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White papersChina: A giant in transition
For nearly 40 years, investors have seen China as a fast-growing, emergent economy, on its way to achieving middle-income status. More recently a different narrative has emerged, portraying China as stumbling badly, weighed down by excess debt and investment, an aging population, and the end of globalization. Investment Strategist Christy Tan and her colleagues believe the truth about China is neither as optimistic nor as pessimistic as is currently fashionable.
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White papersMacro Perspectives: Diverging views on the economic path
Are current US market dynamics “too hot, too cold or just right?” What are the impacts of rising interest rates? What is the case for diversification? Our economists discuss these questions in our latest Macro Perspectives.
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White papersSovereign Fixed Income: An update on our ESG scores
In their latest publication, Templeton Global Macro takes a closer look into renewable energy and the impact of advances in this space, especially for emerging market countries.
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White papersEnergy transition: Accelerating investment opportunities
Arguably, humanity’s greatest current challenge is the need to shift to low and net-zero carbon in a little less than 30 years. These challenges create investment opportunities as investors have a critical role given the capital required to fund this transition. Our specialist investment managers explore energy transition and the new technologies and infrastructures required.
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White papersCredit Roundtable: What Comes Next for Corporate Credit?
Do liquidity walls pose a danger to credit markets? While both investment grade and high yield defaults have remained mild, are these numbers expected to stay low? Katie Klingensmith, Bill Zox and Andrew Bogle (Brandywine Global) discuss the outlook for corporate credit.
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White papersIndia: Liberalization and globalization model driving growth
India’s prime minister is embracing a liberalization and globalization model. While investors are aware of India’s ambitious targets for growth, exports and consumption, they may be less aware of the commitment to innovation and liberalization required to achieve these targets.
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White papersCentral Bank Watch: Settle in for a long pause
The Franklin Templeton Fixed Income (FTFI) Central Bank Watch is a qualitative assessment of the central banks for the Group of Ten (G10) nations plus two additional countries (China and South Korea).
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White papersGlobal Investment Outlook: A broadening opportunity set
Our investment teams across asset classes share where they see investment opportunities in our latest Global Investment Outlook. Today, we see a much broader opportunity set across asset classes and regions, and the outlook over the remainder of this year (and into 2024) appears favorable for balanced portfolios.
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White papersFixed Income: What’s next for gilts and the United Kingdom?
Gilt prices have been struggling this past year due to surging inflation and interest-rate increases. David Zahn, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income’s Head of European Fixed Income, shares his outlook for the UK economy and why he thinks now is a good time to consider investing in gilts.
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White papersStress testing the foundations: Analyzing the vulnerability of US banks to falling commercial real estate values
The commercial real estate sector’s continued challenges could potentially impact US banks. Franklin Templeton Fixed Income’s Shawn Lyons discusses the ongoing commercial real estate crisis and how US banks are safeguarding themselves against these issues.
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White papersOpportunity in Investment-Grade Credit
Investment-grade credit is currently offering impressive yields, with relatively less risk than other fixed income sectors, according to Josh Lohmeier of Franklin Templeton Fixed Income. He makes a case for investing in the space today.
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White papersCommercial real estate outlook: There’s a storm on the horizon. Then what?
Benefit Street Partners believe the reduction in traditional bank lending capacity will likely create many attractive opportunities both to acquire deeply discounted loans and to lend on high-quality properties.
