16 December 2024 | 1 min. readingtime
2024 has been a special investment year with a lot of unexpected twists and turns. Not only in the financial markets, but also from a macro-economic and geopolitical perspective. Will 2025 at last be business as usual again for investors, or should we continue to expect the unexpected?
With growth of around 3%, the global economy performed more or less as expected in 2024. However, the variations in regional growth were greater than expected. The US economy performed significantly better than expected, with an estimated growth of over 2.5% in 2024. US growth was also broadly supported, with business investment leading the way. With growth of less than 1%, the eurozone economy had another disappointing year, with higher exports and public spending but held back by low consumer spending and business investment. Lastly, China’s economy grew by less than 5%, slightly below the authorities’ growth target and well below the average in recent decades.
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16 December 2024 | 6 min. readingtime
A long time ago I worked as an ice cream seller in a then well-known ice cream parlor on Leidseplein in Amsterdam. I had a colleague there who studied Artificial Intelligence. What does AI mean for investors?
09 December 2024 | 3 min. readingtime
a.s.r. has excluded direct investments in the arms industry since 2007. Let us explain why we do not invest in weapons directly.
09 December 2024 | 2 min. readingtime
a.s.r. has implemented a change in its responsible investment policy to be able to invest in Dutch companies or activities related to the defense industry under strict conditions.