
Maybe it’s an optimistic time of the year or maybe it’s just a good investment case? Whatever you identify as the driver, there is no denying that 2023 has begun in extraordinary fashion for emerging markets debt (EMD).
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Multi-asset Allocation Views: The mood music changes
The Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions team continue to anticipate that the cumulative effect of monetary policy tightening will have a dampening effect on economic activity.
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ETF: The China equity rally is not over yet
Chinese equities have staged an impressive comeback since hitting multi-year-lows during the third quarter last year.
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Alternative Investment Themes for 2023: Opportunities For The Nimble
We think the next 12 months are likely to see this cycle’s peaks in inflation, policy tightening, bond yields and market volatility; and troughs in GDP growth, earnings growth and market valuations. But don’t see the pendulum swinging back to the post-2008 “new normal”.
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Fixed Income Themes for 2023: The Return Of Market Discipline
We think the next 12 months are likely to see this cycle’s peaks in inflation, policy tightening, bond yields and market volatility; and troughs in GDP growth, earnings growth and market valuations. But don’t see the pendulum swinging back to the post-2008 “new normal”.
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Equity Themes for 2023: Winners and Losers
We think the next 12 months are likely to see this cycle’s peaks in inflation, policy tightening, bond yields and market volatility; and troughs in GDP growth, earnings growth and market valuations. But don’t see the pendulum swinging back to the post-2008 “new normal”.
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Central Banks Tighten, Markets Loosen
While some pessimism has lifted from central bank messaging, we still think the market may be hearing only what it wants to hear.