All Global articles – Page 51
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White papersPreparing for Rising Volatility
The second half of 2024 could see the current, localized election-related volatility go global.
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PodcastThe Ownership of Infrastructure and the Risks of Cyber-Security
Owning the very businesses that make the world run smoothly presents many risks that we seek to mitigate on a daily basis. Perhaps the most challenging to track, assess and manage of these risks is cyber-security in an environment where data-ransoming and cyber-attacks are on the rise.
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White papersIPM monthly blog – Edition June 2024: Our monthly insights into private markets
Commencement of interest rate cuts to support market
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White papers2024 midyear outlook: Widening cracks in the investment landscape
“Step on a crack, break your mother’s back” conjures up images of children playfully jumping over gaps between sidewalk squares. As grownups, we can indulge such youthful superstitions as harmless. As investors, however, we recognize the very real risks posed by fissures and fault lines in the economic terrain — and the need to navigate them successfully. This is the challenge we’re facing midway through 2024.
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White papersBest ideas across asset classes
A combination of global economic resilience and strong corporate earnings has propelled equity markets higher over the first half of 2024. This upward move has been accompanied by less favorable valuations, which (combined with uncertainty surrounding central bank policy) leads us to stick with a neutral view toward global stock markets.
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White papersTrade Wars and Tariffs Test Equity Investing Research
How can global equity investors incorporate the impact of tariffs into fundamental analysis of companies?
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White papersGlobal real estate - Opportunities as market bottoms out
Why add unlisted real estate to your traditional 60/40 portfolio? The paradigm for global inflation and interest rates may have changed, but unlisted real estate still has a key role to play in a multi-asset portfolio. The role of unlisted real estate and its required risk-return has changed as the risk-free rate has moved from zero and below.
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Asset Manager NewsActis Announces Launch Of Orygen And New Ceo Following Acquisition Of Enel Generación Perú
Actis, a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has announced the launch of Orygen, its latest energy platform operating as an independent power producer in Peru.
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White papersFive Structural Themes Driving Real Estate Investment
Commercial real estate demand and performance are driven by cyclical and structural factors. Cyclical factors, such as interest rates, consumer spending and employment, vary with economic cycles.
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White papersNew standards and frameworks arm investors in the battle against biodiversity loss
The global pledge to halt and reverse biodiversity loss – known as the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) – is helping to shape and accelerate government policy as well as corporate and investor action in terms of protecting the natural world. The GBF signals that while great strides have been made in terms of tackling the biodiversity crisis, much more still needs to be done.
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White papersGlobal REITs: Out of favour, but rarely better!
The narrative on Global REIT price weakness in recent years has centred on the rapid rise of interest rates, headlines about the demise of the office, and concerns about the health of bank lending to commercial real estate. Whilst there is merit to some of these concerns, they mask the reality of a listed real estate sector in strong shape.
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White papersWill Productivity turn global growth around?
“If these trends continue, global growth over the next decade would likely be sub-3%, compared to just under 4% in the two decades before the pandemic.”
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White papersSchroders Capital Global Real Estate Lens May 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 – Data driving diverging paths
Three factors are driving today’s global markets; economic growth, inflation and the outlook for monetary policy. Central banks are increasingly dependent on data and inflation remains their chief cause of concern. It is becoming clear that divergences are opening up in policy and outlook in the US and in Europe. On one side a clear path has appeared, where on the other, this path is still surrounded by uncertainty.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - June 2024
“Expectations of monetary easing by central banks may support areas that show earnings resilience and are attractively priced.”
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WebinarWebcast – Unpacking recent global economic trends
In this second webcast in our Global Macro Views series, economists from our Macro Research & Investment Strategy team give their views on topics including the outlook for a resilient US economy and the effects of November’s election on interest rate policy. They discuss the signs of an economic pick-up in the eurozone economy and the chances of growth in China hitting Beijing’s 5% target.
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PodcastSound Progress - Episode 9
What happens in the US can – and typically does - have a global impact.
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White papersEquity rally shifts to Emerging Markets
“Emerging markets offer opportunities in regions such as Asia, led by strong economic growth, domestic demand and favourable geopolitics.”
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Video(More) Questions Answered: Global Emerging Markets
In this video, Chris Clube, Co-Portfolio Manager, discusses the most compelling areas of opportunity for investors in EM outside of Asia and how the Strategy’s portfolio stands to benefit from the surge of AI adoption in the market.
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White papersEconomic Monthly: Flying Blind
The U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) has reduced the pace of quantitative tightening (QT), the European Central Bank (ECB), and potentially even the Bank of England (BoE), could begin cuts as soon as next month, and the dot plot shows the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) cutting rates later this year.
