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Gigs and AT&T to Power the Convergence of Tech and Telecom Original
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gigs, the operating system for mobile services, and AT&T ($T), the largest network in North America, have joined forces to transform how phone plans are delivered to hundreds of millions of US consumers. Now, technology brands will be able to embed connectivity directly into the apps customers use every day.
ECB in Little Rush To Cut Rates
The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged, without conveying any urgency to start cutting rates in the next few months. David Zahn, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income’s Head of European Fixed Income, weighs in on the implications for investors—and why lengthening duration may make sense. The European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) January meeting seemed to mark a transition from the prior hiking cycle to cutting rates, but the central bank is not in any rush to do so.
Che cosa non farà la Bce
La Bce si riunisce questa settimana, non è prevista nessuna variazione dei tassi di interesse. Ci si focalizzerà tuttavia maggiormente su due aree: la discussione intorno al QT/riduzione di bilancio e su quanto rimandare il taglio dei tassi attualmente prezzati dal mercato.
Growing Green: Cultivating a Sustainable Future Through an Ecosystem Service Valuation
The Franklin Templeton Fixed Income team believes that sustainable investing will be a dominant investment trend in the coming years, with structural tailwinds that could help improve financial returns. What are ecosystem services? In short, they are the benefits we all derive from the environment. The list is long—not only the joys of recreation and tourism, but also more fundamental benefits such as the supply of food and clean water, flood and wildlife regulation, and pollution and pest control.
Unveiling the green investment landscape Original
As we grapple with a growing number of both stand-alone and interlinked environmental crises including climate-change-induced natural disasters, loss of biodiversity or resource depletion, the need for more sustainable ways of investing is becoming increasingly apparent. It is crucial not to be complacent. We believe that those in the finance sector have an important role to play in the coming years to work on climate-change mitigation – and adaptation – and the journey towards a net-zero economy.
What’s next for first-timers and the UK?
By David Zahn, CFA, FRM, Head of European Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Bond prices have been struggling this past year due to rising inflation and interest rate increases. David Zahn, head of European fixed income at Franklin Templeton Fixed Income, shares his outlook for the UK economy and why he thinks now is a good time to consider investing in government bonds. A year has passed since the “mini-budget” of the short-lived Trussonomics era.
ECB may favor the 50 bps hike
By David Zahn, head of European fixed income at Franklin Templeton We anticipate that the ECB will hike rates by either a hawkish 25bps or a dovish 50 bps heading to a final hike in the coming months. We believe they will favour the 50bps hike to get the remaining interest rates hikes done sooner rather than later to combat inflation as inflation is still running high.
Super funds shouldn’t hold back on data
Home / News / Super funds shouldn’t hold back on data Super funds are sticking with the ‘best endeavours’ approach to the Superannuation Data Transformation program. But in giving less information, they’re going to get less back. The Superannuation Data Transformation program launched in 2019 aims to standardise the flow of information between APRA and the industry it regulates. It’s a framework across fees and costs, asset allocation, expenses and insurances and most of the other financial pieces.
Franklin Templeton Fixed Income ESG Engagement Report
Transparency should be the bedrock of sustainable finance. With this report Franklin Templeton Fixed Income team shares with our clients, and the broader public, details and results of our engagement with bond issuers during the calendar year of 2022. This resonates well with our position that engagement is the essence of a transparent flow of information between the issuers, the investors and other market participants.
L’inflazione resterà probabilmente elevata « LMF Lamiafinanza
L’Europa deve affrontare una modesta recessione, per gran parte già scontata nei prezzi dei mercati, ma i rendimenti obbligazionari continueranno probabilmente a salire prima di stabilizzarsi, secondo David Zahn, Head of European Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income. Zahn è tuttavia ancora convinto che investitori avveduti possono trovare opportunità convincenti tra le obbligazioni europee.
Czy czeka nas wzrost inflacji i wyższe stopy procentowe
Wyzwania związane z COVID-19 i przedłużające się środowisko niskich stóp procentowych sprawiły, że wielu inwestorów zaczęło kwestionować swoje alokacje w instrumenty o stałym dochodzie. Z perspektywy europejskiej nadal widzimy wiele potencjalnych możliwości w nadchodzącym roku i w kolejnych latach. Czynnik inflacji Inflacja z pewnością zaprząta myśli wielu inwestorów, biorąc pod uwagę to, że zapowiada się silniejszy rok wzrostu w wielu gospodarkach w obliczu ciągłego wychodzenia z pandemii.
Green bonds growing in Europe
Growing concerns about climate change have caused an explosion in “green” bonds among environmentally conscious investors. David Zahn, head of European fixed income at Franklin Templeton, highlights some exciting developments in the green bond market, including new issuance from Germany Green bonds have been growing in popularity as a way to combat the negative effects of climate change across the globe.
Boosting Productivity in an era of E&P Belt Tightening
Your browser does not support the audio element. [Editor's note: A version of this story appears in the September 2020 edition of E&P Plus. Subscribe to the magazine here.] Today's economic climate is punishing those who are operationally or capital inefficient. The 226 bankruptcies from January 2015 to May 2020 lays this truth to bare. The focus for those seeking to avoid a similar fate and survive an extended period of tight capital markets and low, volatile oil prices is on improving cash flow.
Greece generates more questions than answers
The announcement last weekend by Greece’s left wing Syriza-led government took most people by surprise: a referendum allowing the public to vote on proposals put forward by the country’s creditors effectively brought an end to negotiations between Greece and representatives of its creditors, the European Commission, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the IMF. In our eyes, the Greek government’s approach has created additional animosity that probably was unnecessary.
Bonds on board QE train, euro under the tracks
THE EUROPEAN Central Bank’s (ECB) plan to purchase at least e1 trillion (about R13 trillion) in bonds, referred to as quantitative easing (QE), represents a big leap forward. I think it is a sizable amount of money. The plan demonstrates that the ECB not only talks, it also acts, which is important for market psychology.
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