The trend is obvious. Sustainable investments are more attractive than ever. As an example, Credit Suisse Asset Management launched the Credit Suisse (Lux) Environmental Impact Equity Fund in June this year.
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At least that is what investment professional Thomas Buckard has been observing for almost three weeks, whereas the German leading index Dax currently only knows the direction steeply upwards, and that after its dramatic collapse in March.
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How should investors position themselves to benefit from a possible stock market recovery? According to experts at US fund manager Alger Management, small caps outperform their larger counterparts during the upswing.
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According to Birgitte Olsen of Bellevue Asset Management, European small and mid caps are emerging stronger than expected in the Covid 19 pandemic. The reasons for the strong earnings growth are the solid balance sheets, the pronounced cost awareness and the lower debt – regardless of whether the economic recovery takes a V- or U-shaped course.
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Demand for ESG-compliant funds is high, but how much growth is there? According to the latest market report by the German professional association FNG, investments by German private investors in sustainable investments rose by 96 percent to 18.3 billion euros, as the market for sustainable investment funds and mandates in Germany is experiencing a real boom.
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As of January 1st 2020 there is a new regulation. European capital market-oriented companies must now prepare their annual financial reports in a single electronic reporting format, the ESEF format, in order to facilitate and simplify the accessibility, analysis and comparability of annual financial reports.
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There is hope, even if the figures of the national economy indicate otherwise. Martin Moryson, DWS’s Chief Economist for Europe, recalls once again that in April German manufacturing industries received more than a third fewer orders than in the previous year.
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The private bank Berenberg published a very decisive result in a study: most ESG ratings on the market are unsatisfactory and do not allow investors to see the investment opportunities.
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According to AllianzGI, an integrated global fixed income platform will be set up under the leadership of Franck Dixmier of the asset manager Allianz Global Investors. The team will have the largest credit research team in the industry with more than 25 credit specialists.
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There is a new addition to the team of Dutch asset managers NN Investment Partners. Marina Iodice, who has ten years of experience in the areas of responsible investing and impact investing, will join the Sustainable & Impact Equity team in The Hague as a new senior portfolio manager for impact investing as of July 1st.
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