Gold price tumbles as investors ‘lock in’ gains and safe-haven role shifts
The gold price fell sharply on Monday morning, dropping nearly 10 percent in a short period and recording its biggest weekly loss since 1983. Higher inflation, rising interest rates, and a stronger dollar are putting pressure on the precious metal. Profit-taking also contributed, experts say.
RMB bonds emerge as hedge in oil shock
RMB bonds may offer an unexpected shelter in a prolonged oil shock, as global fixed income markets struggle to absorb a renewed inflation impulse, according to Allianz Global Investors’ Jenny Zeng.
Wars drive innovation
Necessity breaks laws, but it also breaks existing patterns, paradigms, and drives innovation. Necessity is, after all, the mother of invention. Not abundance or curiosity, but circumstances in which delay is not an option.
The carbon premium that never existed
Imagine this: you predict stock returns for January 2026 using company data from all of 2026. Data that only becomes available during that year (or even afterward). Sounds absurd? Yet this is exactly the methodological foundation of one of the most cited findings in climate finance: the carbon premium.
How data is reshaping infrastructure
Infrastructure is shifting because the data coming from real systems is changing. What was once
a purely physical asset class is now shaped by information that is not immediately visible.
Neobrokers en -banken zetten beheermarges onder druk
Neobrokers en digitale banken rukken op richting vermogensbeheer en zetten de marges in de sector verder onder druk. Partijen moeten kiezen tussen schaal of onderscheidend vermogen om niet in een zogeheten ‘Valley of Death’ terecht te komen.
Evergreen is no El Dorado, says Indosuez’s Dauman
Evergreen funds are pushing private markets toward a wider investor base. Olivier Dauman of CA Indosuez says that expansion has clear limits. “I think evergreen is a nice evolution of this market. I don’t think it’s the El Dorado of private equity,” he told Investment Officer.
Chart of the week: laffer’s line
The signals that citizens and businesses are willing to leave their country if the tax burden becomes high enough are increasing rapidly. As a result, an economic theory that is already fifty years old—and long dismissed as meaningless fantasy—is suddenly taking center stage.
Morningstar: Blackrock versus MFS Meridian in global small- and mid-cap equity
A strong start to the year for smallcaps does not guarantee outperformance in 2026.
Shipping slows as fuel costs surge, credit strain spreads
Global shipping is slowing as surging fuel costs and mounting risks in the Persian Gulf begin to strain the industry’s finances, forcing companies to cut speeds, seek emergency credit and rethink whether voyages are still viable.