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Equitorial: ESG is here to stay – and we’re better for it
ESG has become a polarising subject in recent years, dividing opinion across economic, political and social lines. For the Federated Hermes Global Equity team, however, ESG has always been about one thing: enhancing returns.
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Global Investment Views - June 2025
The art of policymaking is a lot about setting expectations against which all future decisions are assessed. When President Trump famously introduced his extreme tariffs on ‘Liberation Day,’ markets were obviously concerned. Since then, resilience in US labour markets, better-than-expected earnings, and trade war de-escalation have boosted sentiment. Risk assets have rebounded, and bond yields risen.
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Data Center Investments: A 360-Degree View
Investment in data centers has increased dramatically, driven largely by explosive demand from generative artificial intelligence (AI) and the accelerating global reliance on digital infrastructure.
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Midyear macro outlook: A new dawn of uncertainty
Geopolitical tensions, tariff uncertainty and global economic slowdown look set to define the second half of 2025. Our global CIO looks at why active management and research-led investing are the way to navigate this global complexity.
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Why Allocate to Global High Yield in a Balanced Portfolio?
Global High Yield (GHY) has matured from being a US-centric, niche exposure to a globally diversified, highly rewarding asset class worth investing in. With over $2 trillion* in outstanding bonds, HY plays a key role in income portfolios across pension funds, insurers, and sovereign wealth funds.
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Corporate Spreads. Shifting Patterns and Opportunities
European high-yield companies are benefiting from political initiatives, structural advantages, and clearer market predictability. Recent spread volatility presents attractive opportunities, while strategic reallocations aim to enhance portfolio resilience. Europe currently offers greater stability and competitive yields.
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Where resilient performance meets stability
Private real estate delivers strong performance while providing the stability investors crave
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Seven trends to watch in 2025
The key trends in science, technology and sustainability over the next 12 months – and beyond.
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Understanding Global Direct Lending Markets
Leaders across Barings Global Private Credit platform discuss the similarities and differences between the direct lending markets in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, and the potential benefits of global strategies in this space.
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In conversation with Andrew Chorlton, CIO for Fixed Income
From Yorkshire to university in Birmingham and bond markets in New York and California, Andrew Chorlton is now CIO for Fixed Income at M&G Investments. But what did his journey entail – and how does he see the role of fixed income in modern portfolios?
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Clean machines: Investing in the disruptive technologies to reach net zero
With energy accounting for almost 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions, it’s imperative that investors understand and mobilise capital towards the key technologies that will enable carbon intensive subsectors to decarbonise within the remaining window of opportunity. So, what are they?
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Unified Global Alternatives – Hedge Fund Bulletin – April
Risk assets were broadly mixed in April as the month featured elevated volatility driven by uncertain tariff policies from the US administration. Although US policy regarding tariffs remained fluid, the pause in implementation announced post “Liberation Day” and solid corporate earnings helped stabilize markets after a sharp corrective tone at the beginning of the month.
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Trump/Powell: The Two Poles of Policymaking
The Fed’s processes are designed to minimize the cost of capital while the president’s tactics seem to be raising it—who’s right and who’s wrong?
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Oil prices stop making sense
For the past few years, the expanded group of oil producers known as OPEC+ have tried collectively to stabilise crude prices by lowering production in order to dampen price volatility to the downside. But because several members of the wider cartel have different and conflicting fiscal and external financing priorities, efforts to limit output have not only failed, current production has increased. This would be newsworthy by itself, but is even more puzzling considering the potential impact of tariffs on global demand.
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The battle for critical minerals
Growing competition for critical minerals threatens to exacerbate negative climate, human rights, and biodiversity impacts. Dana Barnes and Elissa El Moufti explore the need for enhanced transparency to promote responsible practices and minimise the risks to companies and investors.
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Infrastructure: The Red Thread – Private Markets – Edition May 2025
Infrastructure and the first 100 days of Trump
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Sustainability in the age of Trump: Why investors should focus on reality, not rhetoric
Global temperatures continue to rise, extreme weather events are becoming ever-more frequent, the environment continues to be degraded – and yet the narrative has altered.
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Real Estate: The Red Thread – Private Markets – Edition May 2025
On entering 2025, we expected a recovery in global real estate markets to gain momentum. The tariffs have created new uncertainty and will likely see a pause in transaction activity as investors take stock. We still expect positive returns this year, but slightly lower and driven by income. Residential looks most defensive and resilient.
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3 Global High Yield Myths That Just Don’t Hold Up
A source of return, yield and diversification, GHY merits serious consideration for most fixed income portfolios but doubts remain for some investors. We challenge three common GHY myths and explain why it makes sense for most investors to consider an indexed approach in GHY.