Coronavirus is fostering new opportunities across healthcare, industrials, government spending and changing consumer behavior, say investors.

Coronavirus is fostering new opportunities across healthcare, industrials, government spending and changing consumer behavior, say investors.
Various macro and market dynamics justify exposure to segments of regional high yield debt, says Axa Investment Managers (Axa IM).
Despite strong momentum behind the energy transition theme, much more investment is needed in targeted areas to achieve climate goals, according to BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM).
Investors should look beyond the lull in Chinese stocks and boost exposure to A-shares to reap growth-related rewards over time – and before index providers catch up, says Schroders.
The growing appeal of Chinese assets to foreign investors will result in overweight positions in domestic equities and bonds going forward, argues Amundi Asset Management.
Investors should aim to build rapport with management teams in China as a key way to effect positive ESG change and reap the rewards, says Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI).
Themes such as clean energy generation, transmission and distribution, energy storage, energy efficiency and clean mobility offer strong growth prospects for investors, says Schroders.
The biggest problem may be that risk appetite doesn’t revive and they struggle to draw in cautious investors.
The region’s comparatively early economic recovery from Covid-19 offers pockets of opportunity for investors, says UBS Asset Management (UBS AM).
Investors in emerging markets (EM) should apply artificial intelligence (AI) to unstructured data for better ESG analysis, says a report from Amundi and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
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