B. G., Opalesque Geneva In this interview, Dr. Patrick Welton, founder and CIO of Welton Investment Partners, offers his observations on the major macro themes expected to affect the commodity markets, including crude oil, and ESG investing this year. Welton is an...
by Guillaume Detrait, President & Chief Risk Officer [email protected] For more than 2 years, Welton has been engaged in the process of preparing our ESG Advantage strategy to comply with the global regulatory and reporting frameworks including SFDR and...
The first quarter of 2022 threw a daunting number of curves at investors. The confluence of higher inflation brought about, in part, by the lengthy pandemic, the Russian war with Ukraine and the January tech meltdown producing a sharp spike in market volatility....
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." ― William Shakespeare My ESG journey began with Welton about two years ago, but sustainability is deeply rooted in me by virtue of my unique upbringing. My father is a true visionary, and I recognized...
Not long ago commodity prices were falling, now they’re surging. Today, I see green across every quote in every commodity sector from my front-row seat managing the trade flow for $7B in Macro positions. At the start of the pandemic-induced global shutdown in 2020,...
Regrettably, only a fraction of published medical research is reproducible by other investigators. This is no surprise to those of us who contribute or follow medical advancements. Hundreds of reviews have documented tens of thousands of examples. From cancer...
How might an investor protect themselves from the recent inflationary spike? How might they rationally act as the news is worsening? From a macroeconomic investor perspective, I offer caution in reacting to the news. The crescendo of news transmits multiple...
We’ve all seen it in the headlines this year or experienced it firsthand. No. Not the pandemic. The other major pressing problem affecting the entire planet – climate change. Raging forest fires, droughts around the entire west of the US, major floods in Europe,...
In my role as an ESG Data Analyst and Trader at an investment management firm, I spend a good part of each day grappling with how to successfully integrate ESG factors into our ESG program, a multi-asset ESG long/short strategy combining ESG US mid-large cap...
Human versus machine. Which is superior? It's a centuries-old question that continues to fascinate us. Regrettably, for investors, it often fascinates to the point of distraction. But, investors are only human. And when investors are both the questioner and a...
