Cash-strapped governments around the world are balking at the cost of green measures.

Cash-strapped governments around the world are balking at the cost of green measures.
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Commodity prices have experienced wild swings over the past few years, and investors in commodity funds have had to be risk-tolerant.
Oil contracts and Ucits funds have begun offering renminbi-based products after China scrapped some foreign exchange controls to catch up with international currency standards.
Natural resources-related equities will be largely supported by stable demand and improvements in business models, argues Tom Nelson, head of commodities and resources at Investec Asset Management.
The recent oil price retreat is just noise, and large cap energy company valuations are at historical lows, according to Toby Gibb, Fidelity International’s investment director of European equities.
Instead of focusing on growth, the commodity and resources sector now stresses profitability, said Investec’s Tom Nelson.
With November’s planned production cut by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), global investors have sold down leveraged oil and moved to short the commodity.
Fund Selector Asia compares the Investec Global Energy Fund and the Schroder ISF Global Energy Fund.
Oil prices and Russia’s fiscal health are highly correlated, and if prices finally stabilise, the market should benefit, according to Egor Kiselev, who manages two Parvest Russia funds.
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