Alternatives – Page 2
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White papersWhat’s up with the yellow metal?
Higher pricing reflects supply and demand in a changing world. How should international investors respond?
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White papers10 questions for 10 years: The Global Equity ESG Fund
Since 2014, the Global Equity ESG Fund’s philosophy has been underpinned by pragmatism, sustainability, responsibility and longevity. Now, with ten years under its belt, the Fund has demonstrated an improved ability to generate outperformance using its proprietary QESG score. In this retrospective piece, our team reflect on the Fund’s history of innovation and why their approach to ESG investing is not simply about achieving the ‘feel good’ factor.
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White papersThree often-overlooked investments insurers are using to add duration
Increasing duration was the most popular course of action in Nuveen’s 2024 EQuilibrium survey of institutional investors. Half of the 800 respondents said they would be doing this, in contrast to the 19% who planned to decrease it. And insurers were even more likely to extend: 61% of North American insurers, 58% in Asia Pacific and 53% in Europe.
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White papersDiversify with real and alternative assets
Hedge funds (HF) to benefit from abundant alpha opportunities
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White papersA new window of vulnerability opens in the second half of the year
Investors must assess evolving risks to adjust positions and implement hedging options.
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White papersMoving beyond cash
With the highest starting yields in 15 years, many fixed income sectors already produce more income than cash. And these sectors offer the opportunity for price appreciation once the U.S. Federal Reserve starts cutting rates, while the yield on cash will simply decline. We advocate a multisector approach that takes selective risk in credit sectors. Active management remains critical, as credit spreads are likely to widen in the coming months.
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White papersESG Viewpoint: Nature Positive commitments: separating the green from greenwash
Over 1,400 companies are calling on governments to adopt policies to reach Nature Positive by 2030. 95 British businesses have signed up to a collective goal to be Nature Positive by 2030, and a third of the global mining industry has committed to reach Nature Positive by 2030 through the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)123.
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White papersThe path to building an efficient private debt portfolio
The private debt market has grown significantly over the past decade and has become an increasingly important allocation for pension portfolios. This development has increased the complexity of portfolio construction. Klarphos, an alternative asset manager specialising in customised portfolio solutions for institutional clients, manages appx. €2.5 billion in total assets, of which more than half reside in private debt. In this interview, we examine how pension funds can strike a balance between maximising returns and effectively managing risk by using private debt as an all-weather solution.
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White papersWhy Social Infrastructure Now? Opportunities for Impact-Focused Investors
As real estate markets continue to evolve, investors can capitalize on the growing demand for social infrastructure assets. We believe the current environment provides an attractive entry point to investments that can provide long-term stable cash flow. By embracing a finance-first impact investment approach – where both market-rate returns and impact are targeted - investors can contribute to positive social and environmental outcomes while achieving their financial objectives.
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White papersUnderstanding the value of the Ethereum network
Ethereum’s extensive developer community and its leading role in sectors like decentralized finance, non-fungible tokens and gaming highlight its significant impact on the decentralized digital economy and its position at the forefront of Web3 innovation.
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White papersFilling the void: A brief history (and future) of lending disruption
While the 2008 global financial crisis greatly sped up the growth of private credit, where is the disruption of bank lending headed next?
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White papersA Paradigm Shift: Infrastructure Equity 2.0
Historically viewed as a yield-oriented and inflation-protected (but lower returning) asset class, infrastructure equity is transitioning to assets that could drive alpha in an investor’s portfolio.
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White papersWorld Oceans Day: It’s time to take action
Protecting and conserving the marine environment is essential for human life and the economy as the oceans play a central role in regulating our climate.
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White papersNew standards and frameworks arm investors in the battle against biodiversity loss
The global pledge to halt and reverse biodiversity loss – known as the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) – is helping to shape and accelerate government policy as well as corporate and investor action in terms of protecting the natural world. The GBF signals that while great strides have been made in terms of tackling the biodiversity crisis, much more still needs to be done.
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White papersThe Healthcare Revolution: A Prescription for Growth
It’s a defining moment for healthcare. From drug discovery to digital delivery, a once-in-a-generation revolution is promising to introduce new cures for some of the most intractable illnesses, as well as personalized treatment at a lower cost.
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White papersFueling the Future: Investing Across the Global Energy Landscape
Today we stand at a critical inflection point for the energy system. For decades, the world has wrestled with an energy trilemma in balancing multiple goals: reliability, universal access to affordable energy, and mitigating and avoiding environmental harm. However, the complexity of balancing these competing priorities has dramatically increased in a world facing multiple interlocking crises.
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White papersUnlocking Alts: Opportunities in a New Investment Regime
The investment landscape remains uncertain. Interest rates have been stubbornly high, and central banks around the world appear to be moving cautiously before pivoting to a more accommodative policy stance. Economies around the globe are moving along divergent paths, underscored by resilient growth in the US that has outpaced many of its peers.
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White papersAbout SDGs, reading the manual with NLP
In recent years, asset management has embraced the Net-Zero paradigm for portfolio construction and the formation of mid- and long-term views. However, delays in climate transition go along with poor achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With only a few years remaining to reach the objectives set for 2030, this paper aims to examine the SDGs’ framework and question its implementation by companies.
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White papersAlternative investments: Asset allocation strategies in a changing environment
Highlights from the “An asset allocation solution for public and private markets” session at the Asia Investment Conference 2024
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White papersBiodiversity bonds: the new frontier in fixed income markets
Sovereign, supranational and corporate borrowers are issuing bonds that embed biodiversity protection and restoration goals.
