All Commentary articles – Page 60
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Global Investment Views - October 2022
Geopolitical risks have returned to investors’ radar screens with President Putin’s escalation of the war in Ukraine. At the same time, inflation remains in the spotlight: the latest US reading was concerning, causing yields to rise while equity markets tumbled.
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Fast Filtering with Large Option Panels: Implications for Asset Pricing
The cross-section of options holds great promise for identifying return distributions and risk premia, but estimating dynamic option valuation models with latent state variables is challenging when using large option panels.
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Fiorino: Can Europe’s banks withstand high-pressure energy disruption?
As Russia threatens to halt gas supplies to Europe, Fiorino looks at the impact of the European energy crisis on financial institutions in the region.
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A Fresh Approach to Climate Anxiety
Understanding the differentiated macroeconomic impacts of the climate transition can shape better investment and policy strategies.
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Schroders Capital Real Estate House View – October 2022
In the new Schroders Capital Real Estate House View, investors will find views and data on the real estate market, and where we think opportunities are emerging.
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Structural Change in Europe as Funds Take Market Share
In this Q&A, Adam Wheeler discusses the current state of the European private credit market, and how the economic backdrop is creating both challenges and opportunities for investors.
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U.K.’s Mini-Budget Causes Major Market Moves
The U.K.’s sweeping fiscal package caused widespread disruptions—leading the BOE to intervene and restore market stability—which could lead to more hikes in the near term. Meanwhile, labor stats in the U.S. next week should help show just how far the Fed might go.
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Central banks split by fiscal packages vs inflation
In the latest instalment of Simply put, where we make macro calls with a multi-asset perspective, we analyse the market response to the UK’s latest fiscal stimulus and suggest this situation could be replicated across Europe as winter takes hold.
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Evolution & Revolution: The coming Web3 digital asset revolution
Web3 creates the potential for commercial protocols that can deliver goods and services in a peer-to-peer manner that can be directly accessed by any user via an internet connection.
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In a climate of uncertainty, Expo delegates seek clarity
As delegates push through the turnstiles for the first day of Expo Real, many will be looking to gauge the industry mood in an environment of rising interest rates, soaring energy prices and slowing transaction activity.
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Climate risks: too big to ignore
The last day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere was September 22nd, and cooler temperatures will surely be welcomed by many
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LISTED INFRASTRUCTURE: Three win/win opportunities for investors and society in the U.S.
The electric grid is increasingly vulnerable to damage from storms and other natural events such as wildfires. Hardening the grid is therefore a major focus for utility companies in the U.S. today.
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RESILIENT HOUSING: Greater demand, lower risk, recession resistant
The U.S. residential rental market has demonstrated remarkable strength since the pandemic. All types of housing, including traditional multifamily, single-family rental, and manufactured housing, have exhibited strong occupancies, collections, and rent growth. Furthermore, all price points, from luxury to lower end, and locations, both urban to suburban, are experiencing success in these key operating metrics.
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Real Estate sector report
The apartment market remains a top performer among all property types though mid-year 2022. Demand continues to drive down vacancy rates in most regions, with a nascent recovery emerging within larger coastal gateway cities.
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CIO views: what about an outlier scenario?
In the current context of interest rates being higher for longer, what would happen if an extreme situation played out to amplify existing trends? For instance, interest rates rose to 6% or inflation increased to 20% in a developed market?
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Braving bear markets: 5 lessons from seasoned investors
This article was originally published July 15, 2022, and has been updated to reflect market conditions.
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Upheaval in the global FX regime
The global FX regime of the last 20 years has been characterised by a distinct pattern of capital flows. At its core, Asian countries (mostly China) recycled their current account surpluses into USD-denominated FX reserves, in order to weaken their domestic currencies and preserve export-led economic models.
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Global foreign exchange regime faces winds of change
Dollar strength is causing strains, even in developed economies like Japan and Britain. A short-term fix could be a Plaza-style accord to weaken the dollar. Reverse FX wars, with a race to strengthen currencies, are another possibility. Longer-term, momentum may grow for a multi-polar currency regime that pits China ...
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Navigating the Emerging Markets Default Wave
Despite record defaults, stresses remain relatively low for the asset class overall.