All Europe articles – Page 47
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White papersCIO EMEA Outlook 2021: Knowns And Unknowns After A Tumultuous Year
At the beginning of the year we were threatened with excitement, be that trade wars or ongoing political upheaval in the Europe and the US. None of us were prepared for a global pandemic.
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White papersEuropean Green Deal: A game changer?
The European Green Deal (EGD) is the EU Commission’s new growth strategy. It tries to turn the climate and environmental challenges, that the Commission sees as “this generation’s defining task”, into an opportunity to modernise the economy. It thereby embeds a large investment program that some compare to the US New Deal (1933) or the Marshall plan (1947).
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White papersEuropean Equities: The Peak Of Pessimism Is Behind Us
There are reasons for optimism in 2021. Forget a U-shaped recovery; the letter we look for in 2021 is V, which stands for vaccine. Our baseline scenario is that vaccines roll out across Europe in early 2021, allowing business and consumer activity to start to return to normal. But even if there are delays and further lockdowns, the economic impact of Covid-19 should ease markedly in 2021.
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White papersMulti-sector fixed income – The outlook for US and eurozone debt in 2021
Yields of sovereign developed market debt have fallen to record lows in 2020. Daniel Morris, chief market strategist, and Olivier De Larouzière (OL), head of multi-strategy fixed income, discuss the outlook for bonds in 2021.
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White papersReal Estate Outlook – Europe, Edition 4 - 2020
Subdued fundamentals persist as the second wave breaks around Europe.
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White papersECB enters era of informal yield curve and spread control
The ECB is expanding its pro-growth and pro-inflation asset purchases and allowing the buying programme to run for longer. The objective is to safeguard favourable financial conditions as the eurozone grapples with the economic fallout of the COVID crisis. In effect, the ECB is encouraging investors to search for yield, particularly in those markets for risk assets where the ECB is active.
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White papersBenchmarking sustainability
The EU’s taxonomy – a classification tool to identify which activities are sustainable and under which circumstances – can play an important role in de-risking portfolios by reducing investments in increasingly obsolete, unpopular or unappealing carbon-intensive businesses. Enhancing the focus on carbon neutrality is an essential ingredient on the path to a sustainable economy.
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White papersHydrogen: science fiction made real?
Fourteen member states of the European Union (EU) have already included a strategy for the use of hydrogen as part of their plans to support the post COVID lockdown economic recovery plans. David Czupryna, Head of ESG Development at Candriam, writes that the recent investment package of EUR15bn by the German and French governments is a serious step but only one of many required, with a lot of investment and opportunities still to come.
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White papersThree drivers of European private equity growth for the next decade
We believe European private equity can augment investors’ broader private equity allocation due to its distinctive and varied composition, demographic drivers and quality.
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Asset Manager NewsPGIM Real Estate grows European debt portfolio in logistics and last-mile
PGIM Real Estate continues to build its European senior loan portfolio in the logistics and industrial sectors, providing financing for three separate portfolios across the UK and Continental Europe, in the fourth quarter of this year. PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment and financing business of PGIM, the US$1.4 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
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White papersGIS Euro Corporate Short Term Bond | Q&A with the Fund manager
Year to date the strategy is outperforming the Barclays Capital Euro Corporate 1-3 Year Index by +2.66%* proving its ability to navigate rough waters while maintaining alpha-generating ideas
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White papersAlternative UCITS: delivering on diversification
Europe’s Alternative UCITS funds have delivered on their diversification promise during the coronavirus-related market turbulence of 2020.According to Bernadette Busquere Arnal, European Head of Hedge Fund Research and Nathanael Benzaken, Chief Client Officer, the Alternative UCITS sector will continue to grow and Lyxor is positioning its fund platform to benefit clients in future.
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White papersQ&A: Diversity and inclusion challenges in France
In our latest Q&A, Pauline Lecoursonnois, an engager for EOS at Federated Hermes, talks to Inès Dauvergne, an industry expert on diversity and inclusion, about how companies can address inequities related to the racial or ethnic origins of employees, focusing on the challenges in France.
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White papersThe Case for European Real Estate Debt
The supportive pricing fundamentals in the European real estate market, and low leverage relative to previous property cycles, suggest the asset class is well-positioned to withstand the impact of the pandemic.
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Asset Manager NewsOREIMA Raises Funds To Pursue Its Investment Strategy
Oreima has closed a capital raising from European institutional investors for an amount of 215 million euros for its OREIMA IV fund. Thanks to this level of equity, Oreima will be able to invest, using a leverage of 50%, approximately €400 million in buildings, mainly offices or mixed locations (with some residential), and in related renovation works, in Paris or in regional metropolises.
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White papersQ4 2020: European Rental Housing - an all-weather asset class
Whilst no part of the economy or capital markets remains untouched by the pandemic, some real estate sectors are more affected than others, whether that be through the normal course of the business cycle, the idiosyncrasies of social-distancing measures that weaken occupancy, or a shift in investor sentiment towards long-term prospects that undermines valuations.
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White papers2021 European Annual Outlook After The Storm
Little could we have expected that last year’s Outlook theme “calm before the storm” would have come alive in the way it has. Since early 2020, Covid-19 has unleashed a storm of news flow and market sentiment. With the pandemic showing a post-summer resurgence in cases, many European governments have recently announced the expected second round lock downs.
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White papers2021 outlook: AEW foresees compelling opportunities emerging after current storm
In its 2021 European real estate outlook, “After the Storm” AEW explores how investors can best navigate out of the current crisis. Despite the recent news of a potential vaccine, 2021 looks to be a year characterised by a slow recovery hindered by both COVID-19’s impact on the wider economy together with the latent existing headwinds of unresolved trade frictions and political uncertainties.
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White papers“European defaults likely to stay low” and what it means for High Yield and crossover markets.
Correlations between defaults and macroeconomic variables suggest European defaults may rise, however, monetary and fiscal support are set to contain the impact. In this scenario, we deem the rating migration risk now more serious for Investment Grade and BBB in particular, hence – within the crossover space – we think investment opportunities can be found in fallen Angels
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Asset Manager NewsPGIM Real Estate’s European Core Strategy Makes Its First Netherlands Acquisition
PGIM Real Estate has made its first acquisition in the Netherlands on behalf of the investors in its European core strategy. PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment and financing business of PGIM, the US$1.4 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
