All Commentary articles – Page 73
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White papersAre Cheap Burgers in Emerging Markets a Good Sign for Investors?
Investors in emerging markets (EM) have endured a decade of poor performance. But things may be changing. Based on The Economist magazine’s data comparing hamburger prices across countries, many EM currencies look cheap today—as they did 20 years ago before an extended rally of EM stocks and bonds.
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White papersNearshoring opportunities brighten Mexico’s outlook
As companies look to relocate business operations closer to home, Mexico’s close proximity to the US suggest the central American country will benefit significantly from this shift.
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White papersEuropean equities are favoured in a fragile earnings outlook
“The greater resilience of profits enabled the European market to remain cheaper than the US one.”
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VideoOutlook for China: When one door opens…
In our latest video insight, Silvia Dall’Angelo, Senior Economist, identifies the biggest opportunities and challenges faced by China’s economy on the road to reopening.
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White papersStagflation Haze
The world is grappling with a combination of once in a generation shocks, producing an uncertain and complex economic landscape.
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VideoHealthcare Stocks Can Help Lower Inflation’s Fever
”I think one of the benefits of investing in healthcare is that these companies have inelastic demand. If you need a new heart valve, inflation isn’t going to impact that decision.”
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White papersAhead of the Curve, Q1 2023
Read the latest views from our Chief Economist Silvia Dall’Angelo as she outlines three scenarios that could influence markets in the coming months.
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White papersTime Series Forecasting with Transformer Models and application for Asset Management
Since its introduction in 2017 (Vaswani et al., 2017), the Transformer model has excelled in a wide range of tasks involving natural language processing and computer vision.
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White papersMonthly Research Report: February 2023
Average Quality Returns Not Consistenly Higher Than Prime
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White papersPrivate credit – from niche to mainstream?
For more than a decade, both corporate and consumer borrowers benefited from low interest rates and a very low cost of capital. As the global economic backdrop continues to adjust to the activity of central banks and the uncertain geopolitical backdrop, investors are seeking ways to ensure that their portfolios are adequately positioned in order to meet their long-term risk and performance goals, write Jo Waldron and Karen Lam at M&G Investments.
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White papersJoint interview with Markus Benzler and Jochen Mende on private equity and secondaries
Why consider investing in private equity (PE) now?
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White papersTechnology investment in the built environment and the path to net zero
The transition to net zero will almost certainly be one of the most significant capital outlays in history. A 2022 report from Goldman Sachs noted that Electrification ‘is poised to revolutionise European Economies and our everyday lives’ and that this effort would ‘need to mobilise €3.7 trillion of capital, most into green energy infrastructure, to develop renewables, upgrade power grids, refurbish buildings and to support the switch to electricity for mobility real estate and manufacturing.’
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White papersPrivate debt: aligning investment needs with the means to deliver
An asset class that is now a core part of institutional portfolios, Mercer’s Private Debt offering combines expertise and opportunities to deliver amid a complex macro environment
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White papersSecular tailwinds creating infrastructure debt opportunities
Infrastructure debt remains an attractive opportunity despite a challenging economic outlook that could bring with it an increase in credit market defaults, argue David Cooper, Head of EMEA and Australian Infrastructure Debt and Jacob Otto, Director, Debt Product Specialist of IFM Investors
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - March 2023
“The dichotomy between the real economy and markets is increasing even as the earnings outlook is getting weak, leading us to be sceptical of the risk rally.”
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White papersThe soaraway rebound of global tourism
Global air traffic forecast to reach pre-Covid levels this year, boosted by the reopening of China.
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PodcastNatural Catastrophes in Today’s Climate
Natural disasters have certainly taken their toll on the environment. After Hurricane Ian decimated a large part of the American Eastern Seaboard, totalling roughly $50 billion in insured industry losses, one could ask: how is all of that getting paid for?
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White papersTractor Beams: Satellite Tech and Precision Agriculture
As the global population increases and with more mouths to feed, could the answer to food insecurity lie in space?
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White papersEliminating the Improbable
With a fresh surge of inflation increasingly unlikely, the market outlook is far better than it was a year ago.
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White papersLatin American Equities: More Than Meets the Eye
Despite the uncertain global macro backdrop, the combination of long-term structural trends and attractive current valuations is presenting a compelling opportunity in Latin American equities.
