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Our latest regular features, outlooks and reports
Talking Heads
Forward thinking | Podcast – 15:14 MIN
Talking Heads – ‘Time to be serious about climate action financing’
Investors can help to speed climate mitigation and adaptation measures by allocating more and more actively to the protection of…
Portfolio perspectives | Podcast – 16:07 MIN
Talking Heads – Picking European stocks that have quality
What is the best way to actively manage an allocation to large-cap European equities? Valerie Charriere, Deputy Head of European…
Portfolio perspectives | Podcast – 15:02 MIN
Talking Heads – Ongoing tailwinds favour European financials
At around 15%, financial stocks account for a significant part of European equity indices. What is the outlook for the…
Weekly Market Update
WEEKLY
MARKET UPDATE 24.08.2023
MARKET UPDATE 24.08.2023
Front of mind | Article - 3 Min
Weekly Market Update – Paying the piper
Massive US government fiscal stimulus has supported household consumption and business investment, but at the cost of higher interest rates....
WEEKLY
MARKET UPDATE 17.08.2023
MARKET UPDATE 17.08.2023
Front of mind | Article - 3 Min
Weekly Market Update – A bull in a ‘China shop’
Gains in equity markets this year reflect an outlook where economies continue to grow despite tight monetary policy, while the...
WEEKLY
MARKET UPDATE 10.08.2023
MARKET UPDATE 10.08.2023
Front of mind | Article - 3 Min
Weekly Market Update – Big swings in long bond yields
Economic growth and inflation are slowing, developed country central banks are nearing the end of their tightening cycles, and some...
Monthly Asset Allocation
Portfolio perspectives | White paper - 5 Min
Asset Allocation Monthly – Complacent? Not us
Markets have been volatile, buffeted by the much-anticipated gathering of leading central bankers at Jackson Hole, poor US macroeconomic data,...
Portfolio perspectives | White paper - 5 Min
Asset Allocation Monthly – No summer lull: The time for bonds
Different asset markets are offering unusually disparate prospective levels of risk-reward, with bonds looking more attractive than stocks for the...
Portfolio perspectives | Video - 7:57 MIN
Asset Allocation Video – A recession around the corner, or stagflation?
Signals from fixed income and equity markets on the outlook and an answer to the question of recession or no...
Outlooks
Portfolio perspectives | White paper - 10 Min
Fixed Income Outlook – Shifting narratives
Market narratives have been shifting rapidly. We have gone from speculation that rate hikes by US Federal Reserve had begun...
Portfolio perspectives | White paper - 2 Min
Fixed income outlook - Room for a pause in the UK
The outlook for the UK economy is challenging. It has hardly grown since last spring. In the near term, lower...
Portfolio perspectives | White paper - 2 Min
Fixed income outlook - Eurozone regains some lustre
We believe the European banking sector is fundamentally sound. Tighter regulation of banks than in the US suggests to us...
ANNUAL
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
Forward thinking | Article - 4 Min
Setting out our progress towards a sustainable transition
Our 2022 Sustainability Report[1] highlights our key achievements. These include our continued focus on integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG)...