INTRODUCTION
On recent trips to the local supermarket you begin to notice that the cost of the shopping appears to be getting a little more expensive. Friends have been talking about a new store that has opened a few suburbs away and so you decide to visit it the next time. To your surprise, not only is it substantially cheaper but the quality is also pretty good. This story has been […]
Returns-chasing investors value top-performing funds and prioritise them for their investment allocations. But what does ‘top-performing’ actually mean? The naïve answer is that this is self-evident – the funds with the highest rolling returns over a given period – but this concept is quite misleading.
Because investors are all targeting a different future point at which their accumulated funds will be converted into cash and redeemed from […]
It’s been a very positive March Quarter for market returns, particularly in US and NZ equities, but gains are more muted now as global growth slows. Greg also discusses the key geopolitical risks we’re watching, as well as a possible rate cut on the cards in NZ and what direction the domestic economy is taking.
AMP Capital’s approach to ESG – The what, why and how
AMP Capital is one of the longest-standing managers of responsible investment funds in Australia.
Understanding how a range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors may affect an investment has long been an integral part of AMP Capital’s investment process.
Long before becoming one of Australia’s first signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment in 2007, AMP Capital dedicated specific resources to understanding the impact of ESG factors. […]
In a post last year I introduced the topic of the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals are a call for action by all countries to promote prosperity while protecting the planet. They recognise that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth and address a range of social needs, including education, health, social protection, and […]
Learn more about the infrastructure players that are well placed to take advantage of this very attractive thematic in this new whitepaper from Giuseppe Corona, Head of […]
