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Autumn 2021

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Meaning from mixed messages

Markets are hard to interpret at the best of times, and these are not the best of times. In fact, reality is messy and often resists the attempts of bulls or bears to pull out clear narratives. It’s almost as if things aren’t always black and white. 

Investors, as ever, are left to balance timeless market wisdom, while adjusting for new market dynamics in an ever-changing world.

This edition of Vista reflects that divide. We bring you 10 articles designed to help draw out the meaning from the mixed messages.  

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Who's Vista for?

Vista is for anyone thinking about the challenges and approaches to long-term investing, including investment teams and decision-makers at pension funds, wealth managers, endowments, charities and sovereign funds.

Some highlights from our magazine include:

  • Latest developments in finance and markets, with takeaways for long-term investors: Nikki Matthews explores government digital currencies while Jennifer Davidson covers memestocks. 
  • Opportunities arising from asset classes in periods of great change: property from James Baldwin, and emerging markets from Madeline Chelper, with a particular focus on China. 
  • Ideas flying under the radar: African institutional investors by Norbert Fullerton and asset-backed securities by James Trask. 
  • The S in ESG: Laasya Shekaran explores how social factors can be incorporated into a portfolio while Shyam Gharial asks an uncomfortable question: do you have exposure to modern slavery in your portfolio? 
  • Inflation - the mixed message issue du jour. Rory Sturrock asks: is inflation the monster coming over the hill? And John Harney ponders whether inflation statistics themselves could in fact be a hall of mirrors.

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