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Focus on engagement to drive faltering climate transition
As the global fight against climate change shows signs of slowing down, some large asset owners are taking a more pragmatic approach to investment returns from the transition by focusing on more targeted engagement in order to drive more lasting impact, the Fiduciary Investors Symposium has heard.
Carbon reductions and climate risk
William Nordhaus favors a carbon tax to slow climate change but his own model shows that the UN’s target would make humanity poorer than doing nothing at all about climate change.
Conquering the great divide
The pandemic has laid bare deep divisions, but it’s not too late to change course
Looking backwards a poor way to assess Asia’s future
The specific drivers of growth of Asian economies means a traditional view of asset allocation is not necessarily the best way to approach investing in the region, the 2024 Top100funds.com Fiduciary Investors Symposium in Singapore has heard.
World Energy Investment 2021
This year’s edition of the World Energy Investment report presents the latest data and analysis of how energy investment flows are recovering from the shock of the Covid-19 pandemic, including full-year estimates of the outlook for 2021.
US-China war the only real threat to portfolios: Kotkin
The second Trump administration has given investors plenty to worry about – tax changes, tariffs and diplomatic chaos among other concerns. But geopolitics expert Stephen Kotkin said the only real danger that will obliterate any portfolio is an US-China war.
The moment when America fell behind
Although governments everywhere are scrambling to contain the economic fallout from COVID-19, some are approaching the task more strategically than others. The European Union and China, in particular, are focusing on long-term investments in clean energy, whereas America is doubling down on the past.
Long-term investors can help break VC’s short-term trap
The short-term investment focus of venture capital investors and the withdrawal of government funding are opening the door to asset owners as providers of patient, long-term capital to fill an investment void, the Top1000funds.com Fiduciary Investors Symposium has heard.
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