Alternatives – Page 20
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White papersThe Case for Unconstrained Multi-Asset Portfolios: Navigating the Challenges of Public-Private Investing
As investors navigate the challenges of integrating public and private markets we believe a single, unconstrained multi-asset portfolio can deliver a more efficient and opportunistic solution.
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White papersThe Unsurprisingly Volatile Business of Bitcoin Mining
Why we think the technicalities of Bitcoin mining explain much of Bitcoin’s extraordinary volatility profile.
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White papersMidyear Strategic Investment Outlook: What Does the Market Move Mean for Strategic Investors?
Many people say they like to be long-term investors. It’s a laudable ambition, but often the short term gets in the way. Our notes typically focus on the strategic horizon, but when the S&P 500 falls by 20%, 10-year Treasury yields rise by 140 basis points and Bitcoin is down by 60% since the start of 2022, strategic investors need to respond.
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White papersESG Global Study 2022
Many investors are contemplating how to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into their investing decisions. In this, our second ESG annual study, we surveyed more than 1,100 global professionals, including advisors, consultants and intermediaries. The result is a comprehensive report providing in-depth ESG insights, thoughts on ESG trends and views regarding ESG regulation.
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White papersJPY: Structurally weak, cyclically blessed
Structural headwinds are strong for the yen, setting a fundamental background for the currency to stay weak. Yet a recessionary environment is a cyclical blessing – peaking growth and rates prove that the JPY is among the cleanest diversifiers – and officials may have lost their appetite for currency devaluation.
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White papersEOS Stewardship Report 2021
EOS at Federated Hermes publishes Stewardship Report 2021. Monitoring engagement outcomes is crucial, to ensure that our approach is effective and achieving the desired results. This year’s report includes expanded sections on our diversity, equity and inclusion approach, and on how we are responding to market-wide and systemic risks. ...
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White papersLitmus test for chemical sector decarbonisation
Chemicals are essential inputs for many industries, with chemical use pervasive and entrenched in the modern world. But like the steel industry, the chemical sector is considered “hard-to-abate”, meaning that the solutions to reduce emissions are either technically challenging, prohibitively expensive, or both.
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White papersFederated Hermes Stewardship Report 2021
At Federated Hermes we believe the investment industry can be a powerful force for good, building a fairer, more equitable world for all – and that active ownership and engagement is the best way to achieve this. In this, our second annual Stewardship Report, we provide an update on our efforts towards effective and outcomes-driven stewardship.
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White papersAre investors right to look to UK real estate amid rising inflation?
UK real estate has seen increased interest from investors seeking shelter from rising inflation. We look at the strengths and weaknesses of the strategy and point out what investors should look out for.
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White papersDiscovering Stocks for Your Sustainable Investing Goals
Sustainability means different things to different people. So how can an investor know whether a sustainable equity fund is truly aligned with their responsibility ethos and investing goals? Start by asking the following three questions.
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White papersInvest in biodiversity to save the planet
The loss of biodiversity is one of the biggest problems facing humanity. Over the last century, we have seen unprecedented real GDP growth and have made huge progress on many fronts such as benefitting from improvements in mortality rates and technological advances. Unfortunately, in the process we have chosen to ignore nature and have altered 75% of the earth’s surface and 66% of the marine environment1 to satisfy our consumption and energy needs.
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White papersNatural capital: The future of land investments
Natural capital and the ecosystem services it provides are the foundation of both human wellbeing and our economic system. It has never been clearer that responsible stewardship of our land-based assets is essential to long-term productivity. By improving the management and measurement of these assets we can develop a richer and more resilient base of natural capital.
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White papersHow regenerative agriculture can sow the seeds of change
In the fifth article in our EOS Insights series on the social and environmental impacts of the global food system, Sarah Swartz explores the benefits of regenerative agriculture.
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White papersPrivate debt attractive amid public asset volatility, increased inflation and rising interest rates
Public asset volatility, increased inflation concerns and rising interest rates are driving more interest in private debt than ever before, finds a recent survey published by The Lead Left, founded by Randy Schwimmer, co-head of senior lending at Churchill Asset Management.
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White papersThe energy crisis heightens inflation fears - Strategies to protect portfolios from inflation risk
Inflation was already running well above central banks’ targets as we entered the year. The war has put additional pressure on prices and supply chains and this could have repercussions not just on oil, but on other commodities as well. Furthermore, given these (intermediate) commodities are used in the production of other finished products, we are likely to witness more broad-based inflation, particularly in Europe, the region closest to the crisis.
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White papersHow to get to net zero in real estate investment
We know a drastic fall in carbon emissions from the built environment is essential to save the planet. Even so, real solutions - let alone action - remain elusive. It’s time to work out how it can be done.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - April 2022
The first month of the Russia-Ukraine war has driven volatility up across the board, though with some recent signs of stabilisation in equity markets. Europe is the area most exposed to the war – in particular, through the effects of higher energy prices, supply chain disruptions, and geographic proximity, but the commodity squeeze goes far beyond energy to include agricultural commodities and metals.
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White papersIs the spike in commodity prices sustainable?
For a glimpse of just how volatile commodities currently are, look at nickel markets. Prices doubled in early March. Then they plunged. Then the London Metals Exchange halted trading. This week, the market for nickel — a key component in electric vehicle batteries and stainless steel products — reopened but with strict trading limits.
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White papersBaidu case study - March 2022
Following EOS engagement, Baidu improved its disclosure on human capital management. EOS engagement contributed to the company’s understanding of bestpractice human capital management, leading to improved disclosure.
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White papersAmundi Pension Funds Letter n°14
In this latest edition of Amundi Pension Fund Letter we turn our gaze to China. The world’s second largest economy since 2010, China is now emerging from the United States’ shadow and may well become the world’s leading economic power by 2030.
