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A view from the markets – True Faith

Forward markets don’t see US 2-year Treasury yields above 1% again for at least five years. The technology sector has just delivered blow-out earnings numbers for Q2.

Perfect Blend Factor Investing

How do you like your coffee? Whatever you prefer, all coffees contain a small number of key ingredients. Factor investing may sound complex, but in essence, it’s nothing new. For decades, investors h ...

2020 Proxy Voting Season Review: Beyond ‘business as usual’

The global COVID-19 pandemic brought disruption to voting season across Europe, North America and Japan. Companies struggled to host in-person meetings, but many quickly moved to hold virtual AGMs, a ...

COVID-19: Why 2020 is not 2008 – the fund manager view

As we consider how the world will recover from COVID-19, it is vital that we remain aware of how this crisis is very different in nature to the market shock of 2008/2009 and understand how this will ...

European Summer

The strongly developing consensus appears to be pro-Europe relative to the US. A stronger Euro and a negative view on US equities is part of that. The political and health situation in the US is begi ...

July Investment Strategy - And after the summer?

Europe has been enjoying a rare moment of outperformance recently.

ESG and financial returns: The academic perspective

An increasing amount of academic research is showing that the incorporation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors can potentially lead to better performance for both companies and the ...

The Big H

We are consistently seeing technological progress towards the goal of de-carbonising our economies. Alternative energy is becoming cheaper and more and more activities have the opportunity to shift t ...

Heading somewhere

Everybody should have an argument with themselves and with others now and again. Arguments rarely end in absolute agreement.

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