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Investment strategy

Trick or treat? 13 charts that must be Halloween

Experts from across LGIM present charts that could bewitch or haunt investors.  
By Ben Bennett

Investment strategy

Retirement Choices: Why drawing down is going up

In recent years, retirees have increasingly turned to income drawdown to help fund the lifestyle they want.  ;
By Emma Douglas

Investment strategy

Should longevity risk affect investment strategy?

An important question in many investment contexts is whether the presence of (unhedged) longevity risk should affect an investor’s strategy.  ;
By John Southall

Macro Matters

New home, same compelling insights from our Asset Allocation Team

ESG and long-term themes

The critical role of defence companies in cyber security

Cyber security isn’t just provided by technology companies; the defence industry is also developing innovative solutions to these new threats.  ;
By Aude Martin

Economics

COVID-19: learning from the southern hemisphere’s flu season

Current social restrictions may not yet be sufficient to suppress COVID-19 in Europe and the US, but the lack of influenza cases in the southern hemisphere this winter suggests restrictions should be strong enough to quell the less-infectious winter ‘flu’ – meaning hospitals have more capacity than previously feared.  ;
By James Carrick

Economics

Daylight savings, currency co-ordination and the liquidity trap

The nights are drawing in, and the outlook for Europe may also be darkening.  ;
By Christopher Jeffery

Investment strategy

Wave erosion: lockdown risk could wear down investor sentiment

Governments around the world are gradually re-imposing economic restrictions in response to new waves of COVID-19, but investors’ attention seems to be focused elsewhere.  
By Emiel van den Heiligenberg

ESG and long-term themes

A fossil fuel-free future?

We believe climate risks and opportunities can be better addressed through modelling and careful analysis than with the blunt tool of divestment across an entire sector.  
By Sarah Peasey

Economics

China: seven things investors should know

From dealing with COVID-19 to the long-term economic prospects for its economy, we believe China is proving remarkably resilient.  ;
By Erik Lueth

From the archive

ESG and long-term themes

The critical role of defence companies in cyber security

Cyber security isn’t just provided by technology companies; the defence industry is also developing innovative solutions to these new threats.  ;
By Aude Martin

Economics

COVID-19: learning from the southern hemisphere’s flu season

Current social restrictions may not yet be sufficient to suppress COVID-19 in Europe and the US, but the lack of influenza cases in the southern hemisphere this winter suggests restrictions should be strong enough to quell the less-infectious winter ‘flu’ – meaning hospitals have more capacity than previously feared.  ;
By James Carrick

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