Malgorzata Kluba, Rudi Van Den Eynde, Oncology, Equities
World Cancer Day 2023
And we would rather not have to go through this – which would mean we won the battle and cancer is curable.
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Equities, Geoffroy Goenen, Value vs GrowthThe second step of the waltz
Despite a fairly significant rally beginning in October, European equity markets, battered by major outflows since the start of the crisis in Ukraine, recorded a correction over the year 2022 (-9.5%). Although European equities finished the year on a relative outperformance compared with the United States (-13.4%) and emerging markets (-15.1%)1, the year was still a source of concern for investors, who are now asking questions about what may arise in 2023. -
SRI, SFDRStay on Top of SFDR
Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR), mandatory ESG disclosure obligations, was introduced by the European Union to improve transparency in the market for sustainable investment.
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Fixed Income
Fixed Income, Monthly Coffee Break
Signs of weakening inflation
Market exuberance continued in December and through the first days of January, as risky assets posted a strong performance, once again on the back of signs of weakening inflation and the hope that central banks would strike a less hawkish tone.
Fixed Income, Monthly Coffee Break
First true relief of the year
After a bruising first 10 months in 2022 that saw fixed income investors suffering near-record losses in most asset classes, November offered the first true relief of the year.
Diliana Deltcheva, Fixed Income
Our 2023 Emerging Markets Debt Market Outlook
The macro environment in 2023 is likely to remain challenging for emerging market debt, especially in the first half of the year.
Fixed Income, Monthly Coffee Break
Mixed picture
October offered a mixed picture following a bruising first three quarters. The Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index was down 0.55%, driven primarily by losses in US Treasuries. However, investors in some segments of the credit markets, especially EUR HY, USD HY and to a lesser extent EUR IG did see positive performance. Most Inflation-Linked Bonds markets with the exception of the US also rallied on persistently high inflation.
Emerging Markets, Fixed Income, Richard Briggs, Sovereign Sustainability
Lula’s Amazon stance appeals but will he deliver on the economy?
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly won the second round of Brazil’s election, beating incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Initial fears that Bolsonaro wouldn’t accept the result, particularly if it was tight, have receded. Bolsonaro said that he would follow the constitution and play by the rules, while his chief of staff, acknowledged the defeat.
Fixed Income, Nicolas Forest
Budget, monetary policy... The match is on!
It is rather unusual for a President of the French Republic to openly criticise European monetary policy. A guardian of monetary orthodoxy, the European Central Bank’s (ECB) mandate is well known by all: to keep inflation close to 2%, regardless of budgetary policy.
Fixed Income, Monthly Coffee Break
UK gilts in the eye of the storm
After registering losses in August, there was no reprieve for fixed income investors in September. All major asset classes posted negative returns, with the biggest falls coming in UK gilts.
Fixed Income, Monthly Coffee Break
Negative performance across the board
After a respite in July, August saw negative performances across the board for almost all asset classes. In G10 rates, investors in Japan suffered the least (-0.97%), whilst the UK posted the largest losses (-6.36%), followed by EMU peripherals at –5.34%. EMU core markets fared somewhat better at -4.71%, but with a sizeable distance away from US government bonds at -2.73%. Breakevens were positive across the board, although barely so in the eurozone.