Climate Change and the Economy Economics, ESG Climate scientists and investors could help each other in developing more granular models of the impact of climate change on specific areas. This is needed because the impact will be far greater than current economic models assume, Associate Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick says. Read More
US Corporate Bonds And The Recession Economics, Fixed Income & Credit If the widely anticipated recession in the US will take place, then US investment grade corporate bonds could prove a good place to be, Capital Group’s Flavio Carpenzano says In 1990, Australia was faced with an environment of high interest rates as central banks sought to unwind the excesses and rapid asset price increases of […] Read More
Security is Key Driver, Not Economics Asset Owners, Economics, Women in Finance The world post COVID is driven by security rather than economic considerations, but this doesn’t mean we will head down the path of deglobalisation, AustralianSuper says Read More
Prepare for Shorter, Sharper Cycles Asset Owners, Economics Investors should prepare for shorter and more volatile economic cycles and take a true long-term approach, TCorp’s Chief Economist warns. Read More
Inflation Will Not Fall Rapidly Economics Former RBA Governor Ian Macfarlane warns for rates to remain high for longer than the market seems to price in at the moment. Read More
Growth or Inflation? That’s The Question Economics, ESG, Fixed Income & Credit As central banks continue to raise rates, fixed income investors need to make a decision: do they prepare their portfolios for further growth or higher inflation? We speak with Allspring’s Henrietta Pacquement and Thomas Lyons about fixed income in the current environment, the energy transition and the geopolitical turmoil. Read More
Tackling Inflation Through Real Assets Economics, Private & Alternative Markets, Real Estate Real assets have long been known to form a hedge against inflation and growth shocks. But not all real assets protect to the same degree, and investors now have climate change to worry about, PGIM’s Harsh Parikh says. Read More
The Rocky Road to Net Zero Economics, ESG Carbon neutrality has become a central theme in the investment industry, but the concept is quite a fragile one, abrdn says Read More
Transitory Does Not Mean Short-Lived Economics The Federal Reserve might have retired the word ‘transitory’, but MMT’s Professor Bill Mitchell doesn’t see the propagating mechanisms for inflation to stay structurally high. Read More