Jonathan Toub

Financial flows shall be “consistent with low greenhouse-gas emissions and climate-resilient development”, according to Article 2.1.c of the Paris Agreement. Yet most finance continues to flow to business as usual. How can this change?

In this article, the first of a two‑part series, members of our liquidity team explore cash trends in a rapidly evolving financial landscape for corporate treasurers.

In the third of our global equity sector hub discussions, Joanna Tucka, healthcare sector hub lead, and Richard Saldanha, global equity portfolio manager, explore why all is not doom and gloom in healthcare.

In this month’s Bond Voyage, we introduce SHIELD – the downside protection framework used by our fixed income division. SHIELD is designed to ensure our portfolios remain resilient in challenging market conditions while maintaining capital efficiency.

Asset-based finance is capturing the attention of institutional investors – from pension schemes to insurers – thanks to its diverse risk-return drivers and its growing role as a strategic building block in investors’ portfolios.

In this article Viktor Dietrich, Research Director for infrastructure, venture capital and natural capital, revisits the case for investing in European infrastructure equity. He suggests reasons why small-to-mid-sized opportunities should feature prominently on investors’ radar.

Holistic stewardship across corporates, value chains, and sovereigns is essential to shaping viable, investable climate transitions. But its focus must now move beyond targets to the real-world delivery needed to make those targets achievable.

Vital industries for UK growth like steel or cement are also energy intensive, and their decarbonisation is essential. We convened a roundtable of experts to discuss barriers and solutions to unlocking low-carbon investment opportunities.

In this month’s Bond Voyage, our Solutions team investigates the reasons behind the widening gilt-swap spread and its implications for government bond investors, in particular for insurance companies.

The UK government has published a raft of policies and action plans on decarbonisation over the past 12 months. We assess the progress to date and discuss what remains to be done.

While fewer shareholder resolutions were tabled at company AGMs, we continued to encourage high standards of corporate governance practice, recognising individual company context and the importance of long-term value creation.

In our latest private markets deep dive, our research team crunches the data to see how evolving macro conditions are reflected in private debt returns.

In this month’s Bond Voyage, our solutions team explores the implications of a “higher for longer” US interest rate environment and what it could mean for investment grade (IG) investors.

While opportunities in European high yield real estate debt remain, growing competition underscores the need for deep market expertise, a robust underwriting framework, and disciplined deal selection to identify and capture resilient value.

In this month’s Bond Voyage, our emerging market (EM) debt team explains why, after a few false dawns, the stars seem to have aligned for EM local currency debt to outperform other global fixed income assets.

A set of megatrends is reshaping the world, creating new opportunities and risks for investments in private markets.