Managing global equities through a global crisis

Sinking demand for apparel, brands and retailers have moved quickly to cancel or postpone production orders – refusing, in many cases, to pay for clothing their supplier factories have already produced. The result has been the shutdown of thousands of factories in producing countries. Join our Responsible Investment Director, Nina Roth, and Saif Khan, CEO of Footprints CSR, an environmental and social supply chain audit firm, as they discuss these supply chain challenges.

Marcus Phayre-Mudge will examine the case for real estate securities, the most liquid form of real assets, around the globe. Amid unprecedented monetary stimulus and dramatic changes to working patterns and consumer behaviour he will examine how the fund is positioned and why owning real assets is attractive.

Jamie Jenkins and Emma Lupton present on one year of the BMO SDG Engagement Global Equity Fund.

Low interest rates and reasonable economic growth had led to valuations of some high quality small cap growth stocks reaching extreme levels. The recent crisis precipitated an extreme sell off across markets, leaving some world class smaller companies at attractive valuations. Sam and Lucy discuss how they have used this rare opportunity to add some great businesses to European Assets Trust’s portfolio at good prices, laying a foundation for future returns potential.