IQSI News and Press, IQ Candriam ESG International Equity From 12/28/22

Summary There were ample causes for this global downdraft in equity markets. Global equity markets look likely to face a global recession in 2023, which appears to have already begun in the final quarter of 2022. Equity markets will face a tough global environment in 2023, particula...

Summary Passive environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing has become increasingly active. It’s time for a rethink. As more investors look to align sustainability goals with their investments, global ESG assets under management (AUM) have soared from $2.2 trillion in 2...

Summary ESG factors have been widely used as a set of criteria in a manager’s risk assessment toolkit. Making the wrong call with respect to ESG can sometimes mean excluding certain sectors based on these considerations alone. ESG factors are part of the global risk complex a...

Summary The transition to net-zero emissions has become one of the key drivers that will define the global economy over the decades to come. The Paris Agreement and national climate change plans anticipate a gradual transition to a low-carbon world – not an overnight switch to ze...

Summary Inflation continues to moderate, not only here, but also in Europe. Despite the negative economic reports and the reaction to the Fed rate hike, the US Dollar barely budged for the week. Value yet again outperformed Growth in the last week, this time by a spread of almost 1%...

Summary The adaptation and loss-and-damage topics cut straight to the scale and on-the-ground reality of climate-change impacts and the expense of addressing them. A draft of the US government’s Fifth Annual Climate Assessment found that the US, historically the biggest polluter,...

Summary While it’s been a tough year, the Federal Reserve has done investors an enormous favor in terms of the attractiveness of a wide swath of fixed-income asset classes that today look a lot more attractive than a year ago. Jay Powell and the FOMC did raise the Fed funds rate ...

Summary For the sixth year in a row, FTSE Russell asked global asset owners for their views and practices across a range of sustainable finance issues: 184 participated, and represent up to £3 trillion in AUM in assets. Mitigating long-term investment risk was given as the le...

Summary Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, which account for 23% of global maize production, are experiencing substantial losses because of climate-related issues. Latin America is likely to resist any attempts to implement land distribution controls. Like their Latin American cou...

Summary The convergence of energy security and the climate agenda is likely to be a focal point at COP27. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has caused severe energy supply disruption in the EU and forced a near-term policy divergence between energy security and the climate agenda. A...