All Commentary articles – Page 34
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White papersGreen leases - IREI article on sustainable practices in real estate
Green leases have proved popular among landlords and tenants alike to ensure that properties are being operated in a sustainable manner. What are green leases, how have they evolved, and how can building owners practically implement them in existing real estate portfolios?
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White papersModeling Direct and Indirect Climate-related Physical Risks
This paper addresses the methodological challenges in quantifying physical risks associated with climate change, proposing a novel top-down stochastic approach focused on modeling financial losses from extreme events. Unlike existing studies limited to specific events, our approach utilizes predefined climate sensitivity parameters, enabling a broader application across various extreme events using the example of tropical cyclones.
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White papersParadigm shift: market snapshot
Stronger-than-forecast US economic reads and hawkish comments from the US Federal Reserve have brought rate-cut hopes crashing to earth.
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White papersOpportunities at the longer end of the commercial paper curve?
Federated Hermes’ Short Term Investments Committee of portfolio managers meets on a monthly basis to provide insights, strategise, and discuss investment opportunities across the short end of the yield curve.
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White papersSDG Engagement Equity Q1 2024 case study
Our Q1 case study looks at Chicago-headquartered bank Wintrust Financial and its efforts to support the credit needs of low- and moderate-income neighbourhoods in the Chicago area; in so doing helping to reduce the number of ‘unbanked’ households in the US.
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White papersU.S. Real Estate Sector Report
The apartment sector continues to experience deterioration in market fundamentals, primarily due to oversupply in Sunbelt metros. Demand has remained largely positive but is not strong enough to offset record deliveries. Liquidity remains constrained but is generally favorable relative to other sectors today. The longer-term outlook remains positive despite near-term headwinds.
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White papersU.S. Election: Age, Cash and Conflict
A political observer gives Joe Biden the edge, but thinks plenty could happen before November.
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White papersGeopolitical risk will grow: here is how we track it
In order to better understand geopolitical trends, Amundi has developed the Geopolitical Sentiment Tracker (GST). The tool aims to inform the investment process: it includes a variety of datapoints allowing investors and researchers to better understand and be alerted to rising risks. It also allows our teams to identify opportunities.
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White papersUK real estate market commentary: April 2024
Oliver Kummerfeldt, Head of European Real Estate Research, discusses the economic landscape and provides insights for decision-making in UK real estate investments.
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White papersEuropean real estate market commentary: April 2024
Oliver Kummerfeldt, Head of European Real Estate Research, discusses the economic landscape and provides insights for decision-making in European real estate investments.
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White papersThe Sun Belt’s Ongoing Boom
The ongoing and rapid growth in the U.S. Sun Belt has been an extraordinary boon to commercial real estate investors.
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White papersUK real estate market commentary: April 2024
Oliver Kummerfeldt, Head of European Real Estate Research, discusses the economic landscape and provides insights for decision-making in UK real estate investments.
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PodcastWhat’s Up in the Air?
As you may have seen in the headlines, the airline sector has seen quite their fair share of volatility recently. Since the start of COVID shutting down air travel to then returning back to pre-pandemic levels and then exceeding those levels, the airline sector has been receiving its own fair share of market turbulence.
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White papersUK real estate market outlook Q2 2024
UK real estate looks poised for a modest recovery, following a collection of positive movements in the economy
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White papersInfrastructure redefined - From railways to renewables
Infrastructure, as a sector, has evolved drastically in response to major drivers like the climate crisis and demographic change. Here, we explore the most influential structural trends shaping future-forward opportunities across the asset class.
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White papersWhy discipline matters in rapidly changing markets
Dynamically evolving bond markets not only offer a wide range of ways to add value, but constant learning opportunities too, according to Richard Woolnough, Fund Manager in M&G’s Public Fixed Income team.
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White papersIPM monthly blog – Edition April 2024: Our monthly insights into private markets
Second half recovery hinges on rates outlook - The US inflation data has surprised to the upside for three consecutive months. US treasury yields rose as a result and the rest of the world followed.
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White papersFixed Income Outlook – Not as planned
Another higher-than-expected US inflation number means the US Federal Reserve should be in no rush to cut rates before price pressures subside. With the risk of inflation continuing to surprise to the upside in the near term, we now expect benchmark 10-year yields to potentially retrace to 4.75%, at which point we would likely again go overweight duration.
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White papersForget the politics: Why election uncertainty won’t, and shouldn’t, put investors off the US
Everything about the United States is big – its market, its economy and the companies housed there. It is also continuing to confound investors’ expectations. Many anticipated it would slip into recession in 2023, but this never came to pass. Instead, according to the US Treasury, it delivered above average economic growth over the 12 months because of “growing economic output, labour market resilience, and slowing inflation”.
