A new era The 2022/2023 period has marked a turning point for interest rates. The era of cheap money that prevailed from 2009 to 2021 is behind us. Neither a prolonged zero interest rate policy nor the sustained use of quantitative easing as...

By Océane BALBINOT-VIALE, Senior ESG Analyst, La Française AM COP28 was a rollercoaster ride marked by its president’s affirmation[1] that there is ‘no science’ behind demands for the phase-out of fossil fuels to limit global warming to 1.5°C...

Natural resources are becoming increasingly scarce, and investing properly and sustainably in the green transition requires us to map that value chain to see where the risks and opportunities lie for ESG investors. How we harness the green tran...

"As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) left its key interest rates unchanged today. ECB President Lagarde reiterated that key rates must remain at their current high levels in order to achieve the medium-term inflation target of 2 percent. ...

Matthew Ryan, Head of Market Strategy The dollar has sold-off sharply across the board this evening, after the FOMC delivered an unexpectedly explicit message that lower US rates are on the way in 2024. In its statement, the Fed noted that grow...

While European real estate markets have been adjusting to the new financial environment for several quarters now, some segments seem to have found a new equilibrium that could provide the basis for a rebound in investment volumes in the short term...