All Global articles – Page 117
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Connections and communities
Today, a handful of urban centres are pulling away from their rivals – creating more innovation, more growth and more jobs. Those changes have deep implications; understanding them and what they mean for local communities takes joined-up thinking.
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How Will Technological Disruption Strike Next?
Investors have been scrambling to identify industries about to feel the brunt of all those dynamic forces that have gained momentum since the emergence of the Internet in the late 1990s.
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Earnings Kick Into Gear as Brexit Drama Heightens
With 34% of the S&P 500 reporting earnings, so far profits aren’t as bad as expected; risk of a no-deal Brexit recedes and positive signs from the U.S.-China Trade War.
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Three Reasons to Invest in Risk Assets… & Five Risks
Markets still have room, but the clouds are gathering. Last year’s scars remain fresh for many investors as they navigate toward the end of the year.
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Stewardship: the 2020 vision
We call for a seismic change in the way the investment management industry operates: from one that has for too long focused on short-term returns, at the expense of sustainable wealth creation. In our view, successful stewardship needs to be at the heart of business purpose and inextricably linked to investment decision-making. In order for this to happen, we need a “new normal” in the relationship between asset manager and the companies in which they invest.
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Powering the future: how demand for renewables is disrupting energy markets
From the cost of renewables to exciting new technologies, we discuss the disruptive power of renewable energy.
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A High-Income Survival Guide for Late-Cycle Markets
It’s easy to get spooked in late-cycle markets. But we think there’s a way to de-risk your portfolio and still generate a decent level of income—no magic spells necessary.
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Emerging Markets Debt: Taking a Hard (Currency) Stance
EMD performance was muted in Q3, but valuations remain attractive and emerging economies are growing at a measured pace. We continue to favor hard currency assets, which are benefitting from lower rate expectations.
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High Yield: Poised to Capture Relative Value
Despite mounting uncertainty in the broader markets, high yield delivered broadly positive returns in Q3. As we continue to move through the late stages of a prolonged cycle, credit selection will be critical.
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Infrastructure Debt: Steady Activity, Lingering Macro Doubts
Despite the expected seasonal summer slowdown, infrastructure debt financing deals remained steady overall in the third quarter of 2019—with strong activity in the U.S. and Canada, and slightly slowing activity in Europe, with a cautious eye toward Brexit.
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The Power of Compounded Income
Over 10 years into an economic recovery, we’ve continued to see new highs in equity indexes. In this Q&A, Darryl Lucas explains how a focus on resiliently growing companies, coupled with the power of compounded dividend and profits growth, can lead to strong returns over time.
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EM Debt: Navigating the Geopolitical Noise
From the Middle East to China to Argentina, investors face no shortage of geopolitical risks and negative headlines. But is there still value to be found across emerging markets? Dr. Ricardo Adrogué weighs in.
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High Yield: A Time to be Nimble
This piece was adapted from an interview with Martin Horne.
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Sustainable credit: ESG is key
Properly assessing a company’s environmental social and governance credentials gives credit investors an edge
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Low Touch Compression
The continued pressure of leverage ratios, G-SIB rules and constrained operational resources have driven banks to look for increasingly sophisticated compression solutions.
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What happens to high yield bonds in times of market stress?
We look at whether investors are right to be wary of high yield bonds amid rising macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty.
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Controversial weapons: a call to index providers
We are calling on index providers to exclude controversial weapons from mainstream indices.
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Rising Development Costs - A Silver Lining For Commercial Real Estate?
Nationwide, new commercial real estate (CRE) occupancies are near record highs across all sectors amidst a slower pace of new development. Rising construction costs have limited new supply of institutional-quality property and prolonged much-needed updates to functionally obsolete property. Overall, U.S. commercial building costs have risen 30% over the past decade.
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Part II: Facing up to the challenge of fair pay
This is the second part of a four-part paper on SDG 8 – decent work and economic growth. In part one, we asserted that the challenges presented by increasingly tight labour markets provide opportunities to rethink hiring practices for mutual benefit. In this paper, we progress from our engagement on workforce diversity to the issue of fair pay.