16/09/2021 Economy & Markets Shifts & Narratives #8 - Post-summer check-up on the regime ... Investors have enjoyed stellar performances over the last twelve months. A 60/40 traditional global equity/bond portfolio returned around 19% on a one-year...
10/09/2021 Research Stakeholders in the Just Transition - N°3 Territories and lo... This third article in our series entitled «Stakeholders in the just transition» highlights the need for financial institutions to integrate the concerns...
6/09/2021 Real & Alternative Assets Real assets favoured in a post-Covid-19 world, but higher fr... While the fallout from the pandemic has accelerated several long-term trends, it has also given rise to some misguided expectations. The crisis has paved...
23/08/2021 Real & Alternative Assets European commercial real estate: play the re-opening with qu... The European economy is emerging from its worst economic slump since the Great Depression. As the vaccine rollout progresses quickly across the continent,...
9/08/2021 ESG Thema ESG Thema #2 - EU Fit for 55 package The EU formally adopted in June its new objective of cutting the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 versus 1990.
5/08/2021 Capital Market Assumptions Asset Class Returns Forecasts - Q3 - 2021 The first half of 2021 has been witness to exceptional growth in demand fueled in large part fiscal stimulus and waning Covid-related restrictions.
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26/07/2021 Retirement Pension Funds Letter 12 - COP26, COVID-19: more pressure for... The coming of summer has also seen the return of extreme heatwaves, catastrophic flooding and devastating forest fires. The arrival of the COP26 could...
30/06/2021 Portfolio Allocation Revisiting Quality Investing In the field of factor investing, quality is undoubtedly the equity factor with the weakest consensus. This research investigates the best way to define...
29/06/2021 Economy & Markets Banks in the post-Covid-19 world We thought the banking sector was forever changed by the Global Financial Crisis (GFC): e.g., lower leverage, better risk management, greater transparency,...