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White papersEuropean infrastructure - Striking the right balance
Despite macroeconomic turmoil in some markets, infrastructure decarbonisation and digitalisation remain viable and appealing thematic investment options in Europe. Karen Azoulay, Head of Infrastructure Debt and Paul-Francois Prouvost, Private Assets Investor Relations, review the opportunities in European Infrastructure.
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PodcastTalking Heads – Flexibility in global bonds with absolute return
James McAlevey, Head of Global Aggregate and Absolute Return explains how his team applies the flexibility of an absolute return approach to generate returns regardless of the overall environment in bond markets.
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White papersA balancing act: how can sustainably managed forests offer investment opportunities while protecting forestland and safeguarding biodiversity?
While the notions of natural capital and nature-based solutions are spreading amongst the investment community, the initial focus has been on a forest’s ability to sequester and store carbon. When it comes to forests as a solution to the biodiversity crisis, very few investors new to forestry investing know what sustainable forest management endeavours to achieve, and why it can indeed be one of the answers to safeguarding biodiversity.
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PodcastTalking Heads – Setting a course for investing in the rest of 2025
With the second half of the year now well underway, what are the prospects for the major economies and financial markets as tariffs remain very much in the headlines? Is an overweight position in equities versus bonds still appropriate, including a preference for US equities, and particularly technology stocks?
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White papersIn Conversation – Unlocking opportunities in private equity
Despite a challenging market, private equity still has much to offer – especially to investors with access to the most compelling opportunities. Here, our private equity experts explore how private equity and venture capital markets are evolving in Europe and highlight the key investment trends ahead.
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VideoMid-year investment update – Which way will the wind blow?
After a first half fraught with many challenges, what will steady investor nerves, if anything? Will the resilience of the US economy persist as deregulation, lower energy prices, mergers and acquisitions, fiscal stimulus and business investment outweigh the effects of import tariffs on inflation and consumption?
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White papersMid-year investment update – Through the rapids
Markets have faced no shortage of challenges over the last quarter, most notably the threat of US import tariffs after ‘Liberation Day’, but also the prospect of a surge in oil prices stemming from the conflict in the Middle East and a sell-off in US Treasury yields following an expansionary budget bill in the US.
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White papersIn Conversation – Real assets: shaping a greener future for Europe
Investment in real assets – from renewable energy projects and energy-efficient buildings to battery storage and forests – plays a vital role in the energy transition. Here, our experts examine how macroeconomic uncertainty is affecting this area and look at the trends supporting growth in private financing.
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White papersPrivate capital in Europe – A €3 trillion investment super-cycle
An ‘existential challenge’ is how the 2024 Draghi report on European competitiveness described the need for structural measures to improve Europe’s economic growth, putting the investments that this would require at around 5% of the region’s GDP. Paul-Francois Prouvost and Karen Azoulay highlight the role of private capital in this investment drive.
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White papersThe need for stronger US fiscal policy
US Treasury bonds have long provided domestic and foreign investors a modest yield that was assumed to be risk free. Yields (and thus prices) could be volatile, but the risk of the US government defaulting on its debt was regarded as so low that US Treasury yields became a benchmark for all other government and corporate debt: If the US government had zero risk of default, the default risk of any other borrower could be simply measured by looking at the additional yield it offered over a comparable Treasury security.
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White papersIn Conversation – Navigating the shifting landscape of private debt
Against a backdrop of wider macroeconomic uncertainty, investment in private credit in Europe continues to grow, supported by a broadening range of asset classes as well as welcome regulatory developments. Here, our infrastructure investment experts discuss their views on the road ahead for infrastructure investing.
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White papersUS fixed income – Reasons for concern
Developed market interest rates remained generally range bound in the second quarter. The US economy can be expected to pivot towards higher inflation and slower growth. Such a trajectory may well lead the US Federal Reserve to loosen monetary policy in the third quarter, writes Olivier De Larouziere.
