WEF lays out global risks ahead: Cost of living and climate dominate
The world faces a set of risks that feel both wholly new and eerily familiar. The Global Risks Report 2023 explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade.
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Positive stock and bond correlation will make portfolios more volatile
Today's positive stock-bond correlation means balanced portfolios will be more volatile without the natural hedge that bonds have long provided to stocks.
Don’t shy away from emerging markets in volatile times
Good quality, holistic research is more important than ever when assessing emerging markets investments with a sustainability lens, argues a portfolio manager at Newton Investment Management.
Water crisis deserves the same attention from investors as climate change
The historical undervaluing of water as a resource, combined with climate change, is impacting communities around the world and posing a systemic risk to investor portfolios, argues Ceres' Brooke Barton, a key figure behind the Valuing Water Finance Initiative.
The value of reporting, measuring and enforcing DEI
Intentional and actionable work on DEI is required to bring the investment industry’s talent composition closer to the broader society it serves, experts say.
ESG now needs to prove its worth, argues ESG champion and historian
Sustainable investment needs to be defended from external attack as questions are raised about how much change it is actually achieving argues David Wood, director of the Initiative for Responsible Investment at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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