China embarks on Digital Silk Road
In September 2018, China’s BRI marked its fifth birthday. The BRI seeks to forge new trade and investment ties across Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America and is becoming increasingly relevant to China as it navigates its trade and investment relationship with the US.
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All about gold, from history to modern-day investing
Gold has been closely associated with money throughout history. Coins discovered in what is now Turkey date from the 7th century BC and were made from a mixture of gold and silver.
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Blockchain: "the internet of asset transfer"
The internet impacts every part of our lives, but the underlying technology was first used simply to share information between two computers.
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Invesco Global Factor Investing Study 2018
Following face-to-face interviews with over 300 institutional and wholesale factor investors, our third annual global study provides insights across a wide range of themes including factor adoption, allocations and future intentions.
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Active bond returns – powered by factors
It is standard practice for Invesco to include detailed factor sensitivities in portfolio analysis. Here, we apply the same kind of analysis to active fixed income strategies – and the results are quite telling.
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- Basic concepts for understanding factor investing
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A case for co-living
Seemingly no real estate sector is immune to the influences of the Millennial and Generation Z cohorts. Retail has been upended by the disruption caused by e-commerce, driven by these generations’ aptitude and proclivity towards technology.
What is new in global real estate markets?
Invesco Real Estate provides an in-depth look at the trends driving our strategies and impacting our execution themes at the asset level. Learn more via our full suite of global and regional House Views.
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The new Silk Road
The boom in consumption
The Belt and Road Initiative: The numbers are already in place: 71 countries are involved, representing more than half of the global population, it is worth noting. Its value now exceeds one trillion dollars.
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Indian equities: Resounding victory
India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has claimed a landslide victory in national elections. Investment Director Shekhar Sambhshivan shares his thoughts about the implications for the policy direction in India and its economy going forward.
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Consumption boom in Asia
Continued urbanisation, steady income growth and the rise of technology have led to phenomenal growth of consumer spending in Asia. we are confident that consumer demand in Asia will sustain solid momentum and continue to be a key driver leading regional growth.
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Chinese onshore bonds: A market too important to ignore?
Chinese policy makers have made tremendous efforts in recent years to provide accessible investment channels to overseas investors.
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- India – a story of change
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- An emerging growth engine amid geopolitical rumblings
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- China’s Belt and Road Initiative – implications and opportunities
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- China embarks on Digital Silk Road
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- Four years on: Modi lays down building blocks for growth in India
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IFI Global Fixed Income Strategy
Invesco Fixed Income (IFI) shares it's evaluation on the global bond markets. Read all about the events in the current Global Fixed Income Strategy.
The Japanese and European low interest, low inflation trap
Will these miniscule rate cuts work? Will the US follow and what can be done to alleviate this problem? A comment of Chief Economist John Greenwood.
India: Modi’s new mandate opens the way for more structural reforms
Modi has been sworn in for a second term as Prime Minister. What does it mean for the Indian economy?
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Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services: global study
The study was conducted by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School and the World Economic Forum and was co-sponsored by EY and Invesco.
Attractive current income coupled with a short duration profile and low correlation of returns
Institutional investors are facing growing challenges in the current capital market environment characterized by a mix of compressed risk premiums, negative-yielding ‘safe-haven’ investments and heightened volatility.
The Big Picture - Investing in an uncertain world
Is this a buying opportunity or the half-way stage in a larger slump?
The reshaping of investment management
The blockchain could transform capital markets by speeding up settlement and clearing, enabling “smart contracts”, making data delivery faster and encouraging disintermediation.
Diversity of Thought and the Search for Best Ideas
The concept of “best ideas” is well understood in an investment context, but it is seldom grasped with such clarity in a broader organisational setting.
Smart cities: the shape of things to come
Digital technology makes it feasible to monitor and connect everything from buildings to street lights to self-driving cars, and potentially allow governments to provide city services more efficiently.