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Q2 2025 HOUSE REPORT
SECURITY: A NEW THEME SHAPING OUR INVESTMENT APPROACH
We have updated our global thematic approach to investing by introducing a sixth major theme: Security. What does this entail, and why introduce it now?
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The rise of Security as a theme: How MAGA can be good for your portfolio
Our thematic investment process at Sarasin is now nearly 25 years old. In the early days, our focus was on the embryonic digital economy, and by the early 2000s, we had turned to globalisation. After the great financial crisis, we acknowledged the deep economic and financial scars left...
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Six Minute Strategy: The ever-changing tariff agenda
America’s tariff walls have not loomed so high in over a century. Just twelve months ago, the US maintained a trade-weighted average tariff of a modest 2.2%. Today, that figure has surged to between 22% and 24%, surpassing even the protectionist excesses of the 1930s and the notorious...
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Could your charity benefit from taking a ‘total return’ approach?
Trustees face a balancing act to ensure they generate sufficient income for current beneficiaries, while growing income over time so that future beneficiaries have the same spending power, after the effects of inflation. In the past, a charity with permanently endowed capital was restricted to only being able to spend its income.
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Where private equity is finding tomorrow’s winners
Following on from Alastair Baker’s introduction to the sector in the Q4 2024 edition, it’s worth recapping how private markets work and how they can be accessed. Private markets are made up of a variety of asset classes, including private equity, private debt, real estate, and more.
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Europe’s spending spree: Big budgets, bigger questions
Europe has rediscovered the allure of big fiscal spending. After decades of cautious budgeting, European leaders are suddenly opening their wallets, committing billions for infrastructure improvements and a significant jump in defence budgets.
Is this the beginning of a new chapter of European economic exceptionalism?...
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Why stewardship matters more than ever
As we are witnessing across many industries, the ripple effects from President Trump’s return to the White House are global. In asset management, proclamations of sustainability or net zero are being scrubbed from marketing material with little sign of regret. To some, it seems sustainability was often a convenient pastime that has run its course.
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