The Covid-19 pandemic has left hundreds of thousands of forgotten maritime workers stranded at sea which is why we’re sounding the alarm on an overlooked global humanitarian issue and a potential supply-chain disaster in the making.

This research paper, by Eaton Vance, picks up on the empirically documented relationship between economic policy and asset prices, and seeks to identify key determinants of economic policy change.

While there is substantial uncertainty ahead, we believe the pickup in growth and supportive liquidity conditions favor emerging markets investments.

Schroders’ new flexible working policy has been making the headlines. Our CIO explains why it is integral to providing superior investment performance.

Across Asia, we are continuing to see a broad-based economic recovery, with China clearly leading the pack. Investment Director Catherine Yeung discusses how this is feeding through to recent consensus-beating corporate earnings, while also examining the outlook for the US-China tensions relating to trade and elsewhere.

Is this health crisis turned economic shock the ESG inflection point that markets needed? In this Q&A, we discuss the outlook for ESG and PIMCO’s approach to sustainable investing.

The recent controversy over the working conditions at UK clothing brand Boohoo has brought the practices of fast fashion back into the spotlight. As clothing makers churn out affordable designs at an ever-faster pace, the environmental and social costs...