With the end of 2024 six weeks away and 2025 dawning with the promise of wide-ranging changes under a new US administration as well as further key interest rate cuts, what are the chances that US equities will continue to stand out? Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insights Centre, and Christian Fay, Senior Portfolio Manager for US and Global Equities in Boston, discuss these and other questions in this week’s edition. For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/ Download the Viewpoint app: https://onelink.to/tpxq34 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://bnpp.lk/am Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

While debate may rage over the feasibility of the Paris Agreement goals on containing climate change, it is clear to many investors that economies are inevitably moving towards net zero emissions and many policymakers are legislating in the realisation that the transition is coming. Jakob Thomä, Research Director at the Inevitable Policy Response (https://www.unpri.org/news-and-press/jakob-thomae-appointed-project-director-for-inevitable-policy-response/11493.article), tells Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insights Centre, that investors are taking the view climate change is a risk factor to be tackled now.  For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/ Download the Viewpoint app: https://onelink.to/tpxq34 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://bnpp.lk/am Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Cedric Scholtes, Head of Sovereign Bonds, Inflation & Rates talks with Daniel Morris, Chief Market Strategist, about the factors that have led to the recent rise in yields of US Treasuries and what may happen next.  At a time of multiple possible paths for US policy rates they discuss the state of the US labour market, how markets are evaluating future fiscal policy and the outlook for inflation.  For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/ Download the Viewpoint app: https://onelink.to/tpxq34 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://bnpp.lk/am Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Capturing drivers of stock performance via ‘factors’ such as value or low volatility and investing in them systematically continues to gain ground among investors. Carmine De Franco, Head of Quantitative Equity Portfolio Management, and Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insights Centre, explore the advantages of quantitative investing as a source of diverse elements of performance. For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/ Download the Viewpoint app: https://onelink.to/tpxq34 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://bnpp.lk/am Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Markets are focused on the resilience of the US economy, the scope for post-election policymaking in the US and recent developments in China when reviewing the near and medium-term outlook for developed market equities. Chief Market Strategist Daniel Morris and Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insights Centre, discuss our latest equity update (https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/equity-outlook-its-the-economy/). For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/ Download the Viewpoint app: https://onelink.to/tpxq34 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://bnpp.lk/am Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

The market for green and social bonds has matured in recent years. It now boasts numerous  issuers from diverse sectors, a broad range of maturities and performance similar to that of traditional – corporate and government – bond markets, Portfolio Manager Arnaud-Guilhem Lamy to Chief Market Strategist Daniel Morris about the merits of green and social bonds.   For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/ Download the Viewpoint app: https://onelink.to/tpxq34 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://bnpp.lk/am Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Recent interest rate cuts have added to a constellation that should allow European small-cap stocks to continue to outshine large caps, Portfolio Manager Mathieu Bernard tells Chief Market Strategist Daniel Morris on this episode of our weekly podcast. The favourable setting includes earnings per share growth ahead of that of large caps, attractive valuations and potential for dividend growth. For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/ Download the Viewpoint app: https://onelink.to/tpxq34 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://bnpp.lk/am Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Listen to this Talking Heads podcast with Jon Stephenson, Senior Portfolio Manager for the healthcare sector, and Daniel Morris, Chief Global Strategist. Jon talks about the opportunities he sees arising from healthcare innovation.    For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/ Download the Viewpoint app: https://onelink.to/tpxq34 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://bnpp.lk/am Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

How and why are investors using thematic investment strategies? Listen to this Talking Heads podcast with Mark Buckley, Global Head of Investment Management with Coalition Greenwich, and Andrew Craig, Co-Head of the Investment Insights Centre. To read the full report, visit our 2024 Thematics Barometer (https://www.bnpparibas-am.com/en/2024-thematics-barometer/) page. For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/ Download the Viewpoint app: https://onelink.to/tpxq34 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://bnpp.lk/am Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Stewardship is the direct engagement between us, BNP Paribas Asset Management, as investors and the companies we invest in. Listen to this Talking Heads podcast with Rachel Crossley, Head of Stewardship for Europe within the Global Sustainability Centre at BNP Paribas Asset Management, and Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insights Centre. For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/ Download the Viewpoint app: https://onelink.to/tpxq34 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://bnpp.lk/am Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.