Fiona Reynolds : « The idea that sustainability equated to diminished returns has been steadily eroded with numerous studies »
Fiona Reynolds, Managing Director of the PRI (United Nations) gives us her point of view on SRI in the investment world. According to the idea that sustainability equated to diminished returns has been steadily eroded with numerous (...)
Julien Bras : « We have about one hundred securities, with 89 % of our assets invested in green bonds »
According to Julien Bras, co-fund manager of the Allianz Green Bond fund, the strategy invests primarily in green bonds issued by companies, government agencies and supranational entities...
RARE Infrastructure’s View on Trump’s infrastructure plan
According to Richard Elmslie, Co-Chief?Executive?Officer, Co-Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager, Trump’s administration needs to establish a framework that needs to be robust enough to provide the private equity and debt sufficient comfort that, over the life of (...)
Anne Le Borgne : “Our international equity thematic fund, Amundi Funds CPR Global Lifestyles aims to tap into the boom in multi-generational well-being.”
Well-being and self-actualisation are structural societal trends whose growth potential CPR AM, a well-regarded thematic manager, wants to tap into.
Aude Lerivrain : « Can we invest in the chinese banking sector without worries? »
According to Aude Lerivrain, Head of Credit Research at CPR AM, we are seeing in the Chinese banking system many of the early warning signs of the major banking crises of recent years (in the US, Ireland and Spain)...
Corporate America to hike dividends to meet baby boomer demand
Mounting US demand for retirement income is forcing corporate America to adopt a dividend-driven payout policy likely to benefit yield-seeking investors for years to come, according to Peter Vanderlee, Managing Director at ClearBridge Advisors, a subsidiary of Legg (...)
Big thoughts on little loans through mezzanine tranche of microfinance CLO structure
Not all microfinance creates positive social benefit, so a robust research process is critical to ensure that benefits will be achieved. The social responsibility of the lending process is an essential check in reducing financial risk and delivering more sustainable (...)
The current trend on european small cap will continue, reversing a period of almost ten years in which small caps performed better than large caps. In the period ahead investors should think big, focussing on large companies with fat balance sheets and generous (...)