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White papersWhy invest in trade finance?
The demand for trade finance continues to increase, despite a global shortage of financing to facilitate the deals. As we outline in this paper, this shortfall has created an array of potentially high-yielding investment opportunities for providers with the right resources, analytical teams and banking connections.
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White papersThe Potential Power Of AI Agents
Unlike traditional bots, these virtual helpers can learn, adapt and manage tasks dynamically—putting us on the cusp of true AI proliferation.
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White papersPrivate Credit Outlook: Expanding the Universe
The journey from niche asset to core allocation looks set to continue.
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White papersThe Road Ahead: 2025 North America Insurance Outlook
Key themes we see emerging for insurance investors in 2025 involve duration positioning, managing credit exposure, exploring relative-value opportunities, tapping the potential of private markets, and portfolio-liquidity and cash-management considerations.
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White papersSDG Engagement Equity, Q4 2024 case study
Ansell is domiciled and listed in Australia but is a genuinely global producer of personal protective equipment (PPE) for workers within healthcare and industrial settings.
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White papersFinding opportunity on the horizon
Will deal activity return to more typical levels and what is the value proposition for middle market direct lending in 2025?
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White papersPrivate markets poised to benefit from new strategic landscape
Asset managers are facing growing demand from institutional investors to develop sophisticated private market strategies that balance high long-term risk-adjusted target returns, added diversification benefits, and fundamental value creation.
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White papersArtificial intelligence for sustainable finance: why it may help
Developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning have led to the creation of a new type of ESG data that do not necessarily rely on information provided by companies.
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White papersPrivate Funds CFO Roundtable: The Strategic CFO
In a roundtable discussion conducted by Private Funds CFO, Barry Giarraputo discusses the role of the CFO in driving strategic direction while ensuring that scalable infrastructure is in place to deliver sustainable growth.
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White papersESG goals, risk and returns – A new framework to optimise equity portfolios
A new paper from BNP Paribas Asset Management, “Impact of ESG Objectives on a Portfolio”, recently published in The Journal of Portfolio Management, details a framework for adding environmental, social, and governance objectives to passively and actively managed equity portfolios so that the impact of the ESG criteria on risk and return is minimised.
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White papersNavigating the Health Care Industry in Trump’s Second Term
As President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares for his second term in office, the health care industry is poised for a period of potential change, despite his relative silence on policy details. In this case, personnel may make a major difference, and, in our view, investors should prepare for a landscape influenced by health care and budgetary appointments. While market volatility is likely, we believe maintaining an emphasis on long-term trends will be essential in navigating an evolving industry landscape. Understanding the implications of regulatory changes and key administrative appointments will likely be important in identifying investment opportunities.
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PodcastA Look Under the Hood of Climate Risk Analysis
This episode focuses on the EU autos sector as a means of exploring how we leverage our bottom-up research approach to analyse climate risks.
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White papersOutlook 2025: Prospects for the race to net zero
In 2025 mature technologies like solar and wind power as well as electric vehicles (EVs) will continue on their path of exponential deployment - despite some setbacks in some jurisdictions where incumbents start to panic as they realise they have lost ground they may never make up.
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White papersStewardship: a coming of age
Increased oversight of sustainable investing may help combat greenwashing – but regulators will need to be aware of unintended consequences.
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White papersVarious tailwinds support private markets
In our Private Markets Outlook 2025, we outline why we expect direct lending and real estate debt to perform strongly; while in the UK, the new government’s Autumn Budget contained positive signals for infrastructure development.
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White papersAnother banner year for liquidity?
Investors won’t forget near-zero yields in a hurry. Liquidity – and the healthy returns on offer – will remain king in the coming year.
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White papersBeyond the Numbers: ESG in Action
As the 2024 Amundi-CREATE report highlights, the private markets asset class is particularly suitable for responsible investing. This article explores how an investor in private assets, such as Amundi Alpha Associates, can approach and refine responsible investment capabilities, as well as the practical steps taken to integrate ESG factors into their portfolio monitoring processes.
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White papersHow insurers can harness prime opportunities within direct lending
Within the direct lending universe, the most attractive opportunities lie within the more conservative end of the mid-market, in our view. We explore why this is likely to be the case, how conditions within the asset class have changed and the benefits of direct lending for insurers’ balance sheets.
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White papersRiding ESG waves across the globe: the US and India in focus
At any surf spot in the world, you can find a cadre of wetsuit-clad wave watchers scanning the horizon of the sea. Surfing, a sport unlike any other, demands an intricate understanding of the water and weather conditions. The interplay between tides and the underwater terrain determines the height, direction and formation of wave patterns.
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White papersIncluding ESG in a fund name – cosmetics or effective driver of change?
A recent study by an international team of academics examines whether renaming investment funds to include the term ‘ESG’ is just a cosmetic jump on the sustainability bandwagon – or whether it does have a positive impact in reducing ESG risk and improving ESG performance. Here, we summarise their findings.
