All Global articles – Page 47
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White papersPhysical Climate Risks and Underwriting Practices in Assets and Portfolios
Physical climate risk data can be a powerful tool for managing asset and portfolio risk and returns. Learn what strategies leading firms are using to manage physical climate risks and navigate market challenges. The latest report from the Urban Land Institute and LaSalle Investment Management builds on their previous report, How to Choose, Use, and Better Understand Climate Risk Analytics, to describe how leading firms are leveraging physical climate-risk data in underwriting practices. With insight into asset- and portfolio-level risk becoming increasingly easy to obtain, new challenges lie in effective interpretation and integration of information into investment practices. Relying on research and interviews with industry leaders, this report provides a nuanced exploration of this emergent issue.
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White papersFixed Income Investment Outlook 2Q 2024
Investors continue to wait for clear signals as to the timing and extent of interest rate cuts. After last year’s significant progress on prices, inflation remains elevated and slow in its path toward target levels. That said, although the timing remains uncertain, we believe that the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank will likely begin their downward journey sometime this year.
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White papersEquity Market Outlook 2Q 2024
Powerful investment themes, such as AI, can capture the market’s collective imagination. Taken to an extreme, however, they can also trigger distortions across and within the markets.
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White papersFive questions on the impact of carbon taxes on economies and markets
”A carbon tax would have a significant impact on growth and inflation, with Emerging Markets particularly affected.”
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White papersRotations at play in equity markets
In 2024, the equity rally has weakened in the tech heavy Nasdaq Index which was the leader last year, now in favour of other regions. Large cap companies in the Eurozone and Japan posted double digit returns in Q1.
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White papersRelative Value & Tactical Asset Allocation Q2 2024
Global Economy is Weighed Down by Geopolitical Crises and Policy Uncertainties
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WebinarMarket Perspectives Webinar - Global real estate: Approaching the turn replay
With interest rates falling and global growth stabilising, opportunities are emerging in global real estate. Watch the replay to hear from Macquarie Asset Management’s panel of experts as they discuss the outlook and how investors should position their portfolios to take advantage of current market pricing.
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White papersPortfolio construction themes
Like surfers bobbing in the ocean as they look for the perfect wave, many investors today believe better conditions will come if they just hold out long enough. But delaying too long could mean missing the ride entirely.
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White papersThe economy and markets
The risks of a U.S. and global recession have receded considerably after appearing elevated last year. Despite expectations for a material slowdown in growth over the course of 2023, economic data broadly surprised to the upside. Instead of flatlining, the U.S. economy grew more than 3%, while China expanded by over 5%. Both results outpaced consensus expectations.
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White papers2024 2Q outlook: Adapting to high tide
Originally written and recorded by a Jamaican trio in 1967, “The Tide Is High” made its biggest splash with the now-classic 1980 cover version that topped the charts around the world. Thematically simple, the song’s familiar chorus acknowledges challenging circumstances while expressing the narrator’s resilience (“I’m holding on”). It’s an apt soundtrack for today’s investors as they acclimate to a high-tide environment of their own.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - April 2024
A resilient US economy (owing to consumption and wealth effects) and strong earnings expectations for the year are driving the recent upside in equities and increase in yields. Now, the big questions are whether this can continue given the already strong market movements, and whether these earnings expectations are credible?
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White papersSchroders Capital Global Real Estate Lens March 2024: 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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PodcastOuterblue Convictions – Global Investment Views: The late-cycle environment continues to play out
Recent weeks have seen gains in the Magnificent Seven with rallies spreading across other sectors and US and European equities setting record highs. But how much longer can the equity markets keep rising and what has been driving this climb? Giulio Lombardo and Monica Defend, Head of Amundi Investment Institute, take a closer look at the reasons behind this upsurge and whether we should expect a reversal soon.
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White papersPolitics and the investor
With more than a quarter of the world’s population going to the polls this year, we consider the investment implications of elections in India, Mexico, South Africa, the UK and the US.
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White papersUnveiling the value of EM debt
We believe Emerging Markets Debt (EMD) should serve as a core allocation in investors’ portfolios. The asset class has traditionally been perceived as a tactical investment opportunity or as an off-benchmark allocation. Instead, we believe a favourable macroeconomic outlook, the growth and transformation of the universe and the diversification benefits it offers means EMD should be a core allocation in investors’ portfolios.
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White papersGreen machines: the future of transport
The transportation sector is largely powered by petroleum-based fuels, and contributes about 25% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Clearly, there is a need to move people and freight, but leading global economies are working to decarbonise the sector through technological innovation, policy change and greater efficiency.
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White papersCentral banks’ divergences in sight
”Differences in economic paths across countries may lead to diverging monetary policies, creating potential opportunities for global bond investors.”
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White papersRe-Emerging Markets
After two years of record-breaking outflows, is emerging markets debt due for a turnaround?
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White papersThe year of EM elections
Analysis suggests that while fiscal and monetary policy tend to ease moderately during election years, there has been little broader impact on underlying macroeconomic trends.
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Asset Manager NewsActis Backed Nozomi Energy Significantly Expands Solar Portfolio To Reach 100MW Milestone
Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has announced that its Japan-focused renewables platform, Nozomi Energy, has reached an operational project portfolio of 100MW within just 10 months of operation. The portfolio company reached this milestone in renewable generation capacity following a series of acquisitions, including a 70MW solar project in Tochigi and another solar project in Chiba.
