Notes from the Investment Floor: Opportunities for quality growth

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Mark Heslop explains why pricing power is important when identifying companies that can survive periods of market volatility.

A once in a generation opportunity in fixed income?

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Ariel Bezalel and Harry Richards look at a turbulent time in bond markets and explain why, rather than doom and gloom, this could be a once in a generation opportunity.

The gears of Japan’s labour market have seized up

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Dan Carter and Mitesh Patel address the question of wage growth in Japan, which remains measly. But is Japan heading for a ‘singularity’ that could finally lift wages?

Finding income in Asia and largely avoiding China

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Jason Pidcock discusses how Asia ex-Japan is sometimes wrongly overlooked by equity investors seeking income and why he is largely avoiding China.

Are recession concerns overdone?

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Mark Nash and Huw Davies assess the prospects for global growth in an environment of heightened geopolitical tensions, rising inflation and interest rates and China’s zero-Covid policy.

Notes from the Investment Floor: Food, fuel, and geopolitical ESG

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John Chatfeild-Roberts gives his assessment on the war in Ukraine and discusses the investment implications for the security and cost of food and fuel.

Systematic global equities: Tackling challenging macro environments

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With volatility likely to continue, Matus Mrazik explains how a systematic approach can help to weather tough macro and style environments.

Notes from the Investment Floor: The outlook looks bright for India

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Avinash Vazirani explains why India has held up better than many other equity markets year to date, and why the long-term outlook for India still looks positive.

Carbone Sans Frontières: action on carbon leakage

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In an article that first appeared on ESG Clarity, Abbie Llewellyn-Waters and Freddie Woolfe discuss the importance of internalising decarbonisation into stock analysis.

Japan’s growth cyclicals: opportunity or trap?

Dan Carter and Mitesh Patel discuss opportunities and risks in the Japanese market, concluding that ‘chance favours only the prepared mind’.