Investing for tomorrow

The ECB has raised interest rates to 4.00% at the tenth consecutive meeting arguing that inflation is still too high.

A relatively buoyant environment for Equity Market Neutral strategies.

If you were intrigued by our June comment on the return of the money markets (Money markets: From liquidity solutions to core investments), you might be curious about some of the other changes.

At Candriam, we are both more active and more demanding in our engagement activities, an attitude shared by several other investors, mostly European. Investment teams are increasingly involved, in both the practical exchanges with issuers as well as the determination of engagement priorities and approach.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been yet another wake-up call for our need for energy independence. While Europe's reliance on Russian gas was evident, Russia is also one of the largest oil producers, exporting half of its production to Europe before February 2022.

With the onset of the inflationary cycle and the change in central bank monetary policy, markets have entered a new paradigm, leaving investors uncertain as to the direction that markets will take next, and the timing of the transition into the next phase of the economic cycle.

After more than a decade of suppressed and often negative yields, the fixed income asset class has entered a higher rate context.

Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR), mandatory ESG disclosure obligations, was introduced by the European Union to improve transparency in the market for sustainable investment.

Publicly-traded companises have begun to incorporate ESG performance metrics into their executives’ compensation packages as part of efforts to increase transparency on their accountability vis-à-vis shareholders.

If France relies on its nuclear power, it will not do what is necessary in terms of renewables, says the German side.

With the upcoming 2023 Turkish presidential election, scheduled to take place on 14 May, we are sharing our views and sentiments on the possible outcomes and their consequences.

The Metaverse. The substitution of reality with the imagined – transporting the participant literally into a whole new world – will become possible for all kinds of products and services.

Bond investors did have a rough time in 2022. But a new era begun when central banks initiated their forced march of interest rates hikes, bringing some fresh opportunities to investors.

The once-in-a-generation monetary tightening engineered by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) over the past twelve months has produced financial vulnerabilities.