Notes from the Investment Floor: Is the market worrying too much?

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Richard Buxton discusses the curious market mood, which seems to be fretting about growth despite decent macro data, supportive central banks and upbeat company results.

Notes from the Investment Floor: The carbon footprint fine print

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Freddie Woolfe discusses the merits of adding carbon emission data to consumer product labels, and the UK financial regulator’s closer look at ESG investment funds.

Opportunities in impact investing for climate change

Opportunities in impact investing for climate change

Jon Wallace explains how the pace of action to halt climate change must step up dramatically and the challenges and investment opportunities that may result.

Notes from the Investment Floor: Staying positive on US high yield

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Charlie Spelina, Credit Analyst, discusses the performance of US high yield this year, why he sees room for further growth and what themes that may play out in H2.

How to engage and influence companies for a winning strategy

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Edward Bonham Carter, director of stewardship and corporate responsibility, Ashish Ray, head of governance & sustainability, and Andrew Mortimer, governance & sustainability analyst, shine a light on how we effect behavioural change in companies for the benefit of our investors and the wider world.

The art of fundamental sustainability analysis

The art of fundamental sustainability analysis

At a time when the imperative for sustainable investing been higher, Freddie Woolfe explains what fundamental sustainability analysis really entails.

Notes from the Investment Floor – Credit spreads heading even narrower?

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Hilary Blandy discusses the trend towards structurally lower default rates and the possible implications this could have for credit spread ranges in future.

A gold investor’s view of inflation, crypto assets and real money

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Ned Naylor-Leyland comments on gold and silver, inflation, digital currencies and the changing monetary system.

Zero trust: the vaccine for the other pandemic

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Organisations need to work on the assumption that cyberattacks are inevitable, says Brad Slingerlend, co-founder and investor at NZS Capital.

Stay nimble, alert and flexible: our mantra for a reflationary world

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A strategy that invests in assets across the spectrum is the best answer to tide over a reflationary world following stimulus to contain coronavirus upheaval.