Generali Investments
2019 Top 400 ranking: 38https://www.generali-investments.com/
Request More Information- Head Office
- Piazza Tre Torri, 1
Milan
20145
Italy
- Contact
- Corrado Santoro Tel. +39 0243 531 099
- Company website:
- https://www.generali-investments.com/
- Parent Company:
- ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI S.P.A.
- Year Founded:
- 1998
- No. of investment offices worldwide:
- 20
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GIS Euro Green & sustainable bond fund
Though still a tiny drop in the ocean compared to the overall bond market, the Green bonds’ market continues to grow, with USD 117.8 bn* worth of green bond issuances during the first half of 2019, with non-financial private companies representing 26% of the overall market and Sovereign issuers representing 15%.
Core Matters Investment Returns: A 5-year perspective
2019 has seen huge inflows into Fixed Income (FI) funds and outflows from Equities. From a medium-term return perspective this makes no sense. The formidable demand for safe assets reflects cyclical and structural forces (e.g. ageing). No matter the economic scenario, FI returns over the next five years are doomed. Government bonds and IG credit will struggle to deliver positive returns. Riskier credit should do better, yet will hardly beat inflation. Worse still, FI ...
Beyond ESG risk integration: Impact investing
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment is taking root within the infrastructure investment community. Infrastructure assets have the potential to bring strong social, environmental and economic benefits to society but they are also particularly exposed to ESG risks. Most investment firms active in the space have by now implemented ESG considerations in their investment process.
Opportunities in Emerging Markets Debt
We believe that emerging markets (EM) offer an enormous range of investment opportunities. This burgeoning marketplace includes more than 75 countries, with sovereign ratings from AAA to default. This country mix includes extremely wealthy countries, to some of the world’s poorest.
Core Matter: A Deeper Look into Financial Vulnerabilities
Almost ten years of record low interest rates have raised leverage in the non-financial sector as well as investors’ tolerance for riskier and less liquid instruments. As a result, the average quality of corporate debt has worsened. Credit risk has shifted away from banks to asset managers. Mutual funds’ exposure to lower quality debt has climbed, raising the risk of fire sales in case of rating downgrades; additionally, their asset-liabilities liquidity mismatch has ...