All Commentary articles – Page 114
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White papersAdvantage Biden after the first Presidential Debate
President Donald Trump and Former Vice-President Joe Biden met yesterday in their first Presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio. This was an important milestone in the 2020 Presidential election, and the early indications on the morning after the debate are that it has changed the trajectory of the race in Biden’s favor. For Trump, it was one of his few opportunities to change the narrative of this election and define Biden.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - October 2020
Back from holidays, investors are dealing with rising volatility in the equity markets and initial signs of a fall in the extreme market complacency over the last few months. After the summer overshoot, Big Tech stocks have seen a pullback and some tensions have also materialized in the US HY segment, while IG markets remained more or less flat in the last month.
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White papersScenarios Around the “Not Quite Recovery”
We’ve come a long way since March, but there’s still a long road ahead. So far, the recovery is encouraging but the permanent damage to employment remains to be seen, as does the resilience of company balance sheets.
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White papersDisruptive technology – The drivers and the challenges
Disruptive technological change will continue to proceed along multiple dimensions, through innovations in products and processes as companies harness innovations from research and development in both the commercial and academic spheres, although the two are increasingly intertwined.
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White papersAI changes the real estate game
The real estate mantra “location, location, location” is fast evolving into “data, data, data!” But data only adds real value if market players know how to analyse it. Marcelo Cajias, Head of Data Intelligence at PATRIZIA, discusses how digitalisation and AI are disrupting the real estate industry.
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White papersThe low volatility anomaly in equity sectors – 10 years later!
A decade ago, BNP Paribas Asset Management launched the global low volatility equity strategy after undertaking proprietary research into the characteristics of low risk stocks.
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White papersProperty Appreciation, Inflation and What to Expect
In a speech at the Jackson Hole summit on August 27th, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell announced new and significant changes to U.S. monetary policy, specifically with respect to the Fed’s dual mandates of full employment and price stability.
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White papersOn the Road to Japanification
Sentiment around monetary policy, fiscal policy and a host of other factors can swing markets, but can anything return us to sustained growth and inflation?
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White papersResilience and opportunity in European specialty
The longest economic expansion in modern history came to an abrupt end due to the COVID-19 pandemic, causing severe disruption to real estate markets.
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White papers2020 versus 2008: What’s changed for European infrastructure debt?
Infrastructure debt is not immune to a severe economic downturn, but the global financial crisis has left the asset class stronger. We explain why.
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White papersReal estate: A home for impact investing
From climate change and geopolitical tensions to rising inequality and a global pandemic, society faces many challenges and investors are seeking to be part of the solution.
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White papersReal assets can offer an income alternative to low bond yields
When it comes to seeking investment income, market participants typically turn to bonds. But alternative sources of income are becoming increasingly important as more investors discover that debt just doesn’t yield enough to meet their portfolio distrubtion needs now. In working with clients around the world, we’re seeing private real assets play a bigger role in generating robust investment income that’s built to last.
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White papersAEW Research Flash Report - August 2020
Second quarter data confirm that the U.S. suffered the single most severe contraction in real GDP (-32.9% annualized) since the 1930s and, as the U.S. now passes through the “dog days” of summer, the nation’s economy and psyche continues to be dogged by the relentless spread of coronavirus across large swathes of the country, in particular the southeast, southwest and west coast states.
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White papersCorona hasn’t changed the climate crisis
The corona crisis, the US elections, trade wars… the climate problem remains. And also the need for an investment strategy that specifically responds to climate change. If anything, the health crisis has created additional opportunities to outperform the market this year due to stimulus for green sectors, argue Ulrik Fugmann and Edward Lees, who head the Environmental Strategies Group at BNP Paribas Asset Management.
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White papersUS presidential election: how it will impact US economy and financial markets
Joe Biden has enjoyed a remarkably stable lead in the national polls this year. Currrently, he is leading President Trump by 7.6%, according to our poll of polls, down from a peak of 10.4% in June. However, we believe the race is much closer, at around 50/50, with a small Biden edge
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White papersTech innovation: reaching all sectors
Companies across a range of industries are deploying innovative technologies to spark rapid growth, creating attractive investment opportunities
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White papers“Doing good” increasingly differentiates Asian businesses
In Asia, as elsewhere, investors increasingly regard “doing good” as a source of competitive advantage leading to outperformance
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White papersCan EM Issuers Pay Their Debt—And Will They?
Emerging markets have been hit hard by COVID-19 but opportunities exist for investors able to navigate choppy waters. In this episode, Dr. Ricardo Adrogue assesses EM issuers’ ability to satisfy their debt obligations—and just as importantly, their willingness to do so.
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White papersBurberry case study - UK Institutional
Burberry has reaffirmed its commitment to find alternatives to incinerating surplus stock in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and set a science-based carbon reduction target.
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White papersThe coronavirus and the race for a vaccine
Across the globe, scientists are hunting for an effective vaccine that will end Covid-19. In the sixth article in our pandemic series, Katie Frame looks at the response from the pharmaceutical sector and how we engage on this issue.
