Latest equities thinking
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Human rights: The key to understanding the 'S' in ESG
16 Jun. 2021
Companies cannot thrive without healthy and happy employees, consumers and communities. Investors must use their influence with companies and other stakeholders to ensure the basic rights of these groups are respected.
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Is there now ‘value’ in value investing?
2 Jun. 2021
Value or growth? It is an age-old debate and, as Giles Parkinson argues, a slightly irrelevant one given the changing makeup of the economy and the gentle decoupling of intrinsic value from financial statements.
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Green is not always clean: Rising tide of greenwash brings risks for investors
19 May 2021
Some companies have long sought to mislead the public about their commitments to sustainability, but greenwashing has become more widespread and sophisticated in recent years. Now regulators and investors are fighting back.
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How COVID-19 is accelerating the use of new technologies in construction and manufacturing
14 May 2021
During the pandemic, companies have stepped up investments in technology to communicate remotely with customers and keep their businesses running. As well as boosting efficiency and profitability, it also creating investment opportunities in previously overlooked areas.
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What does the data say? Vaccines, illiquidity and managers called Dave
26 Mar. 2021
In the first of a new monthly series, we take a visual approach to illustrate topical data themes in economies, markets and beyond. This month we look at the correlation between stock market performance and vaccinations, the illiquidity premium in real assets, and whether there are still more men called Dave running funds than female managers.
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Why it is getting harder to assess value in financial markets
19 Mar. 2021
Massive intervention by central banks and governments in recent years has left investors struggling to value financial assets.
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Levelling up
18 Mar. 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has spurred companies to upgrade their digital capabilities, boosting productivity and creating investment opportunities in previously overlooked niches.
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The new struggle for global supremacy could disrupt financial markets
17 Mar. 2021
China’s economic rise threatens US supremacy and the global economic and financial order built up since 1945.
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Cut it out! The complex quest to decarbonise heating
16 Mar. 2021
More countries are contemplating their visions for a lower carbon world. Norway has excluded fossil fuels entirely for heating buildings, while others are taking a more nuanced approach. So, what are the options for those with environment at the heart of their agenda?
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Zero rates: Too much of a good thing?
9 Mar. 2021
The inexorable rise in asset prices caused by the seemingly never-ending era of monetary easing is calling into question long-held investment beliefs, as members of our multi-asset & macro and equities teams explain.
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From crisis comes opportunity: What’s normal now?
2 Mar. 2021
Big challenges bring us the opportunity to think differently. Our investment teams reveal what they have learnt from COVID-19, and how they are preparing to face whatever ‘normal’ emerges in a post-pandemic world.
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Pixie dust and demon dust: The little things that make a big difference in equity markets
19 Feb. 2021
To gain an accurate picture of a company’s long-term prospects, investors must pay close attention to the details, says Giles Parkinson.
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