All Alternatives articles – Page 10
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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 papersToday’s healthcare treatment, tomorrow’s healthcare innovation
While treatments for obesity have dominated the healthcare investment narrative over the past 18 months, they are by no means the only secular growth story. We see the life sciences industry as well positioned to benefit from structural trends.
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White papersPrompting AI: Can Better Conversations Drive Better Investment Research?
A richer dialogue between human experts and large language models may improve outcomes.
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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 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.
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White papersBeyond the façade: Real Estate Debt
While some construction projects seek to preserve the façade and replace the interior, the opposite can also be possible: preserving a building while replacing the façade. And this approach can create compelling investment opportunities.
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White papersUnderwriting the Underwriters: Finding Opportunity in Consumer Loans
When it comes to investing in consumer debt, headlines may be misleading. We see opportunity.
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White papersAI Ethics and Regulation: How Investors Can Navigate the Maze
From potentially brand-damaging ethical risks to regulatory uncertainty, AI poses challenges for investors. But there is a path forward.
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White papersQuality and Growth: Striking a Balance
The world’s central banks have made great strides in tamping down inflation over the past year. But as investors are discovering, fighting inflation is a long game. US economic growth slowed to an annualized 1.6% in the first quarter—even as core inflation ticked up close to 4%. Near-term activity indicators are showing some evidence of recovery, but we expect overall economic growth to trend lower.
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White papersBiodiversity Equity, Interim Report, 2023-4
In the latest report from our Biodiversity Equity team we consider the ‘secret sauce’ that goes into picking biodiversity champions. Is it always the most obvious names that make the grade?
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White papersMaking the most of your cash: demystifying the money markets
As a key beneficiary of the current economic backdrop, money market funds can provide a low-cost way to earn a return on cash. In this paper, we outline what the money markets are, how to access them and why investors should consider using them to make the most of their cash.
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White papersDriving impact: Why the US represents a hive of opportunity for sustainable investors
From renewable energy and water treatment to precision agriculture and artificial intelligence (AI), the US is home to many of the world’s most innovative companies leading the battle against climate change and biodiversity loss.
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VideoTipping point: UK Nature Strategy
In this video, the UK Nature team explain how their strategy aims to provide a commercial rate of return through exposure to projects that restore natural capital and biodiversity in the UK.
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White papersLOIM Stewardship in 2023: pushing for ambitious action
How does LOIM go about helping companies become fit for the future while supporting long-term portfolio objectives? Decarbonisation, nature and best-practice governance were foremost on our stewardship agenda in 2023. We explore this in depth in our annual report to the Financial Reporting Council, which can be accessed here.
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White papers5 key topics for investors to have on their ESG radar
How can just three letters encompass such a vast array of crucial topics for investors? It’s a question I often ask myself. Of course, environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues move in and out of focus — often leaving a flurry of activity in their wake. And yet, the sheer number of these issues that investors are grappling with just seems to keep growing.
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White papersReal and alternative assets in focus in the strategic asset allocation
Our 2024 CMA outlines the general attractiveness of real and alternative assets compared to listed assets and confirms good opportunities in terms of risk/return profiles. The attractiveness of these assets is linked to the remuneration for the liquidity risk exposure.
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White papersThe health care breakthrough that’s not an obesity drug
You’ve heard of computer hacking, now meet gene hacking. In an age of remarkable health care innovation, scientists are manipulating human DNA to find new ways to treat diseases.
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White papersModeling Direct and Indirect Climate-related Physical Risks
This paper addresses the methodological challenges in quantifying physical risks associated with climate change, proposing a novel top-down stochastic approach focused on modeling financial losses from extreme events. Unlike existing studies limited to specific events, our approach utilizes predefined climate sensitivity parameters, enabling a broader application across various extreme events using the example of tropical cyclones.
