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A blue wave or a blue swell?
With a Senate majority, Democrats will have an easier time of achieving their agenda. But it won’t occur without compromise, creating optimism in markets.
Inflation: is this the real thing? Is this just fantasy?…
John Pattullo, Co-Head of Strategic Fixed Income, explains why an expected and predictable cyclical reflation should not be confused with a longer-term structural breakout of inflation.
Investing in Diversity: analysing the investment risks and opportunities
Olivia Gull, Analyst on the Governance and Responsible Investment Team, discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion from an investment perspective.
Sustainable design in consumer products
Charlotte Nisbet, Governance and Responsible Investment Analyst, explores the importance of sustainable design in consumer products.
Is there a solvency crisis looming in credit markets?
Jenna Barnard, Co-Head of Strategic Fixed Income, and Nick Ware, Portfolio Manager, counter the bear argument that credit is set to face a solvency crisis by explaining that liquidity is solvency.
Deconstructing sustainable design
In the first of a series on sustainable design, Ama Seery, Sustainability Analyst on the Global Sustainable Equity Team, breaks down sustainable design and explains how the team incorporate it into their investment approach.
Strategic Fixed Income: Japanification — Europe first and now the US (English)
John Pattullo, Co-Head of Strategic Fixed Income, explains how the suppression of volatility by the US Federal Reserve during the Covid crisis has led to the Japanification of the US corporate bond market.
ESG in COVID times: doing the REIT thing
The Global Property Equities Team highlights how COVID-19 is accelerating the importance of ESG factors within real estate, along with the supporting role the sector is playing in the global recovery.
Technology for good: supporting the fight against COVID-19
Alison Porter, Graeme Clark and Richard Clode from the Global Technology Team discuss how ‘big tech’ companies are helping communities and governments through the pandemic and the implications this may have on the regulation of the technology sector.
Breaking the link: GDP declines and default rates
Jenna Barnard and Nicholas Ware, Portfolio Managers in the Strategic Fixed Income Team, muse over how low corporate default rates may prove to be despite the pandemic-induced economic shock.
So… what about inflation?
John Pattullo, Co-Head of Strategic Fixed Income, shares his views on the most frequently asked question by clients these days: “what about inflation?”
Alterations at the fast fashion industry
Ama Seery, ESG analyst on the Global Sustainable Equity Team, and Charlotte Nisbet, Governance and Responsible Investment Analyst, explore the environmental damage associated with the fast fashion trade and how some companies are changing the shape of the industry.