Investment IQ Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Richard Dunbar, Head of Multi-Asset Research, has been a regular business guest on BBC Radio and TV for many years. In the Investment IQ series Richard questions senior investors and leaders from across the firm on their investment outlook and market view for the coming months.
Max Rofagha, Founder and CEO of Finimize, joins host Richard Dunbar in the latest episode of the Investment IQ Podcast series. Max and Richard discuss the history of Finimize, how it can tackle the information asymmetry between institutional and retail investors, and how Finimize and abrdn can work together to create a powerhouse for investing information and research. The discussion also touches on the global problem of financial literacy and how ‘learning by doing’ may be part of the answer. This podcast was recorded in July 2022.
In the latest edition of the Investment IQ podcast series, Devan Kaloo and Abby Glennie discuss the current investment environment for equity managers, given both weakness in equity markets globally and the considerable divergence between and within them. Topics covered include the value/growth debate, how mid and small caps might cope in this more challenging macro and market environment, ESG, and China and the broader emerging market complex. Quite a mix. As usual, Richard Dunbar is your host. This podcast was recorded in June 2022.
This podcast was recorded in May 2022, at a time where commodities have been front of mind across all asset classes. Significant moves seen in the commodities themselves, but also driving inflation expectations and therefore bond markets and driving sectors within equity markets. Food and energy prices are driving the cost-of-living debate and both are leading to pressure on politicians and governments. Add the implications of the tragedy in Ukraine and we have a rather complex current cocktail. Richard Dunbar discusses these complexities with Sree Kochugovindan and Bob Minter in the latest edition of the Investment IQ podcast series.
The asset management and savings industry is always changing and always puts difficult choices in front of boards and in front of Chief Executives. And those choices today are perhaps as complex as ever*. And so against this backdrop Richard Dunbar speaks to abrdn CEO, Stephen Bird about the democratisation of savings and technology, building trust for the industry, ESG responsibilities and growth opportunities in China in a wide ranging and candid conversation.
*Episode recorded in February prior to the invasion of Ukraine.
This discussion takes place at a time where real assets are at the centre of the investment debate. Infrastructure spending is at the forefront of many governments’ minds and inflation, and how to protect portfolios against it, is at the forefront of investors’ minds. COP 26 has, once again, highlighted the need for environmental change - central to which will be infrastructure. Elsewhere, the pandemic has thrown up many questions of how we live our lives; and the built environment and the infrastructure that supports them. Richard Dunbar talks to Neil Slater about Real Assets. An asset class that, more than any other, touches our every day lives.
Active management remains under scrutiny, with style and thematic investing at the forefront of discussion. Enjoy this episode of Investment IQ as Richard Dunbar gets the candid views of Katie Trowsdale and Rob Bowie, managers of global multi asset fund of funds, containing both active and passive strategies. Hear what they have to say at this interesting juncture for markets, and how money should be managed within them.
We have recently been through a period where the financial market plumbing has been tested to its limits. But also a time where the savings market continues to be transformed as governments and companies hand responsibility for retirement to individuals.
Described as the democratisation of the savings market - but a democratisation with implications for the provision of advice, the cost of that advice and where the liabilities attaching to that advice might sit. Richard Dunbar and Rennie McConnochie look back over 30 years in the industry, one they conclude is more professional, better regulated and socially responsible than ever before.
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Richard Dunbar speaks to Craig MacDonald, Global Head of Fixed Income and Samantha Lamb, Head of ESG for Fixed Income, in the midst of one of the most difficult economic, market and business environments. We have experienced one of the fastest global economic contractions in history. Credit spreads widened to extreme levels at the fastest rate and then narrowed quite significantly, as central banks stepped in, and as governments provided fiscal support. So where to from here for fixed income? And what of ESG factors - will we see an acceleration of ESG trends, or might this be lost in the fight for survival?
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We have just been through a period where financial market plumbing has, again, been tested to its limits and where QE has arguably one of the greatest drivers of markets. However, it is also a period where the needs of savers have never been greater. We have, perhaps, also never seen such external scrutiny of what we, as an asset management industry, do and how we behave as shareholders and debtholders. An opportune time then for Richard Dunbar to discuss the principles of investment governance and oversight with Archie Struthers, Global Head of Investment Governance & Oversight, Fiona Melville, Global Head of Investment Oversight and Paul Hughes, Global Head of Investment Risk.
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In the midst of one of the most difficult economic, market and business environments ever seen, Richard Dunbar speaks to Sir Douglas Flint, Chairman of abrdn. Sir Douglas shares his views on dividends, social responsibility, globalization and sustainability. Once the current pandemic has passed, the world could, and probably should, look rather different.
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Recent weeks have seen broadening concerns on the coronavirus spread and on the economic and market impact of it, but also of huge monetary and fiscal stimulus designed to generate demand and to cushion companies and individuals from the worst impact of the economic fallout. Bond markets have been at the epicentre of some of the recent volatility – and in particular some of the emerging market bond markets. And so too has Asia – but also due to it being first into the problems that now confront us all. Richard Dunbar speaks to Adam McCabe and Brett Diment about the Bond markets, specifically EMD and Asia.
