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Adrienne Lawler Adrienne Lawler

What the IPCC report means - on the ground


The first major assessment from climate experts in nearly a decade predicts no end to rising temperatures before 2050 unless greenhouse gas emissions are slashed. Vulnerable Southeast Asia needs to mount stronger climate defences.

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Adrienne Lawler Adrienne Lawler

Active v passive investing - the great debate

The key questions at the heart of this debate focus on the ability (or not) of active managers to beat their underlying benchmarks and whether investors should simply abandon active strategies for passive investments. When formulating an investment strategy, this is a debate investors can ill afford to ignore.

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Adrienne Lawler Adrienne Lawler

Code Red for Humanity. Official!

Warming greater than the global annual average is being experienced in many land regions and seasons, including two to three times higher in the Arctic.

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Diversification creates resilience

“PRIVATE REAL ASSETS ALSO COME WITH THEIR OWN DISTINCT CHALLENGES. THEY ARE TYPICALLY ILLIQUID AND MOST SUITABLE FOR INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS WITH A LONGER TIME HORIZON.”

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Adrienne Lawler Adrienne Lawler

Going Green: Why Companies Should Invest In It

A straight forward explanation of the business case for going green, not least the fact that when companies go green, they also remove a lot of the risks associated with non-sustainable practices.

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Adrienne Lawler Adrienne Lawler

Peak growth has likely passed warns Bank of America

A salutary note from BoAML: Crowds are back at pubs and nightclubs in the UK, just as the BAML believes restricting high-risk activities in the Netherlands and Spain could have been a big factor in bending the curve: the UK is testing whether this will work in reverse.

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Q3 2021: last innings of the reopening trade - Manulife

Policymakers are suggesting they still view inflation as transitory in nature which should reduce the speed and magnitude of tightening that will continue to set Mexico apart from its regional peers - Manulife July 2021

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