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How does the current environment compare to the Global Financial Crisis?

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M&G Institutional

30/06/2020

The current crisis is very different to the last. It is economic in nature, in contrast to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), which was financial, with banks at its centre. However, there are similarities. Just as when the GFC fed through to the real economy, this crisis is expected to make leasing properties more challenging and taking risk more costly.

Authored by our Head of Investment Strategy, José Pellicer, this paper makes the case for a mindset shift in the new reality, with quality of income of far greater importance than it was before.

Watch our Head of Investment Strategy, José Pellicer, compare the current environment to the Global Financial Crisis, and find out why the new reality requires a mindset shift

The value of investments will fluctuate, which will cause prices to fall as well as rise and investors may not get back the original amount they invested.