All Europe articles – Page 17
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2023 Mid-Year European Outlook: Light at the end of the tunnel
In spring 2023, just when European markets had come to grips with the multiple central bank rate hikes, attention shifted to commercial banks as they raised investor concerns on the back of recent US and Swiss bank failures.
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High yield: charting a steady course through roiling seas
Banking stresses have added volatility to markets already coping with rising rates and recession fears. Still, with corporate fundamentals sound, high yield investors and issuers are more cautious than fearful.
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Why the Good Friday Agreement is Even More Important Than You Think
There are also important economic and investment implications from the continued peace in Northern Ireland.
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Is Europe Facing Another Banking Crisis?
Investors in European bank shares have been rattled by recent turmoil in the sector. But many banks are in much better shape than widely perceived, and the sector is subject to much tighter regulation than in the US. Select financial stocks should be able to weather the storm and perform well over time.
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The value of nuance in Europe’s diverse living sector
Europe’s residential market is in transition, driving increased demand for alternative living solutions at each stage of the living cycle. A spectrum of countries and subsectors requires a granular approach.
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It’s time to take a chance on Europe
For the Sustainable Europe team, strategies that only follow the market rarely outperform the market. With such unjustified pessimism on the region from investors, we think it’s time to take a chance on Europe.
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Asset Manager News
KGAL and Lafarge sign 15-year power purchase agreements for two wind farms in Poland
KGAL Investment Management has signed long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Lafarge Cement Polska for the Krasin and Rywald onshore wind farms, which belong to the KGAL ESPF 4 renewable energy fund.
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Real estate logistics sector will deliver again
After a challenging 2022, we explain why we think logistics real estate can deliver again.
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Occupier demand delivers clear opportunities for lenders
Post-Covid, occupiers’ demand for best-in-class office buildings is presenting an opportunity for lenders, argues Dan Riches, Real Estate Debt Co-Head at M&G Investments, in this recent interview.
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Outerblue Talks Research - Financial stability concerns bring US recession concerns back to the fore
The banking turmoil of the past month saw the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in the United States and the 160-year old Credit Suisse being taken over by rival UBS. While the big market swings triggered by these events have now subsided, economic scars appear inevitable.
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Three Opportunities in Private Assets Amidst Volatility
Head of Private Multi-Asset Investing, John McNichols describes how the recent banking crisis is impacting private markets and discusses where he and the Barings team are seeing private market opportunities in areas like construction loans and European direct lending.
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Banking crisis
The bank liquidity crisis in the US and decline of Credit Suisse in Europe have created market uncertainty which could reduce availability of credit for the real estate sector.
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DSM and a.s.r. accelerate growth of world-leading bioscience ecosystem in the Netherlands
DSM and ASR Dutch Science Park Fund team up to further develop the Biotech Campus Delft (BCD) to world-leader in bioscience. They will engage in a long-term collaboration to grow the bioscience ecosystem in Delft, the Netherlands, into a unique, world-leading campus for biosciences that will fuel the Dutch knowledge sector, sustainable food innovations and the bio-based economy.
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*The resilience and diversity of infrastructure debt*
For investors eyeing stable long-term income from a broad and diverse asset class, European infrastructure debt can be a resilient solution. It has been as robust in times of crisis – witness its performance during the pandemic – as it has been across economic cycles. What is its secret? Infrastructure provides services that are in demand whatever the economic climate.
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As Credit Goes, So Goes the Economy
Credit is the lifeblood of the economy, and the credit system just had a heart murmur.
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Asset Manager News
KGAL acquires “Treesquare” office building in prime Brussels location
KGAL Investment Management has acquired the “Treesquare” office block in Brussels for its pan-European real estate fund, KGAL Core 4 Real Estate.
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Euro clearing – a balancing act
For the European Pension Fund community, 2023 brings about important changes as the European Commission sets out its position on the future of euro derivatives clearing activity within the EU, and the PSA mandatory clearing exemption comes to an end in June.
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A tale of two markets: Contrasting the fortunes of European and US High Yield
The European High Yield (HY) market has outperformed the US market over the last five, 10 and 20 years. We compare the trends in charts and ask: Will this continue and what are the main similarities and differences between the US and European markets?
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Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, and Strategy - April 2023
”The tightening in credit conditions should reduce core inflationary pressures, partly replacing the need for monetary policy action.”