Current Market situation comment

      
    
Current Market situation comment
Aktualności / 2022-02-25 / autorzy: Generali Investments


Current situation 

Russian aggression against Ukraine intensified the wave of risk aversion that had been building up for some time. Significant discounts continued and affected all asset classes, especially instruments of Russian entities. The market had already been under pressure for some time and the materialisation of the negative scenario pushed it towards new short-term minima.

Debt:

Our exposure to Russian assets is not significant, apart from the sub-fund Generali Obligacje: New Europe, however the scale of the discount will materially affect the sub-funds' performance. We have exposure to corporate debt, to five entities. 4 of them are investment grade and in our view solvent entities. The exposure to CIS countries, which is shown in the composition of the subfunds' portfolios published as at 30.12.2021, has been consistently reduced as the strength of geopolitical risk factors in the region increases.

Equities:

The only equity fund in our range that has this exposure is the Generali Akcje sub-fund: New Europe. Exposure to these markets results directly from the subfund's investment policy, which is based on investments in the CEE + CIS region. The remaining equity subfunds do not have any exposure to Russian or CIS issuers.

Previous events of a similar nature

Historical analysis indicates that when armed conflicts occur, stock markets tend to build up extreme pessimism very quickly. They then return to normalcy relatively quickly and recover their losses dynamically. The reactions of the US stock market over the years show this particularly clearly.

Outlook for the future

In the current geopolitical environment, we estimate that the Generali Gold, Generali Oszczędnościowy and SGB Bankowy sub-funds will be least negatively affected by current events. We are keeping a close eye on the situation, especially the reactions in terms of sanctions. We will update the above information as the situation develops.

 


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High volatility of the net asset value of: Generali Akcje Małych i Średnich Spółek, Generali Akcje Wzrostu, Generali Akcje: Nowa Europa, Generali Korona Akcje, Generali Korona Zrównoważony, Generali Stabilny Wzrost, Generali Obligacje: Nowa Europa, Generali Akcje: Turcja, Generali Akcji: Megatrendy in Generali Fundusze FIO and Generali Obligacje Aktywny, Generali Obligacje Globalne Rynki Wschodzące, Generali Złota, Generali Euro, Generali Akcji Amerykańskich, Generali Akcji Europejskich, Generali Akcji Ekologicznych in Generali Fundusze SFIO.

There is a possibility to invest more than 35% of asset value of Generali Korona Dochodowy, Generali Akcji: Megatrendy, Generali Korona Obligacje, Generali Stabilny Wzrost, Generali Korona Zrównoważony, Generali Złota, Generali Aktywny Dochodowy, SGB Dłużny, Generali Akcji Europejskich, Generali Akcji Amerykańskich in securities issued, backed or guaranteed by the Polish Treasury or the National Bank of Poland, and in the case of Generali Dolar, Generali Obligacje: Nowa Europa, Generali Akcje: Turcja, Generali Akcji: Megatrendy and Generali Oszczędnościowy also in securities issued, backed or guaranteed by: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States of America, and the European Investment Bank and the World Bank (The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development).

Generali Złota Sub-fund is characterised by high investment risk and is addressed to investors who have a long-term investment horizon (at least 5 years).

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