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Lonsec Sustainable Managed Portfolios – Q3, 2023

The Lonsec Sustainable Managed Portfolios contributed most to the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs): SDG 3 Good Health & Well Being, SDG 7 Affordable & Clean Energy, SDG 8 Decent Work & Economic Growth, SDG 11 Sustainable Cities & Communities, and SDG 13 Climate Action. Deanne Baker provides an update on the portfolios’ top […]

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Tackling Climate Change in the Lonsec Sustainable Managed Portfolios

The recently released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report made for sobering reading. Based on the most up to date, science-based understanding of the climate system and climate change, the report found that it “is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. “ According to the report, human influence has […]

Bond markets aren’t providing the diversification investors desperately need

Diversification worked well in the last week of February 2020 as equity markets sold off in response to the rapidly escalating COVID-19 pandemic. Bond markets, notably the highest quality and safest bonds (government bonds and high-quality investment grade credit) rose in price, providing a cushioning impact to multi-asset portfolios. Bonds, as expected, provided good diversification […]

The coronavirus outbreak and the impact on financial markets

The outbreak of the coronavirus in over 28 countries has sent shockwaves through global financial markets over the past fortnight with increasing levels of uncertainty and misinformation evident across a number of regions. While there are many unknowns regarding this outbreak, there is likely to be continued disruption to economic activity ahead, which is unlikely […]

Private markets are opening up for retail investors, but it’s not an even playing field

Private markets have long been the domain of institutional investors. With benefits such as higher return potential, lower volatility, lower correlation to traditional listed assets, and enhanced diversification, it’s not hard to see why they are so attractive. Institutional investors such as super funds have been steadily increasing their exposure across the private market spectrum, […]

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