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Richard Dunbar speak to Devan Kaloo, Global Head of Equities and Flavia Cheong, Head of Asian Equities in the midst of one of the most difficult economic, market and business environments. That being said it is also an environment where both fiscal and monetary policy have proved a very powerful antidote to the early damage done to equity markets when the impact of the virus first hit. So an opportune time to talk and to take stock of where we are in equities at this point in time.
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These are uncertain times the likes many have never seen before. It is also an environment where private markets have rarely been a larger or more important part of the global investment landscape. Richard Dunbar speaks to Peter McKellar, Global Head of Private Markets and Jennifer Mernagh, Multi-Asset Investment Manager about how Private Markets cope with this environment and how they play their part in the recovery from it is crucial to them – but also to the broader global economy.
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Private Markets in general and Private Equity in particular have been front of mind for investors of late. Strong returns have already been seen and there remains considerable “dry powder” available from new and existing investors. With opportunities evolving both as an individual asset class and part of a broader multi-asset portfolio, Richard Dunbar discusses all things Private Equity with Graham McDonald and Jennifer Mernagh.
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A view from the top of abrdn. The need to turn savings into investments for a better and healthier economy. Research as the key to unlock door of investments in a lower return world. Stewardship and our “social licence” to particulate in this honorable profession – one at the center of a modern capitalist economy. Richard Dunbar speaks to Keith Skeoch, CEO of abrdn on savings, the returns we make on them and the responsibility of ownership.
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Coronavirus - where have we got to, and how do we see the economic and market landscape from here? After a turbulent few weeks in markets, Richard Dunbar talks to Katy Forbes, Head of Absolute Return in our Multi-asset Team and Jeremy Lawson, our Chief Economist and Head of the abrdn Research Institute.
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This episode takes place against the backdrop of broadening concerns on the coronavirus spread and the economic impact of that spread. We have seen unprecedented equity markets falls followed by sharp rises. But how are emerging markets fairing in what is a global problem? Richard Dunbar discusses the changing macro and market environments with Joanne Irvine, Deputy Head of Global Emerging Markets and Bob Gilhooly, Senior Emerging Markets Research Economist.
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If you can build something on it, harvest or extract something from it, it’s a real asset. Where from here for investments that touch all out lives – from farmland to timber, from shale to power? Richard Dunbar discusses the broad range of investable opportunities in the Real Assets arena with Jim Gasperoni.
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The way we view the world and its resources is changing. As investors, our focus on climate change provides high-quality data and insights on climate-change trends, risks and opportunities. In this podcast, Richard Dunbar, Head of Macro Investing, discusses abrdn’s three upcoming climate-change-related papers with authors Eva Cairns, ESG Investment Analyst; Craig Mackenzie, Head of Strategic Asset Allocation, Global Strategy; and Stephanie Kelly, Senior Political Economist.
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Private markets in all their forms, are front of many investors’ minds at the moment. An opportune time therefore to discuss many aspects of the markets with Peter McKellar, Global Head of Private Markets at abrdn – and an investor with several decades of experience in this area. What’s changed since Peter first started? Where are the opportunities today? Are private market investors behind or ahead of the ESG curve? What about valuation and leverage. All this and others, discussed with Richard Dunbar.
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Populism – what does it mean? Are we reaping the seeds of unfairness sown over the past decade? Is it just the views (and the votes) of the many not the few? What does it mean for economic growth and governance of the global economy? Does this lead to populist central bankers? What of ESG and the values that inform this – surely some of what’s going on at the moment is a turn away from the primacy of GDP as a measure? Richard Dunbar discusses politics and economics with Stephanie Kelly and Paul Diggle.
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Asia in general and China in particular have been at the forefront of investor thinking both in terms of trade and the efficacy of Chinese monetary and fiscal policy. Richard Dunbar discusses these and broader views of the region’s markets, politics and economics with two of abrdn’s senior investors based in the region, Irene Goh and Adam McCabe.
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Over 20 years of multi-asset investing. A time that has seen a widening universe and a changing investment culture within multi-asset – from “investment tourists” to “citizens of investment”. Richard Dunbar speaks to Aymeric Forest about the future of Multi-Asset investing. Where from here, after a decade of QE and strong returns from most asset classes?
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European Equities – A region that seems to get a lot of bad press – poor politics, slow growth and poor demographics, amongst others. But is also a region with unique investment opportunities, some of the best companies in the world and a region at the vanguard of the environmental agenda. Certainly worth a closer look – and to do so, Richard Dunbar talks to Ben Ritchie and Will James, Head and Deputy Head of European Equities respectively - both and long-standing investors in these markets.
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Quant investing, in all its various forms, has been one of the growth areas in fund management over the last two decades. In this podcast Dr Sean Phayre, Global Head of Quantitative Investments at abrdn, reflects on this growth and the reasons for it. Speaking with Richard Dunbar he also reflects on the recent underperformance of “value” as a style, the changing nature of the companies in which we invest and on how and whether ESG and “stewardship” fit in to these styles of investment.
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