BridgeBytes

Sudarshan Murthy shares his thoughts on the overall performance over the last year and revisits the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict as well as other performance factors within the emerging markets environment.

Ben Larsen and Sudarshan Murthy explain the adaptability of GQG’s portfolios and their process, and why they believe this is important in the emerging markets space.

Sudarshan Murthy shares his thoughts on what has changed in emerging market economies over the last 10-20 years as well as highlights some of the emerging markets countries that are becoming more attractive today.

Ben Larsen and Sudarshan Murthy explain how the market cap of India is larger than Germany and the U.K. and discuss their belief that passing regulations to change bankruptcy laws and real estate practices within India have had a positive impact on how the market views India as a whole.

Stephen Jenkins discusses Sionna’s view on Ahold Delhaize as an attractive name outside of Canada that is held in the Sionna Opportunities Fund.

Kim Shannon discusses Sionna’s view on Fairfax Financial as an attractive name with plenty of advantages and runway to grow.

Kim Shannon discusses performance cycles during inflationary environments and includes her thoughts on a Canada vs. U.S. perspective and a Value vs. Growth perspective.

Kim Shannon shares her thoughts on whether or not we might see aggressive interest rate cutting to combat a potential upcoming recession as well as some of the tools that can be used to control inflationary and disinflationary environments.

Kim Shannon weighed in on the recession vs. no recession debate and discussed how Sionna has navigated the most aggressive tightening cycle in a generation. (Published: Jan 2024)

Louis Florentin-Lee discusses AI and provides commentary around some of the names held in the compounders portfolio that provide AI exposure. While Lazard currently doesn't own the white-hot AI names (i.e., NVIDIA), Lazard believes they are well-positioned in the space and have attractive exposure to AI via a handful of specific holdings that Louis speaks to. (Published: March 2024)