CRBN News and Press, iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target From 10/27/22

Summary With inflationary pressures and recessionary fears remaining top-of-mind, equity managers see no short-term end to the bumpy ride in markets. One of the key risks cited by equity managers in our third-quarter report is the possibility of inflation remaining stuck at high l...

Summary The Inflation Reduction Act could usher in a golden age for energy generation, storage and distribution. For decades, utilities have been a steady, if not a scintillating attraction for equity investors. In all, we expect the clean-energy benefits of the IRA to catalyz...

Summary Today, we face a new imperative: to balance energy security, transition and sustainability - to meet global demand for the fuels that drive our global economy, and to build the energy systems to redress climate change. Lesson one is that energy security and energy transiti...

Summary The root of Europe’s energy crisis is under-investment or outright dis-investment in nuclear energy and natural gas production/storage/transportation, combined with over-reliance on intermittent and relatively inefficient forms of renewable energy. Russia’s i...

Summary Europe’s energy security and decarbonization goals will spur R&D in cleantech, solar in particular. We expect further easing of monetary and fiscal policies to boost growth prospects and earnings expectations, and possibly trigger a rebound in Chinese equities. ...

Summary Every day that the Nord Stream pipeline doesn’t run as expected deepens an energy standoff between Russia and the EU. The EU in May ratified a huge policy initiative to accelerate its clean energy transition and increase Europe’s energy independence from Russ...

Summary Resource equities continued to exhibit remarkable resiliency during the quarter, with the S&P Global Natural Resources Index outpacing global equities and global bonds over the 3-month period. Macroeconomic themes mostly continued to dominate all resource equity-relate...

Summary With no end in sight for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, energy markets around the world look forward nervously as winter approaches. The recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act has set the trend for deep decarbonization of the whole economy as well as net zero in the US...

Summary Energy infrastructure companies continue to make strides with clean energy initiatives – announcing new partnerships, projects, and acquisitions. From renewable fuels to carbon capture to hydrogen, the provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act support clean energy i...

Summary October flash PMI data will provide much needed insights into the risk of some of the world's major economies falling into recession. Falling or near-stalled output was seen across the four largest developed economies - the 'G4'. Only Japan recorded expansion, and even her...