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)...
Sharply rising energy prices are pressuring politicians to react. Last week the European Commission called for an overhaul of the electricity market following price increases in excess of 20% in a single day in France. The European Commission is talking tough but is offering (...)
Pension funds/institutional investors plan to reduce exposure to fixed income assets - pessimistic about future performance
Global bond markets have suffered significant losses in recent months, and with rising inflation and interest rates expected to increase, 43% of pension funds and other institutional investors expect performance to deteriorate further over the next 12 months – some 13% expect (...)
Mark Nash and Huw Davies assess the prospects for global growth in an environment of heightened geopolitical tensions, rising inflation and interest rates and China’s zero-Covid policy.