In this article in the Summer 2024 issue of the Journal of Impact and ESG Investing, Syntrinsic Head of Research Mike Sebastian discusses defining clear, realistic goals for investing taking into account environmental, social and governance factors. ...
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Research and CommentariesThe 2024 U.S. Elections in Perspective
The potential impact of the 2024 U.S. elections on financial markets is on investors’ minds. And rightly so, as elections certainly have implications regarding the country’s direction. According to Gallup, the top concern among voters in 2024 is the economy, including...
Webinar: History of Impact Investing
In this webinar, Co-President and Head of Impact Investing, Akasha Absher discusses the History of Impact Investing for HBCU students in a program called "Empowering Future Social Impact Investing Leaders".
2024 Capital Markets Forecast
For the past decade, Syntrinsic has developed our annual Capital Markets Forecast to inform long-term strategic asset allocations and near-term tactical shifts. Our long-term return assumptions for each asset class are based on quantitative building blocks that are...
2023 Mid-Year Capital Markets Forecast
Creating forecasts in a world that regularly surprises remains humbling. March of 2020 brought COVID, while February of 2022 had Russia unexpectedly invading Ukraine. And March 2023 saw unanticipated—though perfectly logical—stressors on regional and local banks in...
Podcast – August 5, 2022: Private Debt
This brief podcast featuring Chief Investment Officer, Jennifer Leonard, and Senior Research Analyst, Matt Kukla, provides an overview of the private debt asset class and its role in client portfolios.
Podcast – July 11, 2022: Market Trends and Portfolio Positioning
This brief podcast featuring Chief Investment Officer, Jennifer Leonard, covers some of the factors contributing to the market volatility and how we are responding in client portfolios.
Podcast – May 31, 2022: The Fixed Income Markets
This brief podcast featuring Chief Investment Officer, Jennifer Leonard, and Senior Research Analyst, Robin Meyer, covers some of the current challenges and opportunities in the fixed income markets.
Podcast – May 3, 2022: Non-US Equity Performance in 1Q 2022
This brief podcast featuring Chief Investment Officer, Jennifer Leonard, and Senior Research Analyst, Jared Hobson, covers some of the issues that contributed to the underperformance of the non-US equity asset class. Jared also discusses some of the opportunities...
Podcast – April 4, 2022: Syntrinsic’s 2022 Capital Market Views
This brief podcast featuring Anna Todorova, Chief of Staff, and Akasha Absher, President, covers a description of Syntrinsic's Capital Markets Forecast, the key points from the 2022 Forecast, Syntrinsic's views on the impact of the Russia/Ukraine crisis, and what this...