CRBN News and Press, iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target From 10/27/23

2023-10-27 23:25:00 ET Summary After two quarters of strong equity performance, markets paused and reversed in the third quarter of the year. U.S. equities lost -3.2% and European equities lost -2.1%. Clearly, the change of tone at the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) pl...

2023-10-26 02:57:00 ET Summary During July and August, we observed higher-than-normal volatility in trading volumes across equities, fixed income, foreign exchange and derivatives. Credit volumes witnessed some strong highs and lows in the third quarter. Notably, July—a mon...

2023-10-20 02:55:00 ET Summary The Israel-Gaza war adds to already elevated uncertainty. A major escalation in the conflict would make a material difference to economic prospects and our forecasts. 2024 inflation forecasts have been revised upward again across most reg...

2023-10-18 05:35:00 ET Summary Years of aggressive monetary conditions have begun to bite, and global central banks appear near the end of their respective tightening cycles. Growth in Europe was weaker than the US, since households there had comparatively smaller savings to navig...

2023-10-17 09:15:00 ET Summary Global stocks didn’t experience the big sell-off many feared would occur last week, despite the rise in geopolitical risk since Hamas’ attack of Israel. There is still uncertainty about the path of monetary policy, with the focus on whe...

2023-10-13 05:30:00 ET Summary Impact investments are investments made with the intent of generating benefits for society, alongside a financial return. The biggest successes of climate change impact investing have been on the funding side. Impact investing can also have effec...

2023-10-11 06:45:00 ET Summary Absolute Return Partners is a London-based investment advisory business. Founded by Niels Jensen in 2002, it focuses on providing bespoke alternative investment solutions to institutional investors. In total, it manages over $600 million of assets across...

2023-10-10 11:20:00 ET Summary After a downturn in 2022, the global green economy has returned to form in 2023. Green revenues for listed companies are on track to exceed US$5 trillion by 2025, with market capitalisation of the green economy approaching 10% of the equity market. ...

2023-10-10 11:15:00 ET Summary The World Trade Organization is finally catching on that global trade isn't growing like they thought it would. The WTO's report indicates global trade growth began slowing in the fourth quarter of 2022, which coincides with the timing of when trade ...

2023-10-09 23:06:00 ET Summary Worldwide Purchasing Managers' Index averaged 47.9 in the third quarter, down from 48.8 in the second quarter, thereby indicating that trade conditions deteriorated at the fastest quarterly rate so far this year. Manufacturing new export orders fell ...