Featured Content: The Eye of the Storm
How investors can navigate the return of volatility
As investors head into the last couple of months of 2022, financial markets find themselves in the midst of a storm. Inflationary forces have prompted central banks to increase interest rates and reduce their balance sheets. Putin's war has had multiple implications and China seems to be slowing down. These events resulted in volatility across asset classes. Meanwhile, allocators are also trying to focus on long-term developments, such as the road to net zero.
China's Inward Tilt (Citi GPS)
The direction of the Chinese economy and financial markets remains of prime importance for allocators globally, especially as the old world order is being transformed.
Retirement Survey & Insights Report 2022 (Goldman Sachs AM)
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The U.S. retirement industry is undergoing massive change. Reaching retirement with sufficient savings is a challenge that is only getting more difficult for the workforce.
Risk And Reward - Q3 2022 (Invesco)
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In this report, investors can find insights into generating equity-like returns with lower volatility, ESG portfolio construction and more.
Fixed Income Views: Paradigm Shift (Franklin Templeton)
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Realising that inflation is here to stay, central banks have suddenly shifted their multi-decade approach to monetary policy. What does this mean for fixed income allocators?
Video: Midterms and Equity Markets (Fisher Investments)
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The U.S. mid-term elections can be a highly volatile event for equity markets. Looking at what the new politics may bring to markets can help investors prepare for the unexpected.
BlackRock Future Forum | Investing in an Era of Volatility
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The new era of inflationary forces has disrupted a long period of steady, peaceful growth. Volatility has returned to markets and investors have to learn to navigate it.
Sustainable Investment: Bond Markets Can’t Intimidate Everybody (FTSE Russell)
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Sustainability issues are having a growing influence on credit ratings. However, studies show a direct inverse correlation between sovereign bond performance and ESG scores.
Central Bank Accounting Practices for Monetary Gold (World Gold Council)
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This paper reviews different approaches to gold accounting used by central banks, and attempts to identify common methods amid the wide variety of practices.
Cannabis 2.0: Investing in Today's Regulated Industry (Key Investment Partners)
In recent years, the introduction of 'minor' cannabinoids has enabled product developers to create new kinds of cannabis products, including many with medical scope.