Food system stress is feeding innovation and investor opportunities: PGIM research
The invasion of Ukraine, COVID-19 pandemic and climate change have disrupted the food supply — and also tilled the soil for much-needed innovation.
NEWARK, N.J., May 09, 2018 - The escalating tussle between globalization and nationalism could have profound implications for global financial markets, traditional investment frameworks and developed market geopolitical risk analysis, says a new report from PGIM, Inc., the investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
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Never before in human history have people, information and capital moved across borders at the speed, frequency and volume seen today. These global forces have blunted the ability of individual sovereign states to shape their own economic destinies, giving rise to a surge of nationalism in response.
In The End of Sovereignty? PGIM argues that traditional monetary and fiscal policy frameworks may be inadequate to understand the shifting global landscape.
“Successful long-term investors who navigate this environment will place developed market geopolitical risk high on their agenda when making investment decisions,” said Taimur Hyat, chief strategy officer for PGIM. “Investors will want managers who understand how to separate political theater from true political risk that can move financial markets.”
PGIM identifies five ways investors can rethink their investment approach:
“What’s unique to this current phase of globalization is the acceleration of capital and information flows, which makes it harder than ever for governments to keep pace with the opportunities and challenges that result,” said Nathan Sheets, head of global macroeconomic research at PGIM Fixed Income. “Investors need to understand how companies might benefit from globalization or withstand backlash by a sovereign actor.”
Download PGIM’s latest white paper: The End of Sovereignty?
About PGIM and Prudential Financial, Inc. (PFI)
With 15 consecutive years of positive third-party institutional net flows, PGIM, the global asset management businesses of PFI (NYSE: PRU), ranks among the top 10 largest asset managers in the world3 with $1.2 trillion in assets under management as of March 31, 2018. PGIM’s businesses offer a range of investment solutions for retail and institutional investors around the world across a broad range of asset classes, including fundamental equity, quantitative equity, public fixed income, private fixed income, real estate and commercial mortgages. Its businesses have offices in 16 countries across five continents. For more information, please visit pgim.com.
PFI additional businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities and retirement-related services. For more information, please visit news.prudential.com.
Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential plc, incorporated in the United Kingdom or with Prudential Assurance Company, a subsidiary of M&G plc, incorporated in the United Kingdom.
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2. Gupta, Abhishek, and Subramanian, Madhu, “Economic Exposure in Global Investing: Tilting Portfolios Based on Macroeconomic Views,” MSCI, October 2014; Silverblatt, Howard, “S&P 500 2016: Global Sales,” S&P Down Jones Indices, July 2017; S&P data.
3. As ranked in Investment & Pensions Europe Top 400 Asset Managers list, June 2017; based on PFI total worldwide assets under management as of December 31, 2016.
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