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This is where you will find information and background stories on money market instruments, equities, bonds, funds (ETFs) and private equity investments. This will enable you to make more informed decisions and optimize your portfolio's risk-return profile as needed.

The articles are designed to help you assess the risk-return profile of an investment. Our investment advisory experts provide facts and explain, for example, the central question of why it is important to evaluate the return and risk of your asset mix. They show what every asset management professional should be striving for: to combine different asset classes in such a way that they precisely match your risk profile and return expectations.

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The inexorable move to digitalisation, driven by technological breakthroughs like artificial intelligence and cloud computing, is propelling investment in the physical infrastructure needed to process and store all the newly created data.

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Edge AI will bring a vast array of benefits to consumers and businesses by running artificial intelligence algorithms locally on phones and computers, rather than in the cloud. Among the results: apps with better availability, personalisation, privacy and security.

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With monetary policy and inflation moving in the right direction, undervalued smaller companies could benefit from a broad-based economic recovery.

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Weight-loss drugs are reducing the risk of obesity-related diseases like diabetes, stroke and hypertension, which is excellent news for patients. But how will this affect the pharma industry's sales of treatments for these conditions?

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The shift to a circular economy promises to reduce waste and lower the world's carbon footprint. Companies involved in the circular economy are not only fighting climate change, they also offer attractive investment opportunities.

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Diversity, equity and inclusion aren't just buzzwords. A growing body of evidence suggests that companies that score highly on these metrics also perform better.

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Greater use of renewable energy and improved energy efficiency are crucial if we are to meet the world's decarbonisation and climate goals. Companies offering solutions to energy-intensive sectors like industry, transport, and buildings are expected to benefit - as should their investors.

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Mobility is one of the most important megatrends of our time - and major change is afoot. What routes can investors pursue to support, and potentially benefit from, the new technologies shaping how we get around?

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Eleven pharma, tech and luxury stocks, known as the Granolas, are fuelling this year's European stock market surge.

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Looking beyond obesity drugs

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Why DEI matters in equity investing

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Europe's healthy "Granolas" stocks

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