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Mirabaud’s Lifestyle, Impact and Innovation private equity fund invests in disruptive young businesses destined to be the lifestyle leaders of tomorrow. As we start thinking about the shape the global economy will take after the pandemic, now is the perfect time to consider which shifts in consumer behaviour will prove transitory – and which will stick. Long Zhou takes the temperature of the premium lifestyle sector in a post-pandemic world.

Last week the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) came to its climax. To mark the event, Sustainable Global Equities Research Analyst John Kisenyi has put together a four-part series of articles where he considers where the conference’s agenda intersects with ESG investing, and explores the risks and opportunities investors face as they engage with stakeholders on the journey to a more sustainable posture.

Last week the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) came to its climax. To mark the event, Sustainable Global Equities Research Analyst John Kisenyi has put together a series of four articles where he considers where the conference’s agenda intersects with ESG investing, and explores the risks and opportunities investors face as they engage with stakeholders on the journey to a more sustainable posture.

The world’s attention remains on Glasgow for the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). To mark the event, Sustainable Global Equities Research Analyst John Kisenyi has put together a four-part series of articles where he considers key parts of the conference’s agenda, and explores the risks and opportunities investors face in meeting the climate challenge. In this article, he assesses where the risks and opportunities lie around the most fundamental material of all: water.

This week, the world’s attention falls on Glasgow for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). To mark the event, Sustainable Global Equities Analyst John Kisenyi has put together a four-part series of articles that consider key parts of the conference’s agenda, and explore the risks and opportunities investors face in meeting the climate challenge. Here he offers his analysis of where renewable energy fits into the picture, as well as case studies and examples of successful engagement processes.

As the UK prepares to host the COP 26 UN conference on climate change, Mirabaud Asset Management’s Head of UK Equities David Kneale reviews the additional measures investors must take to integrate the challenges of climate change.

Mirabaud Asset Management’s Head of Fixed Income Andrew Lake gives his review of the situation as we head into the fourth quarter

As Germany changes its political leadership, Mirabaud Asset Management’s Hywel Franklin and Trevor Fitzgerald take stock of the country’s investment outlook.

We believe there is an increasingly clear relationship between companies’ approaches to managing ESG risks and the long-term sustainability of their dividend distributions. Paul Middleton, Portfolio Manager on Mirabaud’s Sustainable Global High Dividend Fund, explores this relationship.

Mirabaud’s Anu Narula takes stock after an unusual summer for equity markets.

2021 has seen an uptick in the Chinese government making market-moving political interventions. Are these the symptoms of an overconfident regime, or is the Communist Party laying the foundations for a decade of continued growth – and what does this mean for emerging market bond funds?

Rain in London in August, wildfires in Greece and Italy, floods in Bangladesh: can anyone still really deny that global warming is at a crisis point? The role of human influence on the climate system is undisputed. That’s the stark message from the IPCC report on climate change published earlier this week.

Examining how Mirabaud Asset Management’s Climate Bond team evaluates bond issuers’ climate policies

We asked our investment collective for their views on longer-term inflationary risks. What’s clear is that this environment will most likely suit nimble investors that can make active, high conviction decisions as they navigate the road ahead.

We believe that blended Emerging Market debt strategies offer distinct advantages in finding a balance between opportunity, liquidity and volatility. Furthermore, our approach towards liquidity has given us the flexibility to be highly nimble in positioning the Fund quickly and effectively if market events change.

The Global Climate Bond team use a framework to identify those issuers that have clear goals in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions in line with the targets set out in the Paris Agreement. Our focus is to seek issuers that can make significant reductions to the emissions they produce, which means we invest in some of the higher-emitting sectors. Engagement then becomes key.

Andrew Lake, Head of Fixed Income, focuses on the moves in the US Treasury market

We have reached the halfway point of 2021, and it is a good time to take stock of where we are and where we might be going. As the recently departed Donald Rumsfeld said “there are known unknowns and also unknown unknowns”.

The Mirabaud Convertible Bonds Europe Fund has a fully integrated ESG approach as part of its process. It has recently been awarded the SRI label by the French Ministry of Finance. Despite some recent headwinds, especially in areas like the ‘stay at home’ names, a number of positive factors still remain to make the European Convertibles asset class an opportunity for investors seeking to diversify risk.

Global greenhouse gas emissions continued to grow for the third consecutive year in 2019, reaching a record high of 52.4 GtCO2e[1]