All Commentary articles – Page 19
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White papersCapital market assumptions: 2024
Our 2024 expectations for annualised returns over the next 20 years (what we call our capital market assumptions) are a mixed bag. Strong gains across markets over the past year have tempered our expected returns for equities relative to our 2023 outlook. On the other hand, higher starting yields translate into improved expectations versus last year across many fixed income asset classes.
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White papersMulti-Asset Outlook 2024: Embracing the “Less Exceptional”
After pandemic-era extremes, growth and inflation should approach historical averages in 2024. Here’s how multi-asset investors can respond.
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White papersThe Year Ahead for the Major Industry Sectors, Part 1
The first of two Perspectives outlining some of the key themes we think will drive the major industry sectors in 2024.
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White papersThe Year Ahead for the Major Industry Sectors, Part 2
The second of two Perspectives outlining some of the key themes we think will drive the major industry sectors in 2024.
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White papersIPM monthly blog – Edition January 2024: Our monthly insights into private markets
Interest rates are key for real estate performance and market expectations have been volatile, moving to a higher-for-longer narrative last October as war started in the Middle East, before falling sharply in December following dovish comments from the Fed and then being tempered in January as inflation showed a small uptick.
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White papersNet-zero equities: resilience in an uncharted transition
The year 2023 in some ways brought a return to normality: slowing inflation, stabilising interest rates and, to some extent, more stable energy prices than in 2022. These positive developments fueled the strong performance of equity markets.
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White papersMaking Impact | London
We launched the first report in our ‘Making Impact’ research series to a full house at The British Library, King’s Cross, on 23rd January 2024.
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White papersRed Sea disruptions: small impact so far, but a risk to watch
”The impact of Red Sea traffic suspensions is more regional than global, but duration will be the key factor to watch. At this stage, it is no game-changer for our outlook.”
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White papersListed REITs 2024 Outlook
After lagging equities the past two years, REITs offer an attractive investment opportunity in 2024.
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White papersInfrastructure debt – Financing a sustainable future
Private capital can be vital in meeting net zero emissions goals. This includes infrastructure debt which can be an attractive way for investors to achieve their long-term return and income objectives and at the same time help finance the assets needed urgently to support the transition to a low-carbon economy.
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White papersWill Artificial Intelligence increase economic growth?
Recent advances in the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) could lead to potentially disruptive changes across a wide range of industries and impact economic activity through multiple channels. AI is widely seen as significantly different from previous technological innovations. But will it significantly increase aggregate economic growth through its impact on labour markets and increases in productivity?
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White papersVoluntary Carbon Markets: Is the nuance lost in the noise?
The integrity of some of the world’s Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) schemes is a hot-button issue. However, we believe it’s important to understand some of the differences in standards around the world – as well as the progress being made towards tightening them.
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White papersTokenisation: The next frontier for investing?
We investigate recent technological advances in the bond markets and examine what impact tokenisation and digital currencies might have on investing in the future.
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White papersEuropean Hotel Sector: Identifying opportunities for value creation
A combination of strong fundamentals and pockets of distress presents unique opportunities for investment in the European hotel sector. (Explore the investment case in detail in our first paper in this series.)
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Asset Manager NewsHines Makes Debut In Sweden To Grow Nordic Platform
Acquisition of Production Facility in Jönköping Means Hines Now Operates in 14 European Countries
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White papersBrave New World: 2024 European Insurance Outlook
Insurers likely face a very different investment regime today than they have in the past, with higher and more volatile interest rates as well as structurally higher inflation. We think this will intensify the focus on strategic asset allocation. We offer three themes for insurance investors as 2024 gets under way.
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White papersSee, Like, Click, Buy
As retailers extend festive shopping seasons and leverage social media platforms to boost sales, the social commerce industry is expected to soar.
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Video2024 Capital Market Assumptions
Neuberger Berman’s 2024 Capital Market Assumptions provide investors with forward-looking return and risk estimates for the major asset classes, across multiple geographies, agnostic of any tactical views or alpha-generating potential.
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White papersPrivate Markets Investment Outlook Q1 2024: New year, new opportunities
As developed market interest rates show signs of peaking and private market activity has been in a slowdown phase in recent quarters, we see attractive new investment opportunities across private markets. These are particularly appealing when they align with the global 3D Reset theme and the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution.
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White papers2024 REAL ESTATE OUTLOOK: Threading the eye of the needle
The global economy is finely balanced with the push of high interest rates colliding with the pull of strong labor markets.
