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  • Investing for resiliency with alternative credit

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    Investing for resiliency with alternative credit

    2024-10-01T00:03:00Z

    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.

  • 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

    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.

  • Churchill 2023 Sustainability Report

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    Churchill 2023 Sustainability Report

    2024-09-24T11:47:00Z

    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.

  • Fixed income insights

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    Fixed income insights

    2024-09-24T11:40:00Z

    Income-oriented investors need higher yields, diversification and lower risk. Our depth of fundamental research provides a potential information advantage. Our strategy breadth enables risk and return customization across public and private markets — all managed by specialized teams.

  • Macro market monitor

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    Macro market monitor

    2024-09-19T11:51:00Z

    The Macro Dashboard provides a quantitative snapshot of the state of the U.S. economy and markets. With a consistent scorecard, investment committees can use this tool to evaluate periodic changes in conditions, prioritize research and drive dialogue that ultimately results in better informed portfolio strategy. 

  • 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

    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.

  • Growth of the East

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    Growth of the East

    2024-09-03T11:56:00Z

    The East’s economic power has been building for decades. Buoyed initially by Japan’s industrialization, the region was boosted further by the modernization of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, alongside the rapid rise of China.

  • The love-hate relationship in private equity secondaries

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    The love-hate relationship in private equity secondaries

    2024-08-13T13:14:00Z

    Over the past two decades, the private equity secondaries market has transformed into one of the highest growth, and in our opinion most specialized, areas of alternative investments. From 2002 to 2023, global secondary market volume scaled from $2 billion to $114 billion in transaction value.

  • A time and place for small cap equities

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    A time and place for small cap equities

    2024-08-05T11:58:00Z

    After handily outperforming both large caps and the broader U.S. equity market for the one-year period following the COVID recession in the spring of 2020, small cap stocks have since lagged, despite posting healthy double-digit gains in two of the past three calendar years. This performance gap reflects in part the narrow but persistent market leadership of a few high-flying mega cap technology companies supported by artificial intelligence (AI) tailwinds.

  • 2H 2024 Alternative credit insights- Investing for resiliency

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    2H 2024 Alternative credit insights: Investing for resiliency

    2024-08-01T11:56:00Z

    Shifting signals on interest rates create opportunities

  • The case for investment grade private credit

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    The case for investment grade private credit

    2024-08-01T11:54:00Z

    Long a core allocation of life insurers portfolios, broader segments of institutional investors are recognizing the benefits of investment grade private credit. Originally concentrated in private corporates and infrastructure debt, investment grade private credit now includes more specialized areas such as credit tenant loans (CTLs) and esoteric private asset-backed securities (ABS).

  • Three often-overlooked investments insurers are using to add duration

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    Three often-overlooked investments insurers are using to add duration

    2024-07-29T11:49:00Z

    Increasing duration was the most popular course of action in Nuveen’s 2024 EQuilibrium survey of institutional investors. Half of the 800 respondents said they would be doing this, in contrast to the 19% who planned to decrease it. And insurers were even more likely to extend: 61% of North American insurers, 58% in Asia Pacific and 53% in Europe.