All Commentary articles – Page 30
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White papersEmerging Markets Outlook for 2024
”While EM may struggle in a challenging global environment, there are nonetheless advancing structural factors that can benefit some peripheral countries.”
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White papersHot Debates for 2024
During the Amundi Investment Seminar, which took place in Rome early in October, we asked our investment professionals questions to help us define a forecast for what 2024 will be like for the economy, geopolitics and investments.
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White papersWith macro risks elevated it’s all about stock selection
There are plenty of macro drivers that will create equity volatility in 2024. To succeed, investors will need to maintain a resilient portfolio.
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White papers2024 Outlook: Steering through turning tides
The coming year will see the tides turn for growth, inflation and monetary policy, with the United States expected to enter a mild recession in the first half of 2024. Price pressures will abate, giving central banks scope to cut interest rates, but monetary policymakers will remain wary of the risk of policy errors. Fiscal policies will aim to reduce deficits and debt built up over the past decade while continuing to support the energy transition.
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White papers2024 Investment Outlook
Cross Asset Investment Strategy Special Edition: Steering through turning tides
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White papersThe opportunities and challenges of international trade in agriculture
An imbalance between limited natural resources and the growing appetite for farm products makes agricultural trade critical to meeting global food demand, bringing with it further opportunities for agricultural producers, agribusinesses, and investors.
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White papersInvestment Outlook 2024: Infrastructure Equity
In our Schroders Capital Investment Outlook webinar series, our experts leveraged their extensive experience to guide you through investing across all asset classes of private markets. Hear our Infrastructure experts’ insights.
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White papersInvestment Outlook 2024: Real Estate
In our Schroders Capital Investment Outlook webinar series, our experts guide you through investing across all asset classes of private markets. Hear our Real Estate experts’ insights.
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White papersPM Spotlight: The Upside of Volatility
Maulik Bhansali, Portfolio Manager, co-manages Allspring’s Core Fixed Income team. Read about how he and the team focus on security selection to drive alpha—especially as volatility rises.
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White papersWhat does bank retrenchment mean for private credit investors?
Is bank retrenchment a myth? The GFC led to the introduction of Basel III, a set of financial reforms aiming to improve banks’ abilities to absorb shocks and increase their resilience against potential future crises.
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White papersIlliquidity premia in real assets: Q3 2023
Our real assets research team crunch the data to see how evolving macro conditions are reflected in private market returns.
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White papersThe Return of Industrial Policy
As governments play a bigger role in the economy, we think businesses and investors will need to think more about inflation, location and taxation.
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PodcastThe Liquidity Squeeze in Secondaries
As we continue to navigate the challenged market environment, investors have been exploring what their options are for liquidity in their portfolios. Secondary Private Equity investors in particular have a lot to grapple with: from the undercapitalization of the secondary market to the shifting goals of buyers and sellers in the space. However, could the undercapitalization in the secondary market be a boon to investors, opening up unique opportunities for liquidity providers? Or is all hope lost?
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White papersClimate-Related Stress-Testing and Net-Zero Valuation
This paper proposes a methodology for quantifying the climate-related transition impacts on energy-intensive companies. In this study, we use a publicly available dataset created by the Bank of Canada that combines the scenarios developed by the MIT Economic Projection and Policy Analysis (EPPA) model with the results from two macroeconomic models (ToTEM and BoC-GEM-Fin) to illustrate price and production patterns for 10 emission-intensive sectors across 8 aggregated regions.
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PodcastThe Outlook for Infrastructure
Hamish Lea-Wilson discussing the infrastructure deal market with Ali Kazmi, Partner, Global Co-Head of Infrastructure Rothschild & Co
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White papersBalancing uncertainty and optimism
The economic data in 2023 was better than expected: inflation fell, employment remained resilient and we didn’t end up in recession – in fact growth was impressively resilient.
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White papersAsset Class Returns Forecasts - Q4 2023
Recent geopolitical events and macroeconomic progresses are rising uncertainty on the global outlook and led to some adjustments on the short-term trajectory within our simulation horizon.
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White papersThree Notable Trends in the World of Secondaries
Why we think macro uncertainty and the private equity liquidity squeeze are making secondary market conditions particularly favorable for targeted buyers.
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White papersDefenders of a threatened world
Indigenous Peoples are disproportionately impacted by the economic, environmental, and social impacts of industrial projects. Nick Pelosi and Ellie Higgins explain how we engage with companies on Indigenous Peoples’ rights and community impact.
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White papersA brave new world?
Recent AI breakthroughs have raised fears about job losses in the knowledge economy, and revived concerns about sophisticated profiling that can intensify polarisation. Nick Pelosi and Ross Teverson explain how we are engaging with companies to help mitigate these risks.
