All Alternatives articles – Page 3
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VideoPrivate Credit: From Niche Holding to Portfolio Pillar
Private credit’s been on quite a journey over the past 15 to 20 years. If I look back around on the GFC, it was really a niche asset class. You fast forward to today, it has gone from a niche allocation in investor portfolios to a core part of their portfolio.
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VideoHSBC Global Hedge Funds Valued Partnerships: Charlie Hoffman
Charlie Hoffman, Managing Director in the UHNW team at HSBC Private Bank, reflects on decades of partnership with HSBC Asset Management’s Global Hedge Fund team.
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White papersPowering the path to decarbonisation
As the global push toward decarbonisation evolves, balancing short-term returns with long-term structural opportunities requires a thoughtful mix of proven technologies and development-stage assets. Joost Bergsma of Nuveen Infrastructure shares how investors can build resilient, scalable portfolios across clean energy technologies today.
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White papersPrivate assets: a new return architecture
In the 2010s, private equity returns were largely driven by multiple expansion and financial leverage — both of which are likely to be structurally impaired going forward. The 2026–2035 decade requires a return architecture to be built on several pillars: income yield (contractual coupons, regulated returns, rental income), real earnings and cash flow growth (operational value creation, sector tailwinds), and selective illiquidity and complexity premia over liquid equivalents.
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White papersPricing nature: carbon and biodiversity credits explained
Carbon and biodiversity credits are often discussed together as tools for pricing nature. This can give the impression that they perform a similar role in investment strategies. In practice, they price fundamentally different things, behave differently in markets and should be treated accordingly by investors.
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White papersRethinking income investing: why real estate matters in a more inflationary world
In an era of higher inflation and tighter monetary policy, investors are reassessing portfolio income - including whether it can keep pace with rising prices. Private real estate should increasingly form part of that conversation.
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White papersEmerging markets after Iran shock: AI, oil and market dispersion
Emerging markets continued their resurgence in early 2026, only to be tested by renewed geopolitical shocks. As AI leadership, oil disruption and policy credibility pull markets in different directions, performance has become increasingly uneven. We explore why emerging markets’ resilience is now defined by dispersion and what that means for investors.
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White papersPrivate Credit and BDCs: Why the Sell-Off Tells an Incomplete Story
We believe the private credit market is much more diverse—and resilient—than the recent focus on corporate direct lending and BDCs would suggest.
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White papersConsider currency correlation
Currency can bring diversification, but not if the countries react similarly to events.
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White papersSeizing the European Prime Office Opportunity
Prime office properties in supply-constrained, centrally located European submarkets could offer a compelling outlook for rent growth.
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VideoPrivate Credit Roundtable (3/3): Where AI-driven infrastructure is creating credit opportunities
As AI drives demand for datacenter infrastructure, new opportunities are emerging across private credit. Our panel examines how this buildout could influence the market in the final episode of the private credit roundtable series.
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VideoVenture Capital Roundtable (3/3): What investors may be underestimating in 2026
What might investors be overlooking as they look ahead to 2026? From biotech shifts to climate resilience and distribution, our panel explores the themes that could shape future outcomes in part 3 of the venture capital roundtable series.
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VideoVenture Capital Roundtable (2/3): How investors are identifying quality in a crowded market
With more companies and capital competing for attention, identifying true quality is increasingly complex. Part 2 of the venture capital roundtable series, our investors share how they cut through the noise to find differentiated opportunities.
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VideoVenture Capital Roundtable (1/3): Where to look beyond AI in today’s market
As AI dominates investor attention, where might opportunities be missed? In the first video discussion of this series, our venture investors look beyond the headlines to uncover areas that may be underappreciated.
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White papersWhy invest in farmland?
Investor interest and demand for natural capital solutions continue to rise—positioning farmland investment as an increasingly valuable real asset opportunity. For decades, agriculture as an asset class has demonstrated its potential to generate stable returns, protect against inflation, and reduce overall portfolio volatility.
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Asset Manager NewsResponse to inflation pressures - Kempen SDG Farmland Fund
The shift away from decades of low-inflation and a highly globalised economy represents a structural change in the macro-economic environment.
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White papersCommercial Real Estate: It’s More Diverse Than You Think
The opportunity set in this wide-ranging market extends well beyond office properties.
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White papersDiscovering growth and return opportunities across the power sector: Unlocking scalable growth in power infrastructure
The power sector continues to evolve, driven by technological advancement, accelerated load growth and the need to upgrade legacy, capacity-constrained infrastructure.
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Asset Manager NewsBlueberry acquisition strengthens permanent crop platform
The Kempen SDG Farmland Fund has taken another deliberate step in developing a long term platform built around productive farmland and high quality crops. The acquisition of the Pan American and Othello blueberry farms in the Pacific Northwest adds depth to the portfolio and strengthens the Fund’s position in a region known for reliable fruit production and strong local expertise. Together, the farms cover about 312 planted hectares and 405 hectares in total across Oregon and Washington.
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White papersMacro-factors revisited: an evolving approach to portfolio resilience
This paper revisits and builds upon our 2024 research on macro-factor exposures across public and private markets, with a particular focus on private infrastructure.
