All Commentary articles – Page 6
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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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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 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.
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Asset Manager NewsIvanhoé Cambridge and LOGOS commit over INR 11 billion (C$180M) investment in Chakan Industrial Estate, Maharashtra becoming the largest FDI led integrated private industrial and logistics development
Ivanhoé Cambridge along with the leading Asia-Pacific logistics specialist LOGOS, are pleased to announce the acquisition of an additional 66 acres in Chakan, Pune taking the Chakan Industrial Estate’s total land size to 143 acres.
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White papersBattery storage in the energy transition
Institutional Investing in Infrastructure (i3): article extract
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White papersGlobal Macro Outlook - First Quarter 2024
After two years of aggressive tightening, global central banks pivoted in December. We expect some growth in the coming quarters, albeit subdued compared to history. With inflation easing, most global economies are off to a good start for the year. Yet, things can, and do, change quickly.
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PodcastPAT Cast #19: Finding value in a new macroeconomic environment
As we enter a new economic cycle, what is the outlook for global real assets? In the first PAT Cast of 2024, we take a look at the year ahead and discuss where we believe the most attractive investment opportunities will lie across real estate and infrastructure in a higher-for-longer environment.
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White papersMacroeconomic and financial market forecasts - January 2024
Macroeconomic forecasts as of 10 January 2024
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White papersHealthcare investing - 2024 outlook brighter on compelling valuations and easing headwinds
2023 was a tough year for healthcare investing, resulting in the sector lagging the broader indices by the widest margin since 1999. We believe the outlook for 2024 is much more favourable as the sector’s valuation is highly compelling, while many of the headwinds are abating.
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy - January 2024
Topic of the Month - Europe: time for fiscal consolidation
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White papersWhat does waning risk appetite mean?
The first week of January is usually a positive one for markets, and this is mainly due to various reallocation flows. However, the first week of 2024 followed two months of high returns on equities and bonds. A moment’s pause is probably in order to take stock of recent valuations. Is the Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) pivot and the long-predicted soft landing already fully priced in? In this weekly edition of Simply put we ask whether declining risk appetites point to a weaker outlook.
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WebinarWebinar | Macro outlook for Asian and emerging market fixed income
Watch the replay of our webinar: Macro outlook for Asian and emerging market fixed income.
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White papersDecoding the AI opportunity
In 2023, we saw significant future value creation from artificial intelligence pulled forward and reflected in share prices of companies set to benefit from this multi-generational opportunity.
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White papersCorporate Credit Outlook 2024: High Tide for Yield?
Weakening economic fundamentals shouldn’t scare away corporate bond investors in 2024—provided they keep a close eye on credit quality.
