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25 April 2024

Joanna Tano

Head of Research, Europe, Real Estate (EMEA)

UK Real Estate: Talking Points April 2024

Our quarterly snapshot of current real estate market trends.
Read time - 2 min
23 April 2024

Robert Plant

Director, Portfolio Manager, Multi Asset Solutions

Earnings season: Will Q1 earnings deliver?

After a strong start to the earnings season, a big week lies ahead.
Watch time - 5 min
22 April 2024

Olivia Watson

Senior Thematic Research Analyst

Regulation set to supercharge push on plastics

Voluntary recycled plastic goals haven't really worked, but markets representing 30% of global GDP now have firm targets. How will companies and investors cope?
Read time - 3 min
17 April 2024

Jamie Jenkins

Managing Director, Head of Global ESG Equities

In search of sustainability – following Highway 101

Travelling down the US west coast we met 25 companies in five days. Learn more about the tech and healthcare businesses shaping our future.
Read time - 3 min
15 April 2024

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

Is interest rate pessimism overdone?

The European Central Bank looks set to cut in June and there are reasons to believe the US and UK won’t be too far behind.
Watch time - 6 min
11 April 2024

Stewardship quarterly - Q4 2023

Our report outlines our global active ownership, including a selection of engagement case studies.
Read time - 4 min
8 April 2024

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

Interest rates, inflation and immigration

Do rising US rents, fuelled in part by higher immigration, call for a reappraisal of the likely scale and pace of US interest rate cuts?
Watch time - 6 min
2 April 2024

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

The first cut is the easiest

With real rates rising as inflation falls, we explain why central banks should consider cutting interest rates soon.
Watch time - 4 min
28 March 2024

Jeremy Smith

Co-Head of UK Equities

The Good, the Bad and the UK Stock Market

After an exceptional 2022 the UK stock market reverted to type, underperforming in 2023. With money continuing to disappear from the market, two potential catalysts for change have emerged.
Read time - 5 min
26 March 2024

Ebele Conroy

Investment Analyst, Global Research

Joe Horrocks-Taylor

Senior Associate, Analyst, Responsible Investment

Arabella Duckworth

Investment Grade Credit Research

Green machines: the future of transport

How are the different modes progressing?
Read time - 5 min
22 March 2024

Harry Waight

Portfolio Manager

Simon Haines

Portfolio Manager

Japan: we’re more convinced than ever

We spent two weeks there and met dozens of companies. But which businesses look best placed?
Watch time - 6 min
20 March 2024

Sally Springer

Senior Thematic Research Analyst, Global Research

The skills factor: greening the workforce to deliver net zero

What might this mean to various sectors critical to the transition?
Read time - 2 min
18 March 2024

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

Will sticky inflation stop the US cutting interest rates?

We think that pessimism is overdone and explain why.
Watch time - 6 min
15 March 2024

Tom Barron

Senior Associate, Responsible Investment

ESG Viewpoint: Emerging responsible investment trends in Asia

The appetite for responsible investing is growing in Asia, as regulations evolve and client demand increases.
Read time - 2 min
11 March 2024

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

Interest cuts to start in June

What are the odds that the UK, seen as a laggard, could follow through too?
Watch time - 5 min
8 March 2024

Yu-Ting Fu

Corporate Governance Analyst

ESG Viewpoint: The cost of gender disparity in Asian companies

We’ve been engaging with 26 of Asia’s most influential companies on this topic.
Read time - 6 min
6 March 2024

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

Interest rates, growth and financial markets

What can we expect from financial markets?
Read time - 4 min
26 February 2024

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

Low inflation to create unusual dilemma for the Bank of England

In an election year, pressure for a cut in rates will only grow as inflation eases. What is the BoE to do?
Watch time - 5 min
23 February 2024

Paul Smillie

Senior Credit Analyst

Dick Manuel

Senior Equity Analyst

Peter Tiletnick

Senior Equity Analyst

NYCB blues… could events at the bank hit smaller institutions?

Is the banking system still vulnerable to aftershocks as central banks continue quantitative tightening?
Read time - 5 min

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