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While moves to expand welfare spending has spooked markets, we are tactically neutral on Brazilian equities as a lot of negative news has already been priced in.
Julien Holtz & Luc Luyet, Pictet Wealth Management
Faced with plunging appr...
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The ECB keeps calm and carries on
Even as the English and Canadian central banks had unsettled financial markets with the prospect of an early exit from their over-expansionary monetary policy, the European Central Bank (ECB) remained steadil...
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State Street Global Markets released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index® (ICI) for October 2021. The Global Investor Confidence Index increased to 114.4, a rise of 8.4 points from September’s revised reading of 106.0...
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Andy Howard, Global Head of Sustainable Investment:
“COP26 could prove a make-or-break moment for global climate diplomacy. Pressure has been intensifying and we could see a real step change in climate policy at this year’s meeting.
Andy H...
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Emerging market debt had a volatile first three quarters of 2021. Returns have been weighed on by concerns around COVID, high inflation forcing central banks to tighten policy, and a resurgent USD. Fears over the upcoming Federal Reserve taper hav...
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24% of the 500 biggest asset managers have set goals to use their investments to get to net zero emissions
Policy and research publications by asset managers have almost doubled ahead of UN conference in Glasgow
Asset managers are optimis...
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