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Nov 30, 2020 • 8min

122: Paying for the pandemic

Hetal Mehta, Senior European Economist, looks at the effects of the UK’s increasing debt burden on competitiveness, the bond market and inflation rate. Follow us on LinkedIn for our latest updates and discover The LGIM Blog for the latest insights from our investment team. Never miss another episode of LGIM Talks: hit subscribe in your Apple Podcasts, Spotify app or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Nov 26, 2020 • 31min

121: Build-to-Rent: building resilience in uncertain times

This week, Dan Batterton, Head of Build-to-Rent at LGIM Real Assets and Michael Adefuye, Senior Research Manager at LGIM Real Assets, discuss how the BTR sector has fared during the COVID-19 pandemic and how a focus on ESG considerations may be the key to its future. Follow us on LinkedIn for our latest updates and discover The LGIM Blog for the latest insights from our investment team. Never miss another episode of LGIM Talks: hit subscribe in your Apple Podcasts, Spotify app or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Nov 4, 2020 • 30min

120: The CIO call: Dissecting the US election results

Sonja Laud, LGIM’s CIO, discusses the implications for investors of the US presidential election, after hopes for an early, clear outcome were confounded. Sonja is joined by:   ·         Jason Shoup, Head of Global Credit Strategy, LGIMA ·         Tim Drayson, Head of Economics   The episode is introduced by Max Julius and was recorded earlier today.   Follow us on LinkedIn for our latest updates and discover The LGIM Blog for the latest insights from the investment team. Never miss another episode of LGIM Talks: hit subscribe in your Apple Podcasts, Spotify app or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Oct 14, 2020 • 21min

119: Renewing our Climate Impact Pledge

To help spur net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, we’ve renewed our Climate Impact Pledge, making the targeted engagement programme with the companies in which we invest on behalf of our clients even more ambitious.   In this episode of LGIM Talks, Meryam Omi, Head of Sustainability and Responsible Investment Strategy, and Iancu Daramus and Yasmine Svan, senior sustainability analysts, discuss what the pledge has achieved since we launched it in 2016 – and how we are updating it.   This episode is hosted by Max Julius, Head of Content.   You can find more information about the pledge here.   Follow us on LinkedIn for our latest updates and discover The LGIM Blog for the latest insights from our investment team. Never miss another episode of LGIM Talks: hit subscribe in your Apple Podcasts, Spotify app or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Oct 8, 2020 • 32min

118: The CIO Call: Biden and the energy complex

This week, Sonja Laud, LGIM’s CIO, discusses the latest developments shaping the market and macro environment, with a focus on how a Biden administration could impact the oil and gas industry. Sonja is joined by: ·         John Roe, Head of Multi-Asset Funds ·         Nick Stansbury, Head of Commodity Research   Watch the full webinar replay here: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/2668244/82F4D74D7777A4B907BC2EBE6E220D75  This episode is hosted by Max Julius and was recorded earlier today.  Follow us on LinkedIn for our latest updates and discover The LGIM Blog for the latest insights from our investment team. Never miss another episode of LGIM Talks: hit subscribe in your Apple Podcasts, Spotify app or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Oct 1, 2020 • 13min

117: What the energy transition means for investors

In this episode, we play a segment from our recent conference for DB and DC clients, in which Nick Stansbury, our Head of Commodity Research, explores the risks and opportunities posed by climate change and the energy transition.   The episode is introduced by Max Julius and was recorded earlier this month.   Follow us on LinkedIn for our latest updates and discover The LGIM Blog for the latest insights from the investment team. Never miss another episode of LGIM Talks: hit subscribe in your Apple Podcasts, Spotify app or wherever you listen to podcasts.a
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Sep 17, 2020 • 26min

116: Hydrogen batteries: hot air or rocket fuel for investors?

With the EU recently publishing a hydrogen strategy and Joe Biden advocating “carbon-free hydrogen” in his manifesto, we look at the realities behind hydrogen fuel cells and discuss what this technology means for investors in battery technology. Aanand Venkatramanan – Head of ETF Investment Strategies at LGIMRobert St George – Content Manager at LGIM Follow us on LinkedIn for our latest updates and discover The LGIM Blog for the latest insights from the investment team. Never miss another episode of LGIM Talks: hit subscribe in your Apple Podcasts, Spotify app or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Sep 10, 2020 • 32min

115: The CIO Call: The Fed’s punch bowl and markets

This week, Sonja Laud, LGIM’s CIO, discusses the latest developments shaping the market and macro environment, with a focus on what the US Federal Reserve’s recent policy review means for investors. Sonja is joined by:·         Ben Bennett, Head of Investment Strategy and Research ·         Christopher Jeffery, Head of Rates and Inflation Strategy  Watch the full webinar replay here:https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/2594899/62C46DE139A7DE656EE46062B3BAB6A5 This episode is hosted by Max Julius and was recorded earlier today.  Follow us on LinkedIn for our latest updates and discover The LGIM Blog for the latest insights from our investment team. Never miss another episode of LGIM Talks: hit subscribe in your Apple Podcasts, Spotify app or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Aug 26, 2020 • 23min

114: Retirement anxiety and what to do about it

Just why are people so worried about not having enough money to spend in retirement? This podcast explores whether, against the backdrop of long-term low interest rates and negative bond yields, the global transition from a mainly working-age to retirement-age population spurs inflation in practice as well as just theory. We also ask what the pensions industry can do to reassure savers and encourage healthy spending. Featuring: Ben Bennett, Head of Investment Strategy and Research Simon Chinnery, Head of DC Client Solutions
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Aug 20, 2020 • 35min

113: The CIO Call: What we learned from earnings season

This week, Sonja Laud, LGIM’s CIO, discusses the latest developments shaping the market and macro environment, with a focus on the Q2 corporate earnings season. Sonja is joined by:·         Emiel van den Heiligenberg, Head of Asset Allocation ·         Madeleine King, Co-Head of Global Investment Grade Research ·         Nigel Masding, Senior Fund Manager, Active Equities  Watch the full webinar replay here:https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/2560399/18256564595DF76122C45EF786817F71  This episode is hosted by Max Julius and was recorded earlier today.  Follow us on LinkedIn for our latest updates and discover The LGIM Blog for the latest insights from the investment team. Never miss another episode of LGIM Talks: hit subscribe in your Apple Podcasts, Spotify app or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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