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Rates restored

This month’s Editorial by Olivier de Berranger, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and CIO, and Alexis Bienvenu, Fund Manager, La Financière de l’Echiquier (LFDE). A new era of abundance is upon us. Not, alas, in political, social, environmental or even economic terms. Rather, it is for…
LFI
11 October 2023
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Israel-Hamas: Implications for Global Markets

Commentary from Norman Villamin, Group Chief Strategist at Union Bancaire Privée (UBP). The Hamas invasion of southern Israel over the weekend, while an eruption of an on-going regional conflict and humanitarian crisis has the potential to expand to a prolonged conflict that historically has been…
LFI
11 October 2023
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A new dawn for Indian stocks

Corporate India's promising fundamentals mean the country's equity market is poised to outpace that of its emerging market peers Prashant Kothari, Senior Investment Manager Pictet Asset Management. India is making history. Late last year it overtook the UK to become the world’s fifth largest economy.…
LFI
09 October 2023
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Investment implications of AI

How generative AI has re-ignited investor enthusiasm for tech stock John Gladwyn, Senior Investment Manager Pictet Asset Management. While the ideas behind AI have been around longer than most investors have been alive, an area which had previously been regarded as the preserve of computer…
LFI
09 October 2023
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ESG ratings under the microscope

Caroline Reyl, Senior Investment Manager, Stephen Freedman, Head of research and sustainability - Thematic Equities and Faisel Syed ESG Specialist Pictet Asset Management. ESG corporate ratings are redrawing the financial landscape, yet investors often struggle to interpret them. Britain’s system of imperial measurements has long…
LFI
06 October 2023
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Hovering flight or losing altitude?

Laurent Denize and Prof. Dr. Jan Viebig, Global Co-CIO ODDO BHF AM. While the holiday season in Europe was marked by extreme weather, capital markets managed to avoid major turbulence over the summer. In marked contrast to last year, when investors could do almost nothing…
LFI
20 September 2023
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We think the Fed is done with rate hikes

Comments by Franck Dixmier, Global CIO Fixed Income at Allianz Global Investors. We do not expect a rate hike from the Fed at its 19-20 September meeting. The Fed has entered the most mature phase of its monetary tightening cycle. The markets' attention will now…
LFI
20 September 2023
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China: no systemic financial risk, but lower long-term growth

By Dong Chen,Head of Asia Macroeconomic Research, Ling Chen, Graduate, and Julien Holtz, Emerging Market Strategist, Pictet Wealth Management. Near-term risks have been overblown and Chinese equities could hold upside potential In recent weeks, missed debt repayments by another major property developer and one of the largest shadow-banking institutions have triggered fears…
LFI
18 September 2023
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China’s economy could stabilise

By Dong Chen, Head of Asia Macroeconomic Research and Ling Chen, Graduate, Pictet Wealth Management. Strengthening policy support and signs that manufacturing is stabilising could point to a moderate recovery over the rest of the year. Since late August, policy support in China has picked up in pace and strength. While…
LFI
15 September 2023
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ODDO BHF AM Green Planet

Story of the month The energy transition will require massive growth in the electrification of transport, industry and buildings, making it essential to transform electricity networks in an unprecedented way. In 2022, 274 billion dollars were invested in the modernisation and creation of electrical infrastructures,…
LFI
15 September 2023