Impact Investment. Investing money in a financially lucrative way and at the same time generating a measurable social return is considered the supreme discipline of sustainable investing. "It is particularly interesting to implement this in all asset classes," says Sönke Niefünd, Co-Head Competence Center Sustainability and Head of the Hamburg office of Merck Finck Privatbankiers AG. He explains how this is achieved.

Strategy. How will the global economy develop? How will corporate earnings turn out in the future? Which losses at companies will be temporary, which permanent? And how should investors position themselves now? The Lerbach Competence Circle, an illustrious panel of 26 family officers, asset managers and private bankers, has answers to the most important questions from investors.

Infrastructure bonds. The market for interest rate investments is split in two. Completely safe securities no longer offer a yield. And where investors can achieve high returns, the risk of bankruptcy is always present in the face of the looming global recession. The Schroders investment house has found a middle ground. Infrastructure bonds can generate yields of around four percent - with a maximum of security.

Stock strategy. Once the dust settles, it will become clear that the global economy is likely to grow more slowly in the post-Corona period than previously assumed, says Georg Graf von Wallwitz, founder of the asset management firm Eyb & Wallwitz. Then only a few companies will prosper. "These have to be found. Because they will become more and more valuable for investors.

Megatrends. More and more often, investors are not orienting themselves to countries when building up their equity portfolio, but to ­themen. "The pandemic will reinforce trends that were clearly visible before," says Ed Verstappen, trend investing expert at Robeco. Today is therefore a good opportunity to invest in this sector. The professional explains what investors should bear in mind when making theme investments.