Insights

In this article, Sarah Shaw (4D’s Global PM and CIO) and Greg Goodsell (4D’s Global Equity Strategist) describe what 4D’s country review process involves, why it is so important, how it fits in with our stock valuations and its impact on portfolio construction.

The Australian federal election will be held on Saturday 21 May 2022 to elect the members of the 47th Parliament of Australia.

In this article, Peter Aquilina (Senior Investment Analyst and Head of ESG) analyses what Net Zero means for natural gas demand in the long term; and discusses how 4D analyses and values oil/gas midstream assets, considering both the risk and opportunity as we move towards Net Zero.

The French presidential election is underway, with a first-round vote on Sunday 10 April and the run-off between the top two candidates on Sunday 24 April.

The recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia was clearly a shocking event which, in 2022, was hoped would never happen again. At 4D, we are supporters of sanctions imposed on Russia and have reviewed our portfolio for Russian exposure (regardless of materiality), while conducting a deep dive into what this conflict means for the global infrastructure sector in the near and medium term.

Volatile markets often give rise to the best investment opportunities.

Achieving Net Zero carbon emissions is critical to long-term climate goals.

2022 is shaping up as potentially another challenging year, with the combined effects of the ongoing COVID crisis together with evolving inflationary pressures presenting governments and central banks around the world with some challenging policy decisions.

During his 2020 election campaign, President Biden made commitments to relieve the economic hardship being experienced by a rising percentage of the US population, as well as fast-tracking decarbonisation of the economy to meet the challenge of global warming.