The United Nations has targets to halve the number of deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents by 2020. This is not only the right thing to do but is also profitable for those companies that can develop the technologies that will deliver this target....
We have written an extensive paper on the key advantages that active gilt managers hold over passive investors, which is available upon request from our sales department. This brief serves as an overview of the main points from the paper
Since its accession to the WTO in December 2001 China has accounted for an increasing share of the global economy. Helped by fast export and investment growth it remains an engine of trade and is expected to generate some 35% of global growth over the...
Fund houses must recognise the weaknesses of ESG and embrace dissent, says Deutsche Asset Management's Stuart Kirk.
This year has been characterized by very large swings in market sentiment for Japan equities. Increasing market volatility has coincided with shorter term news flow linked to the "comforts" and "concerns" for the global cycle.
Emerging market debt issuers are often assumed to be inherently less creditworthy than their developed market counterparts. But the reality tells a different story, says Rodica Glavan EMD portfolio manager at Insight Investment
Why two index trackers might give very different results