All Asset Allocation articles
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White papersAllocation Views: Balanced risk across assets
In this month’s Allocation Views, despite a constructive growth outlook, global equity markets remain at extended valuations and sentiment has repeatedly breached exuberant levels. A bumpy but ongoing disinflationary process suggests this is not the time to take aggressive positions in portfolios.
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White papersUK DC Pensions: Overcoming the Hurdles to Investing in Private Markets
Historically, UK DC pension plans have struggled to invest in private markets. We’ve found that where there’s a will, there’s a way.In today’s challenging environment for DC pension savers, allocating to private markets can help improve return potential. Implementing an allocation to private markets in DC pensions isn’t straightforward, but it can be done. The secret? A combination of experience, ingenuity and an appropriate choice of investment vehicle.
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White papersFinding the right blend: Optimising asset allocation in liquidity pools
In the second part of our new article series on liquidity optimisation, Alastair Sewell investigates how investors can find the right mix of assets for their liquidity pools.
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White papersA bigger splash: How much liquidity do I need?
The importance of holding liquidity is well understood by large institutions. But how much is enough? In the first part of our new article series on liquidity optimisation, Alastair Sewell investigates the key considerations for different investor types.
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White papersStrategic Asset Allocation: Balancing Art and Science
Guy Haselmann, Head of Thought Leadership at MetLife Investment Management (MIM), recently sat down with Ruth Farrugia, Global Head of Insurance Asset Management at MIM, to discuss strategic asset management for Insurance Companies.
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White papersPM Perspectives: Dynamic Growth Equity
In this edition of PM Perspectives, Tom Ognar, CFA, managing director and senior portfolio manager of the Dynamic Growth Equity team, discusses his pure growth approach to investing in today’s challenging markets.
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Research ReportEuropean Real Estate in Asset Allocation: a new model for a new world
During the decade from 2012 to 2021, relative international geopolitical stability and quantitative easing policies generated abundant, low-cost liquidity, which was advantageous for real estate. However, the emergence of a paradigm shift, most notably in inflation or policy rates, cannot be ignored when defining a high-performance allocation strategy in the future, given current uncertainties.
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White papersThe role of infrastructure investment in climate risk management
The change from the emission intensive economy of today to a net zero economy won’t happen overnight, and it won’t happen by accident. For investors, an active and considered approach to portfolio and asset management will likely be required.
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White papersMarket Scenarios and Risks - March 2022
We amend the narrative of our scenario to take into account the consequences of the war in Ukraine. We increase the probability of our downside scenario to 30% (from 15%) to reflect the rising risk of stagflation.
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White papersSpecial Ukraine
The invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops has caught Europe off guard, reminding it of the darkest hours before the Second World War. NATO countries and European leaders have so far ruled out direct military confrontation because of the risk of escalation between nuclear powers.
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy - March 2022
The geopolitical escalation at month’s end marks a further rise in volatility, even as the Fed and the ECB displayed hawkish overtures earlier. We suggest a more cautious stance in credit amid rising liquidity risks and a less appealing risk/return profile for credit compared with equity.
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy - February 2022
Recent sharp increase in nominal and real yields has been reflected in strong movements in equity markets, causing a rotation out of growth into value stocks. We think the uncertainty (Covid, geopolitics) would continue as markets assess the path of inflation, economic growth and monetary policy.
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White papersReal assets: The strategic allocation for inflation defense
Allocating to listed real assets may help investors better manage inflation risks—while also enhancing diversification potential and risk-adjusted returns.
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Research ReportThematic equities as an alternative to fully diversified equity portfolios
Thematic equity strategies can also serve as alternative to – or replacements for - global equity portfolios that invest across industry sectors.
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Research ReportThematic equities within global equity asset allocation
Although the core-satellite approach is fairly popular, the majority of professional and non-professional investors allocate capital by region. It’s a strategy that divides the investible universe into large regional blocks such as North America, Western Europe and Asia-Pacific.
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Research ReportThematic equities as satellite allocations
Investors pursuing a core-satellite approach will find that thematic equities can work particularly effectively as satellite investments.
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White papersMarket Scenarios and Risks - October 2021
We are maintaining the narrative and the probabilities of the scenarios. The central scenario assumes that the policy mix and improving fundamentals will support the recovery and the markets. Beyond 18 months, we expect US growth to revert to potential amidst a higher inflation regime, while stagflationary pressures rise, in particular across Europe.
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Asset Manager NewsEuropean respondents are committed to prioritising ESG as a tool for investment and indicate an increasing shift towards alternative investing
According to Nuveen’s inaugural global institutional investor survey, the ongoing global pandemic, the shift to investing in alternatives and ESG integration are among the most powerful themes shaping investment decisions across Europe in 2021.
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White papersWhy the real estate debt market just keeps on growing
The rapid growth of real estate debt has been driven by a number of factors which we think are here to stay. This is what investors need to know about how it works, and what it can offer.
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White papersData Centres: The Role In Real Estate Portfolios
The network of data centres providing critical infrastructure for European economies presents a unique opportunity for real estate investors. With growth and defensive attributes, the data centre industry has proven resilient in both economic downturns and periods of economic expansion.
