18/06/2021 Economy & Markets Biden agenda: tackling income inequality and its potential i... The election of President Joe Biden has led to a turn in US government policy. This paper explores income and wealth inequality in the United States and...
8/06/2021 Economy & Markets The inflation moment - Strategies to protect portfolios from... As the global economy emerges from its worst slump since the 1930s, we envisage plenty of inflation fertilisers at stake, especially in the United States....
17/05/2021 Retirement Pension Funds Letter 11 - Unexpected opportunities for pensi... In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, a lot of discussion has focused on the worsening of the retirement prospects of savers around the world. Indeed,...
26/04/2021 Economy & Markets Shifts & Narratives #2 - Inflation: something deep awakens One year ago, as the Covid-19 crisis had just begun, we wrote about its potential inflation implications from both a cyclical and a structural standpoint....
9/04/2021 Portfolio Strategy Shifts & Narratives #1 - Do not give up on fundamental valua... Today, most investors are at a loss regarding what to think of the notion of value and valuations and, even most importantly, how to use it in portfolio...
31/03/2021 Economy & Markets How hot is the inflation pot? Strategies to protect portfoli... As the global economy emerges from its worst slump since the 1930s, we envisage plenty of inflation fertilisers at stake, especially in the United States....
8/03/2021 Portfolio Strategy Do not give up on fundamental valuations Something has to give in a regime shift. Be prepared, there will be opportunities for value investors.
10/08/2020 Capital Market Assumptions Asset Class Returns Forecasts - Q3 - 2020 All signs indicate we have passed the inflection point of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, even if this signals a clearer picture moving forward, different...
18/05/2020 Capital Market Assumptions Asset Class Returns Forecasts - Q2 - 2020 In our latest analysis released at the beginning of the year, we had laid out our medium-term outlook as a correction of the business cycle, including...
9/12/2019 Fixed Income & FX Screen the Euro fixed income market in the era of three 'low... As 2020 approaches, the uncertainty in the market has receded but there are still risks ahead involving macroeconomic, political and technical factors....
30/04/2019 Economy & Markets Is inflation definitely dead or simply dormant? Consequences... In history, there have been periods when it was dormant, but revivals have always been painful. What is striking at present is the inability of some countries...
1/08/2018 Capital Market Assumptions Asset Class Returns Forecasts - Q3 - 2018 The current global expansion is set to run until 2020, with above potential growth in most countries in 2018 and 2019.
14/06/2013 Asset Pricing & Behavioural Finance Cross-Hedging of Inflation Derivatives on Commodities: The I... According to the macro-econometric literature, the impact of exogenous oil price shocks on Inflation have greatly increased in the last two decades throughout...
15/12/2012 Portfolio Allocation Swapping Headline for Core Inflation: An Asset Liability Man... Headline Inflation in the US has been shown to be mean reverting to Core Inflation at medium term, whilst at the same time the pass-through of commodity...
15/11/2012 Portfolio Allocation Alternative Inflation Hedging Portfolio Strategies: Going Fo... Gone are the days when inflation fears had receded under years of “Great Moderation” in macroeconomics.