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Thoughts on inflation

| Global Equities
Ben Leyland
Robert Lancastle
21 Dec 2020
  • Many commentators are increasingly asking whether we should expect a return to an inflationary environment after decades of declining inflationary pressures. 
  • If inflation does pick up, it will completely change the financial environment to which investors have become accustomed, with important implications for equities and bonds if hyperflation worries take centre stage, as well as posing problems for companies with overextended balance sheets.
  • While we are not loudly proclaiming that inflation is set to soar, it is currently part of our thinking. Hence our priority remains the minority of businesses with genuine pricing power, whether through a clear competitive advantage or explicit inflationlinking e.g. within contracts or regulatory structures, such as utilities and contract caterers.

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