All Commentary articles – Page 19
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White papersUK real estate market commentary: January 2025
Despite the economic and market turbulence that has followed the Autumn Budget, we continue to see a cyclical buying opportunity focused on key segments that are backed by strong operating fundamentals.
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White papersEuropean real estate market commentary: January 2025
Despite economic sentiment deteriorating in the closing months of 2024, real estate occupier markets remain robust and pricing is stabilising with first signs of selective yield compression, supporting our view of a cyclical buying opportunity in key markets and segments.
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White papersNavigating the Tides of Political Transition
As a new administration takes the helm, we believe investors should stay focused on the economic metrics, not political theatrics.
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White papersA Choppy Start to a Year of Uncertainties
The first two weeks of 2025 perfectly illustrate why we see a wide dispersion of potential outcomes for the year, and advocate staying nimble and diversified.
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White papersAsset Allocation Committee Outlook, 1Q 2025 - A Delicate Balance
“Overall, we anticipate a supportive backdrop for risk assets, as reflected in our broad asset-class views… The balance is delicate, however, and the risks are piled up on both sides.”
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White papersCorporate Hybrids Take the World Stage—Revisited
The U.S. corporate hybrid market emerged as a competitor to Europe’s in 2024, creating alpha opportunities for global investors like Neuberger Berman.
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White papersOpening Bell 2025: Will US equities continue to lead the way?
More questions than answers, but US economy’s strength is reassuring.
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White papersESG Thema #19 - Measuring Scope 3 Emissions: implications & challenges for investors
“For many companies, the greatest climate-related risks and opportunities lie within their supply chains, which means addressing Scope 3 emissions is essential.” Mark Carney, Former Governor of the Bank of England said in 2020
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White papersTail risks to watch
We see geopolitical risks persisting as a base-case scenario for 2025. Below we share the main upside and downside risks to our base case that investors should take into consideration.
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White papersFocus on China
Investors learned the hard way that, without belief in fundamentals, one can still make money in China. Over the summer of 2024, the prevailing sentiment was ‘ABC’ (Anything But China) – a full-blown existential crisis framing China as an uninvestable asset class. In late September, China equities rallied an average of 25% on the back of official talk, triggering a widespread ‘buy everything’ sentiment, as the fear of missing out spread across the market.
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Asset Manager NewsCharter Hall demonstrates depth of demand for small-scale industrial assets with $500 million in sales
Charter Hall Group (Charter Hall or the Group) is pleased to announce that it has successfully divested of approximately $500 million in small-scale industrial assets over the last 18 months, in accretive transactions that demonstrate the depth of demand for assets in the sub-$50 million price bracket.
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White papersDiverging fortunes: Global Market Perspectives, 1Q 2025
Despite elevated policy uncertainty, a solid economic backdrop implies this is still a risk-on investing opportunity. Our quarterly investment outlook highlights the themes and investment implications for the period ahead.
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White papers5 keys to investing in 2025
As we enter 2025, market optimism is high amid a strong US economy, interest rate cuts and advances in artificial intelligence. The landscape continues to evolve, presenting challenges and opportunities for investors.
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PodcastInfrastructure: From Niche to Mainstream Asset Class - With Luba Nikulina, CSO of IFM Investors
Luba covers the advantages of infrastructure as an asset class in portfolios, including target sectors, geographies and the significant return potential of sustainable assets amidst the net zero transition.
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WebinarTrump-starting the global economy
Concerns over US policy and China’s stalling economy will be key to the 2025’s global economic outlook. But while there are numerous uncertainties, we believe the picture remains favourable for both bonds and equities.
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Video2025 Outlook for European Fixed Income: From Uncertainty to Opportunity
In 2024, we had a lot of election risk driving market volatility, and as we enter 2025, we still have a lot of political uncertainty in the form of French and German politics, as well as uncertainty from outside of Europe in the form of tariffs.
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White papersAfter two strong years, what will 2025 bring?
“2025 will continue to offer opportunities and investors will need to assess the impact of Trump’s policies.”
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Asset Manager NewsBPL Pensioen invests additional €90 million in ASR Dutch Farmland Fund
BPL Pensioen is to invest an additional €90 million in the ASR Dutch Farmland Fund. This amount is on top of the €210 million previously invested by the pension fund for the agricultural and green sector. BPL Pensioen is an investor in a.s.r. real estate’s farmland fund alongside DELA, the ING pension fund and a.s.r.
