The complexity of the global energy transition is a significant long-term challenge for investors. At Walter Scott’s recent Research Conference, two guest speakers took a closer look at the reality of the transition and some of the many associated risks and opportunities.
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With sustainability the focus of increasingly heated and polarised discourse, we thought it timely to revisit our approach to the subject. Not with a view to taking sides in this debate, but rather to reiterate the fundamentals of our approach and articulate its philosophical underpinnings. In other words, how we do sustainability and why.
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The return of volatility to markets in September served as a timely reminder of the benefits of a long-term approach.
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As the outbreak of Covid-19 re-set the direction of markets during the first quarter, companies’ balance sheets were under the spotlight.
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As we enter the 2020s, it seems pertinent to look back at the first decades of this millennium. Markets may have changed over that time but our investment process has not.
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