All Alternatives articles – Page 3
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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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PodcastPart 2: Navigating The Low Carbon Transition With Temperature Alignment
Explore the practical application of temperature alignment in investment strategies, limitations of third-party ESG data, and learn about our proprietary tool.
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White papersThe Healthcare Revolution: A Prescription for Growth
It’s a defining moment for healthcare. From drug discovery to digital delivery, a once-in-a-generation revolution is promising to introduce new cures for some of the most intractable illnesses, as well as personalized treatment at a lower cost.
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White papersFueling the Future: Investing Across the Global Energy Landscape
Today we stand at a critical inflection point for the energy system. For decades, the world has wrestled with an energy trilemma in balancing multiple goals: reliability, universal access to affordable energy, and mitigating and avoiding environmental harm. However, the complexity of balancing these competing priorities has dramatically increased in a world facing multiple interlocking crises.
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White papersUnlocking Alts: Opportunities in a New Investment Regime
The investment landscape remains uncertain. Interest rates have been stubbornly high, and central banks around the world appear to be moving cautiously before pivoting to a more accommodative policy stance. Economies around the globe are moving along divergent paths, underscored by resilient growth in the US that has outpaced many of its peers.
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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 papersAgritech: Specialist Investors Reset Valuations
Agritech is an industry that offers some amazing innovations and lots of theoretical potential, but successful investments must be grounded in reality.
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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 papersAGRITECH: Growing market players = collaboration, not competition
Tackling the world’s broken food systems is an enormous challenge – more quality players in the agritech space are helping to drive change, fuel knowledge sharing and reduce transaction risk.
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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.
