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  • Your Questions Answered- managing cash and liquidity.jpg
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    Your Questions Answered: managing cash and liquidity

    2024-10-14T10:48:00Z By Federated Hermes

    In our Q&A video series, Debbie Cunningham, CIO, Global Liquidity Markets, sheds light on our approach to managing cash investments and risk, our track record through different market environments, the outlook for cash products as rates fall, and the role they play in a long-term portfolio.

  • Obesity drugs- a lifeline for global healthcare systems
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    Obesity drugs: a lifeline for global healthcare systems

    2024-10-14T10:16:00Z By Federated Hermes

    The global population is expanding and at the same time, life expectancy is increasing. Chronic diseases are on the rise and the threat of infectious diseases is constantly evolving. All of this is set to place a massive strain on already-stretched healthcare systems.

  • ESG Thema #18 - When extreme becomes the new normal- how to address physical climate risk
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    ESG Thema #18 - When extreme becomes the new normal: how to address physical climate risk

    2024-10-09T09:39:00Z By Amundi

    The science is clear: mitigation efforts alone cannot halt the negative effects of climate change. The world needs to prepare for physical climate changes even if we successfully meet the Paris Agreement goals. The increase in frequency and severity of acute climate hazards is expected to surge in the coming years, and will have a profound impact in several parts of the world. Moreover, the distribution of anticipated acute weather events is disproportionate and uneven, biased toward more vulnerable populations.

  • Impact of US elections on emerging market currencies
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    Impact of US elections on emerging market currencies

    2024-10-07T16:18:00Z By Capital Group

    The results of the US presidential elections in November are set to have wide-ranging implications on the US dollar and emerging market (EM) exchange rates. In this piece, we examine what the outcome of the election could mean for EM currencies, through the impact on tariffs, sanctions, US fiscal policy, unorthodox economic policies and immigration.

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    Slow-speed crash? Problems for the European auto sector pile up

    2024-10-07T13:14:00Z By Columbia Threadneedle Investments

    Healthy cash balances built up over the past three years will be tested as firms attempt to weather the four-pronged oncoming storm of labour relations, EV uptake, emissions regulations and China

  • Gold maintains its glitter
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    Gold maintains its glitter

    2024-10-07T09:21:00Z By Amundi

    “Gold has been shining bright this year on the back of expectations of Fed rate cuts and rising geopolitical tensions. The metal may be used as a potential source of resilience in portfolios in an overall diversified* approach.”

  • Investing for resiliency with alternative credit
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    Investing for resiliency with alternative credit

    2024-10-01T00:03:00Z By Nuveen

    Investors have become increasingly uncertain of the investment landscape given the various economic and geopolitical factors which remain in flux. According to the Nuveen Institutional Investor Uncertainty Barometer, investors feel we are in a period of elevated macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty with 93% receiving an Uncertainty Score above the normal level of 50.

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    Unstoppable solar: powering the energy transition

    2024-09-27T11:22:00Z By Lombard Odier Investment Managers

    Sustainable investment may be feeling the heat, but the energy transition is being spearheaded by the stunning growth of solar power. Ever-improving economics, high modularity and an indispensable role in the net-zero transition put this technology firmly on the horizon for long-term investment.

  • The Fed “Recalibrates” to Buy Some Insurance
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    The Fed “Recalibrates” to Buy Some Insurance

    2024-09-26T10:09:00Z By Neuberger Berman

    Rate-cutting cycles have tended to favor risk assets, so it was gratifying to see the central bank get started with a meaningful move.

  • The energy transition- 10 essential indicators for insurers
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    The energy transition: 10 essential indicators for insurers

    2024-09-24T14:41:00Z By Nuveen

    A concerted global effort is underway to decarbonize industries, particularly the energy sector, through a series of policy and regulatory interventions. This international push, building on the momentum of the Paris Agreement, aims to create a more secure and sustainable future.

  • How cutting-edge energy infrastructure is delivering old-fashioned returns
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    How Cutting-Edge Energy Infrastructure is Delivering Old Fashioned Returns

    2024-09-24T14:26:00Z By Generali Investments

    The scale of change underway in energy infrastructure is enormous. But with a traditional approach and detailed understanding of the changing market, it is possible to deliver the kind of stable and predictable returns that investors have come to expect from an infrastructure allocation, says Ivor Frischknecht, Managing Partner, CIO Asia-Pacific at Sosteneo Infrastructure Partners, part of Generali Investments.

  • Churchill 2023 Sustainability Report
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    Churchill 2023 Sustainability Report

    2024-09-24T11:47:00Z By Nuveen

    We are thrilled to present Churchill’s second annual Sustainability Report. Reflecting on the accomplishments of the past year, I am grateful for the many partnerships we’ve built. From collaborating with investors to refine our practices to engaging with organizations that provide invaluable insights to our investment teams, we are invigorated by the progress we have made together towards our sustainability goals.

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    Everything Everywhere All at Once

    2024-09-19T16:13:00Z By Neuberger Berman

    Investors often associate space with large corporations and government agencies such as SpaceX, NASA, JAXA or, more recently, Blue Origin and Amazon’s Project Kuiper. These entities evoke images of rockets, moon missions and high-risk ventures. However, the reality is that the space ecosystem plays a significant role in our daily earth-bound lives, a fact that is frequently underappreciated by the general public and even by seasoned investors.

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    Technology Runs Through Asia

    2024-09-19T15:34:00Z By Neuberger Berman

    Across the “Golden Triangle” and beyond, Asian companies are forming a foundation for global technological growth and development.

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    AI: Transformative technology 75 years in the making

    2024-09-17T09:58:00Z By Federated Hermes

    ChatGPT’s arrival took the world by storm in 2022; it’s better to see it as the latest stage of how technology has been changing our lives for decades.

  • Addressing climate impacts and nature loss through real assets
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    Addressing climate impacts and nature loss through real assets

    2024-09-13T11:59:00Z By Nuveen

    The effects of climate change are a megatrend on a global scale, influencing the expected risk-return profile of real assets investments and the opportunity set for investors. The increasing frequency and severity of physical climate hazards, as well as nature loss resulting from changing ecosystems requires new ways of thinking about financial risk and return in real assets investments.

  • An Introduction to Carbon Pricing
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    An Introduction to Carbon Pricing

    2024-09-06T14:13:00Z By Amundi

    This study provides an introduction to carbon pricing mechanisms through micro- and macro-based empirical analysis.

  • Gold continues to shine
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    Gold continues to shine

    2024-09-02T15:19:00Z By Amundi

    “Despite its historically high price, we believe that gold remains a safe haven and a good diversification tool at a time of high geopolitical tensions and excessive government debt.”

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    The Power of Diversification

    2024-08-28T13:23:00Z By Federated Hermes

    Economist Harry Markowitz’s seminal 1952 essay on modern portfolio theory argues that through careful diversification, a portfolio can reduce the ‘specific risk’ associated with individual holdings, and more effectively track wider market performance. In this paper, however, we outline why Markowitz’s theory has limited practical application in private markets, and instead lay out an alternative approach to diversification that we feel is better suited to real estate and private credit.

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    Transforming urbanization

    2024-08-25T15:31:00Z By Nuveen Natural Capital

    Urbanization promises greater prosperity for an increasing share of the world’s population. And yet it historically is associated with widened income inequality and degrading the natural environment.