Latest Special Reports – Page 14
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Blended finance: Catalytic capital
Three examples show how innovative structures can mobilise institutional capital alongside development banks in high-impact emerging-economy projects
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Strategy: Focus on real-world GHG
A portfolio decarbonisation framework for real-world greenhouse gas emissions impact
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Strategy: Peak oil versus net zero: escaping the climate trap
Fossil-fuel use could continue to rise despite efforts to achieve climate neutrality
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Günther Thallinger: 300 – the budget the world dare not spend
This decade will be decisive in determining if the world can limit climate change or not
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Francis Richard Pereira: Challenges for COP26
Action is required in three key areas to mobilise private finance for climate-change goals
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Claire Elsdon: Calling for data and policy alignment
TCFD–aligned corporate reporting should not be a choice
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Matthew Leatherman: Thinking harder about carbon emissions
Mandate terms can help get investors to achieve their net-zero targets
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Roger Urwin: Doing all you can with what you’ve got
The examples of forerunners can trickle down to others
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Matt Orsagh: Don’t make climate promises you can’t keep
The devil is in the detail with climate promises
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Katherine Garrett-Cox: Commitment, collaboration and consequences
Real progress needs to be evident before 2030
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Andrew Milligan: Resist the call to divest
Divestment is sometimes necessary but far from sufficient
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Giles Gunesekera: A gender view on climate
Women and girls are likely to suffer more from climate change
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Raj Thamotheram: From urgency to agency
A recipe for change that can be enacted by positive mavericks
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Investing in China
Investors the world over are thinking about China, from Soros to Mr and Ms Main Street. Our contribution to this theme (written before the Evergrande story broke) looks at both private and public equity, where managers are looking to align portfolios with China’s long-term investment needs. From a manager selection perspective, boots plus portfolio managers on the ground were an essential ingredient for successful portfolio positioning ahead of the July regulatory crackdown.
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Private equity: Focus shift brings turmoil to market
China’s focus on ‘common prosperity’ is boosting the importance of ESG factors and generating new opportunities as well as risks
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Common prosperity reshaping equity markets
China’s focus is shifting to emerging industries in its drive to become a powerhouse of innovation
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Q&A: A manager selector’s perspective
IPE asked RisCura’s head of research, Faisal Rafi, for a perspective on the wider implications of recent events in China
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Commentary: A mile in Xi’s shoes
The shift from ‘trade war’ to ‘tech war’ between China and the US has forced China’s policy makers to deal with the country’s three key vulnerabilities
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Interview: Diana Choyleva
Diana Choyleva, chief economist at Enodo Economics, says the battle for technological supremacy between the US and China will transform the global investment map
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ETFs Guide 2021: A story of scale, scope and sophistication
In tandem with continued strong inflows, which you will see illustrated in granular detail in the data supplied by research and consultancy firm ETFGI at the back of this year’s ETF Guide, the scope of ETFs’ role is broadening with the adoption of what one asset manager describes as a ‘whole portfolio’ approach.