All Global articles – Page 147
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White papersBasis Trade at Index Close (BTIC) Trading at Index Option Expirations
Most index options traders use index futures for hedging purposes.
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Automation and Real Estate – the rise of the machines
This paper considers the impact of computing and robotics advances on the workforce and how this will influence real estate markets.
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The Opportunity of REITs: Thinking Beyond Stocks and Bonds
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) add diversification and can reduce volatility in investment portfolios, complementing traditional assets while capturing the benefits unique to real estate.
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Now vs. the GFC
Comparisons between the turmoil in January and February versus the GFC in 2009 yield a number of observations.
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Perspective: Global Volatility, The Real Economy, and Real Estate
Bouts of financial market volatility likely to return
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Timbercreek launches balanced REIT portfolio
New UCITS fund invests in preferred securities of U.S. REITs and common equity of global REITs
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White papersPreferred Securities: an Oasis in the Fixed Income Desert?
Following the global financial crisis, the restructuring and recapitalization of financial firms have made banks and insurance companies an attractive sector for fixed income investors.
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Equity Controlled Volatility Strategy
Equity volatility – or the “fear factor” as popularised in fiction – recently came back to the forefront of market operators’ minds, the result of events such as the Greek crisis during 2015 and questions around China’s economic growth prospects and plunging oil prices earlier this year.
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Good buy or good bye?
2016 has already started with increased uncertainty over the direction of the global economy which has raised volatility in financial markets.
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Why should institutional investors consider global private equity real estate?
For many years, investor motivations for considering real estate have included its characteristic stable income, strong historical relative performance across multiple cycles, and potential diversification benefits when held with other asset classes in a portfolio.
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UBS Asset Management's Global Real Estate business undertakes EUR 7.1 billion in transactions in 2015
UBS Asset Management’s Global Real Estate business conducted EUR 7.1 billion of transactions in 2015, compared to EUR 6.0 billion in 2014.
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Time to Re-load? Current High Yield Bond Prices Present Long-Term Value
Global risk markets have been under pressure lately due to a confluence of factors—weakness in China and other global economies, plunging oil and commodity prices, and the onset of the removal of monetary accommodation by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
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White papersGlobal high yield multi-credit strategies: Finding sense in a nonsensical world
With 40% or more of the Eurozone sovereign debt market offering negative yields, a new investor to the global debt markets may well be thinking he has wandered into the Mad Hatter’s tea party.
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Global Real Estate Securities – 2015 Performance Review and 2016 Market Outlook
2015 was a challenging year for the broader markets overall as macro-economic and political events dominated news headlines causing lackluster investment performance across most asset classes around the world. The collapse in oil prices (-30.5%) played havoc on countries and currencies reliant on energy exports.
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Key risks for global real estate in 2016
Aided by extremely loose global monetary policy, capital values have experienced a strong recovery since the crisis. We believe this period of very strong capital growth has largely run its course and the window to capture significant yield compression is passing quickly, says Sandip Bhalsod.
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UBS Asset Management’s Global Real Estate business appoints Paul Guest as Lead Real Estate Strategist
UBS Asset Management’s Global Real Estate business has appointed Paul Guest as Executive Director, Lead Real Estate Strategist.
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Outlook 2016: Global Real Estate Securities
The potential for higher interest rates in 2016 is unsettling some investors, but we believe the right real estate securities are supported by a number of other factors.
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Global Core Pricing
Given varying dynamics in the three major regions regarding commercial real estate pricing, it is easier to speak at the individual region level.
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UBS Asset Management achieves top results in inaugural 2015 GRESB Debt Survey
London, 6 November 2015 – UBS Asset Management’s Global Real Estate (GRE) business, which manages two real estate debt funds, are delighted to announce that the funds have ranked 1st and 2nd in the inaugural 2015 GRESB Debt Survey, which measures the sustainability performance of real estate debt funds globally.
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Debt, distortion and navigating credit markets
Markets have been distorted by unprecedented central bank intervention. In spite of talk of policy normalisation, the burden of debt is a significant constraint. Finding opportunities in credit markets will require innovative investment approaches, writes Insight Investment’s Head of Credit, Alex Veroude
