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Fixed income investing: the active advantage, in times of interest rate sensitivity
Active fixed income strategies may offer investors numerous advantages over passive index strategies, providing enhanced risk-adjusted performance potential. Investors are still seeking risk-managed returns in the current high inflation and rising rate environment, and we believe active management for fixed income can better help investors pursue their goals.
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They’ve got the power? European Utilities and the energy crisis
Robin Usson, Senior Credit Analyst, explains what the impact of the energy crisis on the European Utilities market means for investing in the sector.
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Despite headwinds, ESG continues to perform
Our latest research shows that despite headwinds, ESG continues to be a strong driver of shareholder returns.
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ESG Materiality, Q3 2022
Tough new US and EU regulations, and pressures related to the cost of living and the Covid-19 pandemic, are forcing companies to scrutinise their supply chains. In the latest ESG Materiality newsletter, we look at the implications for emerging markets.
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Pursuing alpha: Why invest in EMD?
Competitive spreads, comparable default rates and low correlations versus developed markets are just three advantages of this growing asset class, argue managers of the Federated Hermes Emerging Markets Debt strategy.
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Global Equity ESG Fund, H1 Report 2022
For long-term investors, the story is essentially unchanged, in fact, falling markets offer more attractive valuations on high-quality companies with a competitive edge.
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Case study: Akbank
In this latest case study, the Emerging Market Debt team explains how engagement with Turkish lender Akbank is encouraging improvements in governance, sustainable lending and carbon footprint accountability.
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How investors can do some salt-of-the-earth good
In our latest video insight, we hear from Walter Jehne, co-founder of Regenerate Earth, as he explains why the planet is in desperate need of resurgence over the next decade and why the financial industry will prove to be significant in driving this forward.
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The biodiversity domino effect
Submerged cities and mass extinctions may feel 100 years away from anything we’ll ever have to witness in our lifetimes but for large swathes of nature and many communities, the emergency has already begun. Sonya Likhtman, EOS engager, outlines how and why investors can be a powerful voice for halting and reversing biodiversity loss.
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Seven reasons why the time is right to buy EMD
Investors should be grasping at the unprecedented opportunity presented by emerging market debt.
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My bandwidth brings all the users to the yard
The principle of ‘network neutrality’ is a vital vehicle for growth in Telecommunication Services, writes Joe Howes, senior credit analyst.
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A source of alpha and solution to supply-chain logjams?
Trade finance provides an opportunity for investors to access uncorrelated alpha with limited reliance on traditional return drivers.
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Fiorino: Is there light at the end of the AT1 tunnel?
Fiorino crosses the barrier into the commonsense-challenging realm of post-GFC bank capital stacks.
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The Benefits of Greater Concentration
Franklin Mutual Series believes a concentrated portfolio of value stocks with an eye toward diversifying sources of risk can be an important part of a broader investment portfolio.
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The Rise of Alternative Property Sectors in the U.S.
Michael Acton, Head of Research at AEW, explains which factors and trends drive the growing interest of institutional investors in the alternative property sectors in the U.S.
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AEW Monthly Research Report – February 2022
Land take regulations to drive land prices, density & Brownfield developments up.
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Central Banks on Deck to Fight Inflation
The ECB was owlish—carefully hawkish. It further reduced asset purchases for Q2 below the €40 billion previously announced and left completely open the pace of asset purchases for Q3. This leaves room for great flexibility: the ability to hike or not in Q4.
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Geopolitical Risks in the United Kingdom
As geopolitical tensions escalate across the globe, our UK Equity team provides its insights into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the implications for UK-listed companies.
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European equity market: the great value rotation and the dividend appeal
January 2022 was a record month for European value equity, in terms of its outperformance vs. growth. The market’s reassessment of central banks’ actions after their hawkish turn has driven real yields higher and benefitted value stocks, while growth sectors such as technology, which are more sensitive to interest rates duration, have suffered.
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How the ESG data dilemma rewards active and engaged investors
What you can measure you can manage. In responsible investment that has steadily become a practical reality, but thoughtful and analytical management is still required to make sense of sometimes uneven inputs and difficult comparisons.