All Alternatives articles – Page 3
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White papersManaging health and care for sustainable performance
The European healthcare sector remains increasingly popular: being more defensive thanks to its long-term demographic drivers, the healthcare sector has always been a meaningful and defensive diversifier in a multi-asset portfolio. Despite a combination of headwinds related to rising interest rates and some operator’s issues, capital value dynamics have diverged across countries and subsectors of health and care.
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White papersAlternative Credit: The diversification benefits of bank originated assets
The investment landscape has transformed dramatically over the past decade, and the role of private credit in institutional investor portfolios has moved from a satellite investment to a core portfolio allocation, playing an important role within a new, uncertain macro environment. Not only have institutional investors continued to increase allocations to private credit, they are also actively looking to diversify within this asset class - seeking solutions which address specific portfolio goals, in addition to providing access to idiosyncratic factors and potential for robust risk return profiles.
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White papersHarnessing climate data: Advancing data analytics to better integrate physical risks and opportunities
Climate change is no longer a distant, theoretical threat. The impacts are already being felt today with severe societal and financial consequences. And while we have seen an improvement in climate-related financial disclosures over the last decade, particularly regarding transition risks, corporate reporting on physical risks, both acute and chronic, remains limited, incomplete and inadequate.
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White papersUnified Global Alternatives – Hedge Fund Bulletin – February 2025
Risk assets were mixed in February on the back of a less certain geopolitical landscape, prospects for a trade war as well as forecasts for slowing economic growth. Furthermore, the US Federal Reserve signaled that monetary policy was likely to be on hold over the medium term.
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White papersWhat’s on Insurers’ Minds: Insights from Industry Leaders
Though geopolitics has come to the fore, insurers are addressing a wide range of other issues.
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White papersThe bitter squeeze: Orange juice futures collapse under tariff
Much of the focus on potential tariff impacts across commodity markets has rightly focused on a relatively narrow set of major, well-known commodities such as Copper, Steel, Aluminum and even Gold. However, the long shadow of tariff turmoil is cast across many other corners of the market.
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White papersNet-Zero Targets—a Dream or Still a Reality?
Recent energy crises and political resistance have slowed progress toward net-zero emissions. We believe success will depend on global cooperation to balance short-term energy security with long-term decarbonization goals.
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VideoBeneath the surface: a deep dive into liquidity
In our latest video series, Deborah Cunningham and Tara Dougherty explore the key topics impacting liquidity markets, including the outlook on rates, a comparison of sterling vs. euro-denominated liquidity, how to integrate ESG into cash management, and more.
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White papersBiodiversity: A year in review
A stock take of current environmental trends makes for a litany of waste, mismanagement and unsustainable consumption. Our annual report illustrates explains how investors have both the means and the opportunity to make a difference.
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PodcastOuterblue RI - Driving Action on Nature-Related Risks through Shareholder Engagement
In the third episode of our five-part series on Shareholder Stewardship, Molly Minton and Julien Foll, both Senior Analysts and Co-leads on Nature at Amundi, engage in a dynamic conversation on shareholder engagement on biodiversity - linking nature-related engagements to responsible investors financial considerations.
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White papersIntroduction to Biodiversity Risk and Finance
This report is part of the Handbook of Sustainable Finance (Roncalli, 2025). It provides the basics of biodiversity for students and professionals who want to understand this topic and the key challenges of biodiversity investing. The first three sections cover the definition of biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services, and threats to biodiversity. These correspond to material typically taught in conservation biology courses. The fourth section focuses on measuring biodiversity. Finally, the last two sections cover biodiversity governance and regulation, and biodiversity investment approaches.
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White papersWomen and Investment
Men and women differ in their investment decisions. In this article, we review the main differences in risk aversion, portfolio choices, venture capital investment, and socially responsible investing, as well as their causes: genetic and social factors, financial education, advice, etc. Gender differences raise important questions for public policy, particularly regarding women’s financial adequacy in retirement. Recent developments in Artificial Intelligence and the associated new financial services (fintechs and robo-advisors) can now offer promising tools to reduce inequalities.
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White papersA Higher Inflation Future and the Need for Real Assets
The risk of higher equilibrium inflation is a key marker of the notion that investors face a new regime. Recent policy announcements have lent more weight to the idea that the path of inflation might be upward. In this note we focus on the disparate forces that imply a higher long-term level of inflation.
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White papersClimate-Related Financial Stress-Testing and Scenarios Valuation
We apply transition scenarios from the global multi-region multi-sector energy-economic MIT EPPA model to assess a large sample of issuers at the company level. We model the evolution of revenues and earnings for companies in the MSCI World Index under several scenarios of global emission mitigation (1.5°C, below 2°C, below 2°C delayed, and 1.5°C with limited availability of carbon dioxide removal technologies), comparing these to current trends. We analyze direct emission mitigation costs, indirect costs from the supply chain, capital expenditures, and cash flow trajectories, and their influence on other economic variables.
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White papersHarnessing Technological Change in Private Markets
Private markets present a unique avenue to capitalize on waves of technological change. Investors can do so across three complementary pillars, each with distinct investment characteristics and investment models.
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White papersSustainable Investing: A Performance-Oriented Approach
Sustainable investing is entering a new phase. In the years ahead, we think performance will be the key driver of market growth, and investors will focus increasingly on linkages to alpha, value creation and the fundamentals of investing.
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White papersDiversity equity and inclusion investment opportunities
Pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives has been simmering since 2023, culminating recently with the actions of the Trump administration in the US. We believe that DEI does not hurt institutions nor compromise merit. In fact, it makes them stronger and enhances long-term performance. While there are constructive ways to improve the implementation of such policies, denouncing them altogether ignores their many benefits.
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White papersUsing Factor investing to integrate sustainability objectives into a “3D” portfolio
The general philosophy of systematic equity investing and Factor investing is based on the idea that sustained long-term performance can be achieved through a well-diversified exposure to rewarded equity factors which are expected to effectively capture risk premia and optimize the risk budget of a portfolio.
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White papersCommodities Spotlight
From Pandemic Bottlenecks to Tariff Turbulence: Unraveling the Elevated (EFP) Premium in Precious Metals
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White papersNon-investment grade infra credit can capitalise on mega-trends
Private infrastructure debt fundraising has historically been dwarfed by private infrastructure equity fundraising despite infrastructure projects being 60-80% debt financed. Nuveen’s Don Dimitrievich discusses why he expects that to change in Private Debt Investor’s 2024 Annual Review.
