Hidden corners of sustainability – related innovation
The European small-cap universe encompasses numerous sustainability-conscious companies doing innovative work that potentially enables them to outperform their competition.......
Decarbonizing the world: the three things asset managers must do
With a goal to generate decarbonization-related alpha, one manager seeks to find companies with the potential to be early adopters in the adjustment to a carbon-neutral reality. Thus generating the outperformance that can accrue to first movers.........
Climate change investing: research and collaboration continue
One manager gives their account of actual, measurable, progress being made on the ground when it comes to climate investing.....
Short-term disruptions mask longer-term opportunities
Can the disconnect between short-term and long-term forces create buying opportunities in companies set to benefit from secular trends but whose valuations have dropped amid the broad equity declines.........
Evolving impact investing for better potential outcomes
Showing tangible impact is a challenge for managers and asset owners alike. Wellington have developed a framework to show how they track the progress of portfolio companies and issuers, measuring impact progress and outcomes across strategies.......
A safe haven in a time of uncertainty
Azhar Hussain, Head of Global Credit at Royal London Asset Management, argues that global high yield credit should have wider appeal, and that the front end of the market offers the best protection from the twin threats of inflation and recession......
Inflation implications for private credit underwriting
Can historical KPIs still reflect the future or do models need to be build differently in order to understand current forces at play and how they affect economic sectors in different ways.......
Nordea’s ESG Priorities: the SFDR is too broad and the Taxonomy is too narrow
Head of ESG, Eric Pedersen, provides us insight to how the investment giant implements it´s ESG philosophy across a broad range of portfolios and how looking for easy answers to difficult questions is unhelpful........
Idiosyncratic returns – consistent alpha across different style cycles
How a very specific approach to stock picking can build an equity strategy with the potential to perform across multiple market and socio-economic scenarios.....
How behavioural finance analysis can help unearth hidden sustainability potential
Alternative approaches to help identify promising investment candidates and to assess current sustainability leaders for under-appreciated risks.....