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Adrienne Lawler Adrienne Lawler

The Great Reset: North American asset management in 2022

Global markets hit an inflection point in 2022. A decade of relative calm following the global financial crisis—including two years of supernormal returns after the initial shock of the pandemic—gave way to a new reality of supply-side disruptions, geopolitical tensions, and surging inflationary pressures.

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Adrienne Lawler Adrienne Lawler

Investing with impact in a post pandemic world

As any emerging markets investment books will show, this asset class has generated spectacular returns over the last decade. But is it just for those with an appetite for risk or an emerging opportunity for ESG investing?

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Adrienne Lawler Adrienne Lawler

Annual Outlook 2023 - PwC

Although the acceleration of global warming has precipitated a deluge of doomsday scenarios across the globe, the onset of climate change has actually also underpinned a number of bright spots in the present macroeconomic environment, geopolitical landscape, and the outlook for long-term investing.

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The next digital frontier

McKinsey estimates that the Metaverse has the potential to create uSD 5 trillion in value by 2030.

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Impact Investing Challenges Across the Americas

In private markets, fundraising roared back with renewed vigor after a brief hiatus during lockdowns. Investors express continued interest in most private market asset classes, in particular infrastructure, private equity, and private debt, as part of the search for alternative sources of return and yield in a lower-for-longer interest rate regime.

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Shell directors personally sued over 'flawed' climate plan

ClientEarth believes that Shell’s Board of Directors is mismanaging the climate risks facing the company, posing serious questions for long-term value and have launched a groundbreaking legal action against individual Board Members. Bet they didn’t put that in the job description when it was advertised!

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2023 Top ESG themes in North & South America

ESG investors struggle to find the right balance in doing good and delivering returns. Where are the opportunities across the Americas and who’s smart enough to jump on the Top ESG themes in North & South America?

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