Megatrends: Asset owners seek to elevate their investing

The impact of Covid-19 has accelerated some unwelcome investment trends, leaving asset owners struggling to keep up in a world that is changing faster than they had anticipated.    Interest rates have hit rock bottom faster than most economists had forecast pre-pandemic and look set to remain that way for a long time to come. Meanwhile the massive glut of government spending to sustain economies has placed governments across the world in deep holes of debt. That will require fun…