All Global articles – Page 34
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White papersHow Will the Banking Crisis Reshape Financial Credit?
Banks’ stock and bond prices were battered by the crisis that overtook US regional banks Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank (SB) and Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse (CS). We believe that the underlying causes of these failures were idiosyncratic rather than systemic. US and European central banks appear to agree, as they have demonstrated their confidence in the banking system by continuing to hike rates.
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White papersSlowly Slowing
One year since the inception of our Stagflation Shock scenario, the global economy continues to face elevated inflation and falling growth. Both are slowing, but they are slowing—slowly. And the descent has not been smooth.
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White papersA period of change: emerging markets and Asia
After nearly a decade in the wilderness for emerging markets, we must ask ourselves, is this a dawn of a new era? Is this the decade for emerging markets?
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White papersFive reasons to buy emerging market equities
Emerging Markets (EM) have faced a challenging environment over the past five years, due to a series of global shocks that have triggered elevated market volatility and led the MSCI EM equity benchmark to experience its most protracted drawdown in history. In this environment, global asset allocators effectively deprioritised EM, risking suboptimal allocations.
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White papersGlobal Macro Outlook - Second Quarter 2023
Besides inflation and tight monetary policy, a banking crisis has added to investor anxieties. The bank turmoil won’t likely be a drag to global financial markets. But it does argue for caution when combined with our broader expectations of a sustained period of below-trend growth.
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White papersDividend Investing: Broader Is Better for Multi-Asset Strategies
Investing in dividend-paying stocks has proved to be a helpful strategy, outperforming global markets over the long term. But their returns can fluctuate, with outcomes influenced heavily by market conditions and stages of the business cycle.
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White papersSchroders Global Real Estate Lens April 2023: your go-to guide to global property markets
Our latest analysis highlights the key data and trends that matter to global real estate investors.
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White papersState of the Market: A Turn for the Better, but Struggles Persist
In this piece from Private Debt Investor, Stuart Mathieson, Head of Investments in Barings’ Capital Solutions group, discusses the growing opportunity set for lenders who can provide financing solutions for companies facing market stress and volatility.
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White papersEquity Outlook: Banks Deliver Message on Hidden Rate Risks
Global equities were volatile in the first quarter, as turmoil in the banking sector jolted markets. While swift regulatory action helped stem contagion, the crisis dented investor confidence in a fragile market environment and has sharpened awareness of risks created by a new interest-rate regime.
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White papersSustainability watch: carbon capture, e-fuels, and high seas
A sustainability revolution is underway and we believe it provides one of the biggest investment opportunity in history. This shift is accelerating – driven by policy, technology, consumer demand and market forces. It is fundamentally disrupting three systems vital to the global economy: energy, land and oceans, and materials.
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy - April 2023
Financial stability concerns to tip the balance towards a US recession.
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White papersISA Briefing: Banks, rates and the impact on property
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank failed. Regulators hastily arranged the sale of Credit Suisse to UBS.
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White papersCompanies and Climate change - A research application of the AIIB-Amundi CCIF*
The 2015 Paris Agreement represented a watershed moment in the global response to climate change. It required countries to commit to Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), outlining and regularly revising a strategy for how they will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as adapt to the changing climate.
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White papersBanking woes take centre stage
We reflect on a tumultuous week in the banking sector as markets take stock of UBS’s bailout of Credit Suisse. Amid echoes of the past, our experts ask: is there more to come?
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White papersMultinational companies can thrive in tough times
As a portfolio manager, I invest in many large, multinational companies. The most common question I get these days is whether I am worried about the impact of de-globalisation. The risks are clear: rising US-China tensions, the war in Ukraine, increasing trade barriers, broken supply chains, a painful bear market and a slowing global economy.
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White papersColgate-Palmolive case study
Following nearly two years of engagement as the lead for the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) collaborative engagement with Colgate-Palmolive, the company published its first report aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures’ (TCFD) recommendations.
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White papersBiodiversity: It’s Time to Protect Our Only Home - N°4 Addressing Biodiversity in Food-based Sectors
The global food sector is often cited as one of the primary sectors driving biodiversity loss globally. While the sector heavily exacerbates biodiversity loss, it is also heavily dependent on biodiversity and faces significant associated risks. The impacts to biodiversity are often indirect, primarily through the sourcing of raw materials, making the topic difficult to manage and measure in part due to the sheer scale of global supply chains.
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VideoHow to Gauge a Good Growth Company
I think everyone’s trying to figure out what happens with the economy on a global basis. What’s the impact of interest rates, where do they ultimately settle out? We’re focused on businesses.
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White papersISA Focus: Revisiting the future of office
The balance of virtual and in-person interaction is close to a post-pandemic steady state. So we observed in our ISA Outlook 2023, where we called this out as one of our key global themes for the year.
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VideoAndrew Parsons Interview: The investment opportunity relevant today, tomorrow and 10 years from now
While the sector is going through a rough patch, Resolution Capital’s Andrew Parsons thinks Global REITs can make a comeback. The Resolution Capital Global Property Securities Fund (Managed Fund) (ASX: RCAP) is the only actively managed global REITs ETF available on the ASX and it focuses is on giving investors the “opportunity to gain exposure to some of the world’s best underlying real estate in a listed form”, says Chief Investment Officer Andrew Parsons.
