Rich Pickings: The long-term themes challenging investors
What are the big themes that will shape the investment world in the years ahead? For this final episode of the current series of Rich Pickings, Richard Edgar is joined by Fidelity's Head of Equities for Europe Ilga Haubelt, and Portfolio Managers Kris Atkinson and Caroline Shaw to discuss long-term…
The Investor's Guide to China: Shareholder return (#29)
The story of China's economy and stock market has long been one of rapid growth. But as policymakers pivot to focus on the quality - instead of the velocity - of growth, investors are turning their attention to something more long-lasting: shareholder returns. Dividends and buybacks are moving up …
The Investor's Guide to China: Cities and migration (#28)
Where people live within China - and why - is fundamental to understanding the country’s changing demographics. That, in turn, has important implications for the Chinese economy, consumption trends, and where investors should be looking. In this episode, Catherine Yeung, Investment Director, and M…
Rich Pickings: Asia and Latin America are reshaping the world for investors
Asia and emerging markets are our focus this month. Richard Edgar is joined by Fixed Income Portfolio Manager Paul Greer, Asia Economist Peiqian Liu, and Senior Sovereign Analyst Andressa Tezine to discuss whether they're being overlooked by investors. And, as interest rates pivot and pirouette aro…
The Investor's Guide to China: China's bond market (#27)
In this episode, Catherine Yeung, Investment Director, and Marty Dropkin, Head of Equities, Asia Pacific, tackle a topic that often flies under the radar, but could in fact hold great potential for investors: China’s bond market. Investors focused on the stock market, and the challenges Chinese pr…
Rich Pickings: Ready for a reset | Analyst Survey 2024
How confident are CEOs as they lean in to 2024? Is inflation still a major worry for businesses or has it been banished? How concerned are company managers about shifting geopolitics? For well over a decade we’ve been asking our worldwide network of sector analysts these questions (and about 80 mo…
Rich Pickings: What the lessons of 2023 can teach investors for the year ahead
From artificial intelligence to US resilience, Richard Edgar discusses the big themes of 2023 with a panel of multi asset portfolio managers: Taosha Wang, Ian Samson and Talib Sheikh. What can the investment stories of the year teach us about the year ahead? With additional contributions from Lee …
The Investor's Guide to China: Transition materials (#26)
In this episode, Catherine Yeung, Investment Director, and Marty Dropkin, Head of Equities, Asia Pacific, explore the critical role of transition materials — minerals and elements, such as lithium, cobalt, and nickel, that are essential to developing and deploying clean energy technologies. Demand…
Rich Pickings: Outlook 2024 - Four ways forward
Richard Edgar is joined by Steve Ellis, Global CIO for Fixed Income, Marty Dropkin, Head of Equities for Asia Pacific, and Global Macro Economist, Anna Stupnytska, to discuss the four scenarios Fidelity's investment teams are watching for 2024. With additional contributions from Fidelity's Chief …
The Investor's Guide to China: In conversation with Louis-Vincent Gave (#25)
In this special edition of The Investor’s Guide to China, Catherine Yeung, Investment Director, is joined in Hong Kong by Louis-Vincent Gave, the founder and CEO of Gavekal, a leading independent provider of global investment research. They tackle questions from the development of China’s AI lands…