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Schroders Institutional Investor Study 2022: focus on impact investing continues to grow as investors eye new investment opportunities addressing the energy transition

Schroders Institutional Investor Study 2022: focus on impact investing continues to grow as investors eye new investment opportunities addressing the energy transition

31 August 2022

Impact investing is now viewed among the key pillars of sustainable investing, alongside integration and positive screening, Schroders Institutional Investor Study 2022 has found.

Guarding against biases and costly investment mistakes in times of volatility

Guarding against biases and costly investment mistakes in times of volatility

31 August 2022

In times of volatility, investors tend to make irrational decisions. A recent example is the Covid crash of March 2020, when many investors – fearing a much deeper correction – sold into a falling market, only to miss out on one of the fastest rebounds in history. Markets are not rational and neither do market participants act in a rational manner when their biases come into play.

The Cost of the Energy Crisis

The Cost of the Energy Crisis

29 August 2022

According to the law of energy conservation, energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can only be converted from one form or another. Similarly, it seems, the current energy crisis is shifting in nature, without going away.

In today’s volatile markets, diversification requires new tools

In today’s volatile markets, diversification requires new tools

29 August 2022

The value of investment and the income from them can fall as well as rise and are not guaranteed. The investor may not get back the amount originally invested.

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