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Once considered a niche product, sustainable bonds have increased in popularity in recent years and have a performance edge. In our latest Market Commentary, Dr. Volker Schmidt looks at the development of green bonds and discusses the various sustainability classifications for these products.

All ETHENEA funds are classified as Article 8 funds under the new Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. This demonstrates our commitment to offer our clients attractive sustainable investment solutions. In our latest Market Commentary, Christian Schmitt looks at what charting a course for a more sustainable future in our funds involves.

These days, the media is forever warning that inflation is about to make a comeback, raising the spectre of the hyperinflation of the 1920s. The question is, are fears of inflation in general, or indeed hyperinflation, really justified? Dr. Volker Schmidt considers this question in our latest Market Commentary.

2020 can fittingly be described as an annus horribilis, both for the economy and for social life. In our January Market Commentary, Dr. Andrea Siviero, Investment Strategist at ETHENEA Independent Investors S.A., gives a brief review and looks ahead to what we can expect in terms of the economy, politics and social life in 2021.

The transition period provided for in the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020 and then it will finally be over. In our latest Market Commentary, Dr. Volker Schmidt, Senior Portfolio Manager at ETHENEA looks at the impact Brexit will have on the pound sterling and on UK sovereign bonds.

Everyone in the financial sector is undoubtedly familiar with the saying “Never catch a falling knife”. Few trading adages are so intuitive. But is it a good idea to associate every sharp fall with a dangerous knife? In our latest Market Commentary, Christian Schmitt, Senior Portfolio Manager at ETHENEA, explains what we can learn from this trading adage against the backdrop of 2020.