Talking Heads

Listen to this Talking heads podcast with Christophe Montcerisier, head of real estate debt, and chief market strategist Daniel Morris. They discuss the absence of a direct and immediate link between higher interest rates and the performance of real estate debt and the defensive characteristics of the asset class. Among other things, its solidity derives from some of the pandemic-induced structural changes, including a shift in office use and greater demand for suburban properties. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Listen to this Talking heads podcast with senior portfolio managers David Favier and Olivier Boutoille and Daniel Morris, chief market strategist. They firstly discuss the current market environment before focusing on the advantages of investing in these floating rate instruments that offer varied risk/returns profiles for investors.Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Food security has shot to the top of the agenda for governments and economists, but also investors. The war in Ukraine has highlighted the fragility of cross-border supply chains and countries’ dependence on food imports. More localised production is one potential answer, another is vertical integration to reduce a food company’s vulnerability to the whims of external sources.Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

The rapid growth in sustainability investing in recent decades has bolstered the need for greater transparency as investors increasingly want to know where and how sustainably their money is invested. MiFID II and other regulations have taken on more of a sustainability focus to improve the flow of information from issuers, distributors and asset managers.Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

In an investment environment laden with challenges from rising interest rates to a possible global slowdown, listed real estate comes with advantageous features such as inflation-resilient cash flows and better liquidity than bricks and mortar. As such, listed real estate is a portfolio diversifier offering investors attractive risk-adjusted returns over the long haul. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Investing with a view to a sustainable future has often focused on environmental and governance issues – the ‘E’ and ‘G’ of ESG. However, the path towards a more inclusive society means social factors should be considered more actively as well, argues Delphine Riou, ESG analyst and Inclusive Growth lead, as she points out the significance of the ‘S’ for social in achieving sustainable corporate performance. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Disruption of supply chains is just one factor investors in new technologies currently have to contend with. A fundamental reevaluation of the outlook for US interest rates and as a consequence, the pricing of growth stocks, is another. Pamela Hegarty, disruptive technology portfolio manager, talks about how the themes she sees shaping future technological trends provide her with reference points in assessing today’s opportunities and risks.   Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Private equity impact investing offers investors access to an attractive asset class that can help diversify a portfolio and earn attractive returns. In addition, it offers an extra-financial component by enabling them to contribute – and help finance – solutions to pressing social and environmental problems from access to healthcare to promoting a circular economy. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

US small-cap stocks are trading near 10-year lows on various metrics, which disregards their  typical resilience in periods of rising interest rates and slower economic growth.  Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

In early March, Chinese policymakers announced economic growth of around 5.5% would be targeted for 2022. Since then, a number of headwinds have led to doubts China’s GDP growth will reach 5%. In this podcast, we explain why we believe Chinese policymakers have both the intention and the means to counter factors potentially slowing growth in the world’s second-largest economy.  Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.