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What are potential use cases for edge generative artificial intelligence (AI) and language models?

We imagine the farm of the future and the dining table of tomorrow.

We analyze the potential consequences of tighter money supply and changing central-bank rate policy

Find out how we apply investigative skills to our investment process.

We assess the fallout from the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the implications for the financial sector.

Could future artificial intelligence chatbots produce content and generate solutions with less training data?

Why the financial industry has a key role to play in supporting and enhancing biodiversity

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has incited a clean-energy arms race among utilities regulators across the globe.

We examine the environmental implications of the ever-expanding digital world.

How a focus on innovation and technology could help drive food sector returns in 2023.

We provide our thoughts on the latest Consumer Electronics Show conference. We believe that many advancements across industries…

The release of new generative platforms underscores the disruptive potential of artificial intelligence.

We investigate how investing in climate adaptation could help protect our planet’s future.

We examine the future of commercial real estate and its implications for employers and employees alike.

Third-party ESG ratings play an important role in asset management, but we believe their application needs to be…

How could scalable technology help mitigate the impacts of climate change?

Listen to why and how Newton uses micro and macro themes as part of its investment research.

How the theme of ‘great power competition’ could shape the macroeconomic backdrop in 2023 and beyond.

Easing supply-chain pressures and rapid innovation should revitalize the mobility theme.

We discuss the evolution of sustainability reporting.

Why should we be concerned about investing in climate crisis adaption today?

We explore potentially life-saving advanced driver assistance system technology.

We examine the current macro backdrop and where investors can potentially find pockets of growth.

We believe infrastructure has exposure to themes with greater transparency that can provide some stability in uncertain times.

We discuss our 2023 outlook.

Explore how commercial real estate can build from pandemic lows as offices reopen.

We believe active managers should look to global natural resources for attractive opportunities amid this multi-year commodity upcycle.

How can a different approach to equity investment seek out opportunities in a radically different market regime?

We discuss the outlook for equity income investing.

As we navigate the future of agriculture, efficient price discovery could be a key agent for positive change.

Our themes continue to evolve in line with the significant changes we are seeing across the globe.

We explain what we would like to see from the participants at this year’s climate-change event in Egypt.

What are the barriers to safe autonomous driving?

We discuss promising relative-value scenarios.

We assess the prospects for UK government bonds

Exploring agriculture can present one of the best indirect methods to accurately price water, a perpetually mispriced commodity.

In the latest Double Take, we examine the investment implications of the continuing energy crisis enveloping the UK.

Where now for global bond investors?

What opportunities and perils lie in store for investors as the energy crisis unfolds in Europe?

Global infrastructure securities can hold up as a buffer in this inflationary environment.

Key (and sometimes surprising) findings from a recent trip to Vietnam.

We investigate the rapidly evolving world of cryptocurrency compliance as financial institutions plan to expand into digital assets.

After decades of abundant food supply, changes in the agricultural commodity equilibrium may have lasting effects for consumers.

Why we view genetic medicines as one of the most exciting developments in the health-care sector today.

We discuss the challenges of accounting for goodwill.

Blockchain solutions are rapidly evolving beyond cryptocurrencies.

Geopolitical events have heightened the need for robust cybersecurity, potentially creating opportunities as the industry moves toward consolidation.

Why the integration and disclosure of people with disabilities in workplaces displays good values and is economically practical.

The new energy crisis – food scarcity – presents challenges and opportunities as the world prepares for structural…

We discuss the evolving state of diversity, human capital management, and disclosure at public companies.

The decade-old theme still points to long-term growth opportunities in differentiated areas including enterprise businesses and international markets.

A decoupling of US and China technology ecosystems presents opportunities.

Why Newton is focused on the Science Based Targets initiative in the drive to achieve net zero.

The regionalization and localization of supply chains can amplify their resiliency and sustainability, creating potential long-term opportunities investors.

How are legacy financial institutions managing cryptocurrencies? We discuss this and more in our latest Double Take episode.

The current macro environment and promising fundamentals in certain sectors bode well for US value stocks.

A perspective on the nature of drawdown as an inevitable element of long-term investing.

We investigate the trend of deglobalization and explore why some manufacturers are bringing operations back home.

Is the US ahead of the curve or behind in the regulation and disclosure of human capital management?

Why now for US small and mid-caps?

The music industry has returned to growth thanks to the rise of streaming. Can the momentum be maintained?

We discuss how investors assess and monitor acquisitions.

We examine how the theme of divergence is creating opportunities for global bond investors in the US market.

We discuss how our global equity specialists are managing the volatility of today’s market landscape.

We discuss the potential of nuclear energy and how it may fit into the global energy transition.

Will the potential reshoring boom lead to a capital-expenditure supercycle? We discuss in our latest Double Take episode.

How the Ukraine conflict could change the geopolitical and investment landscape.

In our latest Double Take podcast, we explore nuclear power and its potential as a clean energy alternative.

We investigate how big tech companies are mining personal data, and how regulators and lawmakers are responding.

We discuss the outlook for infrastructure amid rising inflation and increased demand for income.

In our latest Double Take podcast, we investigate the massive changes happening in big tech and regulator reactions.

We assess the possible investment implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

We assess the geopolitical and economic implications of China’s Winter Olympics, and the country’s priorities for 2022.

The importance of (and challenges with) valuing intangibles.

We assess what the Fed’s latest monetary-policy signaling could mean for bond markets.

How do Russia's latest demands over Ukraine impact future European security?

We discuss the importance of thematic and sustainability considerations when investing in emerging markets.

Can India emulate China's recent growth?

With tight supply and growing demand, we discuss the outlook for copper.

The latest Double Take investigates the links between Covid, consumer demand, cargo, and the current supply chain crisis.

Why we believe the IASB’s Third Agenda Consultation is a great opportunity for investors to influence its priorities.

There’s more than meets the eye in relation to rising gas prices and their effect on the economy.

We assess the mood in bond markets as central banks once again start to focus on tapering quantitative-easing…

Why cooperation on reducing carbon emissions must be truly global.

Tackling climate change: How did we get here?

Why we believe tax is under-analyzed, and how it informs our broader view of governance.

We discuss how the pandemic has distorted standard valuation measures.

Where are the best opportunities for sustainable-bond investors?

With the gold price trending lower in recent months, we assess the outlook for the precious metal.

Making the case for revisiting companies’ cash flow statements.

With the cryptocurrency increasingly in the spotlight, we consider its role in a multi-asset portfolio.

We discuss the outlook for cyclical stocks.

We discuss the outlook for the precious metal.

We consider how Joe Biden’s election win might change the outlook for the energy sector.

We examine how the pandemic might pave the way to a more sustainable future.

The outlook for inflation, and a focus on sustainable fixed-incoming investing.

How the monetary and fiscal response to Covid-19 is reshaping bond markets.

As cybersecurity threats continue to rise, ESG-focused investors should take note.

Why we believe the post-pandemic economy will take some time to get back to pre-crisis levels.

What legacy will the dwindling use of coal leave for the energy industry and investors in renewables?