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Schroders plc Full-Year Results 2021

Our analysis shows protecting populations from Covid boosted growth last year, but a swift vaccine roll-out may prove crucial this year.

Getty Images The rising involvement of retail investors has been an intriguing trend during the pandemic, culminating in the surge and slump of GameStop shares. As an industry, we worry about the disconnection of individual investors from financial markets, the hubs of wealth creation. Direct ownership of shares by individuals has been declining for decades. For that reason, the growing fervour for stock investing that had been growing throughout 2020 should be welcomed. The more recent encour...

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Data science is increasingly driving investment analysis through the lens of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. It’s been an established part of Schroders investors’ toolkit since the Data Insights Unit (DIU) was established in 2014. The team uses new alternative and unconventional data sets to build investment tools and provide a research service to investors across the firm. From how it helps us track thawing permafrost to our analysis of the make-up of company boards, th...