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Global Investment Views - March 2020
The spread of Covid-19 outside China has rattled risk assets in the recent trading sessions. Investors triggered some profit taking in markets, which reached historical highs and even broke psychological thresholds in previous weeks. The atmosphere of fear has remained consistently high only in the so-called safe assets — the USD, UST and gold — signaling that investors have been looking for effective hedging strategies.
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Why invest in African agriculture?
There is a compelling case for adding direct exposure to agricultural farmland and commodities for any real assets portfolio. With rising populations globally and increased urbanisation in emerging countries, there is increased importance placed on food security. In addition, trends have developed that have the potential to lead to further long-term price rises in agricultural markets.
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Coronavirus: Navigating the Volatility
Barings experts across fixed income, equities and real estate share their views on how the spreading coronavirus is impacting global capital markets.
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Coronavirus: Volatility And Opportunity
Global equity markets posted their biggest weekly loss since October 2008 in the final week of February and have remained volatile in the first few trading days of March (MSCI All Country World1). The catalyst for the volatility spike was the realization that the coronavirus (COVID-19) had spread well beyond China, posing a worldwide health threat with global economic ramifications.
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When tactical real estate investing becomes strategic
Nuveen Real Estate argues that ignoring structural trends could undermine a cyclical value-add real estate strategy. The firm outlines a different approach, highlighting some of the opportunities in the logistics, office, retail and living sectors.
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European real estate with a higher aim: social infrastructure
Sustainability and social issues are an increasing priority for investors and public institutions alike. Within real estate these topics are particularly salient, running through the design and development of cities and how they can foster more inclusive, safer and greener communities. Identifying ‘social infrastructure’ as an asset class can contribute to these aims. By bringing impact-focused private capital to the social infrastructure space, the community and environmental performance of real estate assets can be markedly improved.
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Super Tuesday: Why It Is Important And What To Expect For Us Assets
On 3 March, 14 US states will hold primaries for the Democratic presidential nomination. Following Senator Bernie Sander’s good start and Senator Joe Biden’s landslide win on 29 February, the field is now narrowed to a two-person race.
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Coronavirus: A Moving Target
If you haven’t reduced risk, it’s probably not too late to do so; if you are already conservatively positioned, it may be too early to buy the dips.
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Harnessing the benefits of automated FX trade lifecycle operations
FX markets are unique not only in their scale but also in their complexity. There are multiple trading paradigms and venues where trades may be executed.
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Asia Quarterly Bulletin Winter 2020
The region’s bonds stand out in a world of low and negative yields, but investors need to be picky.
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Weighing up potential market impacts from the coronavirus
As the virus outbreak spreads well beyond China, it is hard to forecast exactly what the economic impact will be, but it’s safe to say that consumption and supply will be significantly affected
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How capitalism can help solve the climate crisis
Despite the increasing clamour for a global ‘Green New Deal’, Steve Waygood explains why a complementary International Panel on Climate Finance (IPCF) is also needed if we are to rise to the challenges ahead.
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Sharpe Thinking
This week we launch a new monthly review that aims to make sense of the factors driving financial markets. Sharpe Thinking will include timely, active insights from our portfolio managers, analysts and economists, delivered to you by the Investment Office – our independent oversight body that ensures our strategies perform in the best interest of clients.
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Coping With Coronavirus-Induced Market Volatility: A Multi-Asset Update
The spread of the coronavirus has created heightened market volatility in recent weeks, but the Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Solutions team remains focused on long-term market fundamentals. Here, Ed Perks and Gene Podkaminer offer an update on how they are approaching the situation, and which countries appear more insulated to growth shocks.
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How Will Central Banks React To The Novel Coronavirus?
John Beck gives his take on how he thinks global central banks will respond to the coronavirus outbreak and the likely impact on fixed income markets.
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When The View Is Getting Blurry, Stick To Main Convictions
Market reaction: The further spreading of the coronavirus, especially in Europe, has, in the past few days, triggered a selloff in risk assets and high demand for safe assets (US dollar, Treasuries and gold). As markets reassess the spillover effects of the virus into the economy, volatility is likely to persist.
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Managing liquidity is core to every investment strategy
Whether in certain or uncertain times, well-managed funds containing potentially illiquid assets have a vital place in many investors’ portfolios
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Coronavirus concerns spark market sell off
Public and market fears have converged with countries outside China anxious that they may be approaching the same point as China was at the end of December - the preliminary stages of a devastating epidemic.
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Asia: Brighter than expected but cloudy in patches
PERE’s recent Asia roundtable highlighted investors’ increased optimism towards the Asia Pacific market and the opportunities that localised stress points may provide.
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Flexible credit: the upside of downside protection
Flexibility always has a place, but its capacity to provide downside protection makes it particularly important given the advanced age of the credit cycle. In the fourth instalment of a five-part series, we explain why credit investors cannot afford to just rely on rates and diversification for protection. We also consider the robust suite of tools needed to preserve capital during market sell-offs and help protect our ability to take risk when opportunities are greatest.