IQSI News and Press, IQ Candriam ESG International Equity From 02/07/22

For investors who want to earn a reasonable return without taking excessive risks, diversification still works, and we think you’re going to need more of it this year. The weighing of the high-flyers is not over. Commodities had another good week, and the 1-year return is getti...

For those investors who like the idea of buying and holding for the long term, international stocks are likely to dramatically outperform over the coming years. The SPDR Developed World ex-US ETF offers a well-diversified portfolio of international stocks, with much stronger long-term...

Jan van Eck, CEO of VanEck, discusses his thoughts on the top themes to watch going into 2022. The world economy came into 2021 like a car going 200 miles an hour, which fueled by the biggest stimulus we'd gotten since World War II. The Fed is sort of the cause of the uncertainty ...

There are several reasons to be constructive about emerging markets (EMs) heading into 2022. Across EMs, positive structural forces remain apparent and are likely to foster fresh investment opportunities. Certain risks could change our overall EM outlook, although they are not in ...

COP26 was expected to deliver significant pledges to limit global warming to 1.5c degrees above pre-industrial levels. If national governments fail to meet their targets, companies will feel the pressure to pick up the slack. Our active ownership program has strategic focus areas ...

Despite ongoing inflation hype, the U.S. prices paid trend indicator peaked in June 2021 and turned down - this typically leads ISM Manufacturing prices by 2-3 months and suggests inflationary pressures will continue to reverse. Commodities are signalling a similar story, with the Gol...

Twenty years ago, investors mocked the launch of the first ESG focused index called FTSE4Good. Two decades later, interest in ESG indices is driving some of the biggest allocations of capital today. FTSE Russell Americas Head of Sustainable Investment Tony Campos discusses what ha...

We see 2022 heralding a new market regime by delivering global stock gains and bond losses for a second year in a row - a first in about half a century. Stocks rallied back to near record levels and yields rose last week as worries of Omicron dissipated. China’s central bank lo...

Chinese equities, particularly offshore equities, suffered relentlessly in the headlines for their negative performance. And both India and China have been increasingly reliant on imported energy, which includes coal, oil, and others. The more volatile the weather and global deman...

Chinese authorities recently presented a draft plan to reduce heavy metal emissions by 5% by 2025. China will accelerate the transfer of professional electroplating companies to special industrial parks, the Global Times reported. Environment pollution has been troubling China for...