Equities
Jonas Thulin, recently appointed CIO of the third Swedish buffer fund, talks to us about re-entering emerging markets and the importance of letting tactical work complement strategic allocations to drive returns.... ........
Royal London Asset Management´s Head of Sustainable Investments, Mike Fox, makes the case for why the firm is increasing exposure to banks amidst a changing macro environment, more attractive financial characteristics for equity investors and improved environmental performance as better disclosure on financed emissions and clearer policies on future lending are made.....
Alpha will be a bigger driver of global equity returns in the future, with high interest rates and inflation limiting the contribution of beta toward total returns.....
Yolanda Courtines, Equity Portfolio Manager at Wellington, argues that strong relationships with companies, formed through regular engagement, allows asset managers to help companies navigate the increasingly demanding list of risks that management teams and boards are facing.....
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.........
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.......
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.....
Alternative approaches to help identify promising investment candidates and to assess current sustainability leaders for under-appreciated risks.....
Melanie Brooks talks to us about leaving NBIM for boutique manager Fondfinans in order to have more hands-on involvement in picking stocks. At NBIM her ESG team supported portfolio managers but now she has both ESG and portfolio management responsibilities......
We spoke to Skagen’s Head of ESG, Sondre Myge Haugland, to identify how the firm applies and prioritises ESG considerations in the context of its value investing philosophy for equities and fixed income....
