Talking Heads

Investing in private credit – loans provided by institutions other than banks – is gaining ground as regulatory changes create opportunities. Listen to this episode. Stephane Blanchoz , Head of Alternative Solutions, and Andrew Craig, Co-head of Investment Insights Centre, discuss the mature US market and the  opportunity-rich European market for private credit. They also go into the benefits of i...

Will the expression “May you live in interesting times” apply to 2025? How many ‘tugs of war’ will investors face? Kicking off our 2025 podcast series, Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insights Centre, and Chief Market Strategist Daniel Morris revisit our investment outlook – Opportunities in a volatile world. They discuss US Treasury and corporate bonds, US, European and emerging market eq...

What are exchange-traded funds (ETFs)? How do they work and what are advantages do they offer? What's behind the new trend in Active ETFs?  Why are they becoming so popular? We have the answers! Listen to our last podcast of 2024 with Marie-Sophie Pastant, Head of the Portfolio Management team for ETF, Index and Synthetic Strategies, and Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insights Centre. For...

Robert Alexandre Poujade, Biodiversity Lead, updates Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insights Centre, on the latest developments, including takeaways from the recent multilateral COP16 meeting and the importance of heading off systemic risks such as even partial ecosystem collapse. Robert Alexandre also discusses how BNP Paribas Asset Management is taking biodiversity into account, the rec...

Reviewing the outcome of the recent UN Climate Summit, Climate Change Lead Thibaud Clisson tells Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insights Centre, that amid the mixed results, there was progress on greater transparency in carbon markets and measures to tackle climate change fallout in developing countries. They also discuss hopes that next year’s COP conference can make progress on commitme...

The arrival of a more protectionist US administration favouring deregulation and fossil fuels may be seen as hindering the energy transition and climate action. Ed Lees, Co-head of our Environmental Strategies group, explains why it is not  that simple. He talks to Chief Market Strategist Daniel Morris about the countervailing forces such as state-level – not federal – environmental standards, the...

What are the implications of Donald Trump re-entering the White House with his Republican party in control of both chambers of the US Congress? Listen to this Talking Heads podcast on these questions with Chief Market Strategist Daniel Morris and Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insights Centre. For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/ Download the Viewpoint...

With the end of 2024 six weeks away and 2025 dawning with the promise of wide-ranging changes under a new US administration as well as further key interest rate cuts, what are the chances that US equities will continue to stand out? Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insights Centre, and Christian Fay, Senior Portfolio Manager for US and Global Equities in Boston, discuss these and other ques...

While debate may rage over the feasibility of the Paris Agreement goals on containing climate change, it is clear to many investors that economies are inevitably moving towards net zero emissions and many policymakers are legislating in the realisation that the transition is coming. Jakob Thomä, Research Director at the Inevitable Policy Response , tells Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Ins...

Cedric Scholtes, Head of Sovereign Bonds, Inflation & Rates talks with Daniel Morris, Chief Market Strategist, about the factors that have led to the recent rise in yields of US Treasuries and what may happen next.  At a time of multiple possible paths for US policy rates they discuss the state of the US labour market, how markets are evaluating future fiscal policy and the outlook for inflati...

Capturing drivers of stock performance via ‘factors’ such as value or low volatility and investing in them systematically continues to gain ground among investors. Carmine De Franco, Head of Quantitative Equity Portfolio Management, and Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insights Centre, explore the advantages of quantitative investing as a source of diverse elements of performance. For more...

Markets are focused on the resilience of the US economy, the scope for post-election policymaking in the US and recent developments in China when reviewing the near and medium-term outlook for developed market equities. Chief Market Strategist Daniel Morris and Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insights Centre, discuss our latest equity update . For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://vi...

The market for green and social bonds has matured in recent years. It now boasts numerous  issuers from diverse sectors, a broad range of maturities and performance similar to that of traditional – corporate and government – bond markets, Portfolio Manager Arnaud-Guilhem Lamy to Chief Market Strategist Daniel Morris about the merits of green and social bonds.   For more insights, visit Viewpoint:...

