Climate investing is more than just the next big thing
Two experts discuss the risks and opportunities of climate change for asset managers in this podcast episode released by Robeco.
Two experts discuss the risks and opportunities of climate change for asset managers in this podcast episode released by Robeco.
Over recent years both Phoenix and ASI have worked together extensively on developing a roadmap to integrate ESG principles into the investment management strategies which underpin the management of their assets.
The transition from the ICE age to the EV age over the coming decade will represent rapid change in most countries. But from an environmental perspective, the EV age isn’t coming fast enough.
Climate change is one of the defining issues of our age. Its physical manifestations are negatively affecting ecosystems, human health, and economic infrastructure. And even if the world is able to keep global temperature increases to 1.5° above pre-industrial levels, much more disruptive outcomes are coming.
Research that looks at the relationship between economic transparency and defining investment qualities such as yield spreads, credit ratings and stock price volatility shows sovereign transparency helps improve the value of assets, enables countries to lower their borrowing costs and achieve a better credit rating.
Inflation holds investor opportunities as well as perils. Emerging markets, commodities and linkers do well in a climate of rising prices while central banks are likely to act quickly and aggressively in response rather than early or gradually.