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AI, ESG, SRI, Benjamin ChekrounWhy we can’t ignore AI governance
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a familiar part of our lives, but we are only just beginning to realise the risks associated with it. With regulation unable to keep pace, AI governance is now a major issue. -
Ken Van Weyenberg, Quentin Duquesne, Equities, GeopoliticsEuropean defence autonomy: rearming with purpose
For decades, European defence budgets were treated as a discretionary line item, a peace dividend to be spent elsewhere. Russia's invasion of Ukraine broke that assumption. The ensuing years featuring a less predictable transatlantic security relationship and the growing importance of cyber, drones and space have only reinforced that break.
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Asset Allocation
Asset Allocation, Monthly Coffee Break
So far, so firm
Solid growth is giving central banks more room to be hawkish.
Asset Allocation
Keep calm and carry on
The global cycle is still catching its breath. World PMI edged up only marginally in June, still consistent with instant growth close to 2.5% in Q2.
Nadège Dufossé, Asset Allocation, AI
Scarcity, Rivalry and the New Logic of Asset Allocation
The shift from a “soft” to a “hard” world is a durable regime change, driven by geopolitical rivalry, AI competition and structural resource scarcity.
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Insatiable
Growth is slowing. Consumers are becoming more selective. Yet demand for strategic assets continues to accelerate.
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Hormuz, we have a problem. Do we?
Bond markets are pricing the war in Iran. Equity markets are not. That divergence has become a defining feature in the past month. The conflict has now moved beyond the initial shock phase and has entered a regime of repeated escalation, partial de-escalation and unresolved disruption.
Asset Allocation
Escalate. De-escalate. Repeat.
Financial markets have entered a regime where escalation and de-escalation are no longer discrete events, but part of a repeating pattern. The war in Iran has not evolved linearly; it has oscillated, with periods of intensity followed by temporary pauses, each feeding renewed uncertainty rather than resolution.
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Navigating the Straits
Financial markets have entered a phase where geopolitics, commodities and monetary policy are interacting more directly than at any point in recent years.
Asset Allocation
Digital Divide
The major US equity indices have gone nowhere. Since the late-October peak in Technology, the S&P 500 has moved sideways, masking what has in fact been a decisive rotation. Energy has rallied more than 20%, Materials close to 20%, and Consumer Staples well into double digits. Technology, by contrast, is down roughly 11% over the same period.