Lower oil prices are here to stay, at least for the time being. What has caused this situation and how should investors be responding?

Oil prices are unlikely to recover anytime soon. This creates both winners and losers and there are investment opportunities to be found in both

It is crucial that social impact is at the heart of what a fund manager is trying to achieve and is more than a ‘nice add-on’ to their traditional investment process

Sarasin & Partners, pioneers of the long-term thematic approach to investing, see plenty of opportunity in US equities, while also highlighting European and Japanese exporters 

Jacky Prudhomme, head of ESG Integration and Social Business Investments at BNP Paribas Investment Partners, talks to Yuri Bender about the evolution of responsible investing from negative to positive screening

Global macro trends make the agriculture theme an attractive bet for long-term investors, and many believe equities rather than commodities offer the best way to gain access

Disruptive technologies can revolutionise the way entire industries operate, but are investors better off trying to pick out the new kids on the block or avoid those on the way down?

Identifying global trends such as the growing population or the rise of the tech sector can help in long-term portfolio management, but implementation still comes down to efficient stock selection