Recent interest rate cuts have added to a constellation that should allow European small-cap stocks to continue to outshine large caps, Portfolio Manager Mathieu Bernard tells Chief Market Strategist Daniel Morris on this episode of our weekly podcast. The favourable setting includes earnings per share growth ahead of that of large caps, attractive valuations and potential for dividend growth. For...

Listen to this Talking Heads podcast with Jon Stephenson, Senior Portfolio Manager for the healthcare sector, and Daniel Morris, Chief Global Strategist. Jon talks about the opportunities he sees arising from healthcare innovation. For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/ Download the Viewpoint app: https://onelink.to/tpxq34 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://bnpp.lk/am...

How and why are investors using thematic investment strategies? Listen to this Talking Heads podcast with Mark Buckley, Global Head of Investment Management with Coalition Greenwich, and Andrew Craig, Co-Head of the Investment Insights Centre. To read the full report, visit our  2024 Thematics Barometer  page. For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/ Download the Vi...

Stewardship is the direct engagement between us, BNP Paribas Asset Management, as investors and the companies we invest in. Listen to this Talking Heads podcast with Rachel Crossley, Head of Stewardship for Europe within the Global Sustainability Centre at BNP Paribas Asset Management, and Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insights Centre. For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoin...

Emerging market debt has had a strong run since the start of 2024 with positive performance across the universe of sovereign issuers. Listen to this Talking Heads podcast with Alaa Bushehri, Head of Emerging Market Debt at BNP Paribas Asset Management, and Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insights Centre. For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/ Download the...

Inequality may not be an obvious factor when assessing the prospects of a company. Yet, it is financially material, impacting productivity and well-being. As such, it can make a crucial contribution to a healthy society and stable economy. Equality Lead and ESG Analyst Sindhu Janakiram discusses these issues with Chief Market Strategist Daniel Morris. Static categories of winners and losers stand...

In this episode, CMO Pieter Oyens talks to Daniel Morris, Chief Market Strategist, about fixed maturity plans which allow investors to lock in interest rates for three, five or seven years, thus capturing a regular flow of coupon payments. The plans, which can take the form of a mutual fund or an exchange-traded fund (ETF), are timely in that short-term interest rates have now peaked, and leading...

In this episode, Chief Market Strategist Daniel Morris and Sustainability Integration Lead Berenice Lasfargues discuss the concept and practice of impact investing, which aims to generate positive social and environmental outcomes alongside financial returns.  They cover the three ingredients of impact investing – intentionality, additionality, and impact management and measurement – and talk abou...

Mark Richards, Head of Flexible and Absolute Return in our multi-asset team, and Daniel Morris, Chief Market Strategist, discuss the recent market turmoil and what might come next. They start with the outlook for the US and whether there is justification for market concerns over an impending recession. For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/ Download the Viewpoint...

On this week’s podcast: Mega-cap technology giants have embarked on an ‘arms race’, spending billions of dollars, as they compete for a slice of the rapidly expanding market for artificial intelligence-related products and services.   Derek Glynn, Associate Portfolio Manager for our disruptive technology strategy, and Chief Market Strategist Daniel Morris survey the AI landscape and tackle the que...

How has the leveraged loans asset class weathered the vagaries of recent years, what can it offer income-oriented investors, and is this a good time to invest in these floating rate loans? These are some of the questions Daniel Morris, Chief Market Strategist, and Javier Perez Diaz, Head of Leveraged Loans, tackle on this edition. Other topics include the segment’s diversification benefits,  its s...

How can investors implement strategies that align portfolios with the objective of limiting the effects of climate change while preserving or improving financial returns? Taking our recent handbook, Adjusting your approach to net zero and including our wider sustainability framework, Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insight Centre, and Fabio Pinna, Portfolio Manager Systematic & Quantit...