All Global articles – Page 7
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White papers
REITs: back on track
A look at how investors might navigate the current environment with the help of listed real estate trusts.
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Webinar
Global Debt Funding Gap Webcast: “Everything is Relative”
Our recent webcast “Everything is Relative” brings together AEW’s research heads from around the world to explore the global debt funding gap. The team look to explore the scale of the debt funding gap globally, and how this compares across regions. They also examine when the refinancing problems could ease.
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White papers
Expanding the efficient frontier with natural capital investments
The combination of investment characteristics associated with institutional investment in timberland and agriculture offers a compelling rationale for their inclusion in larger multi-asset portfolios, and ultimately allows for the expansion of the efficient frontier, as determined by traditional mean-variance portfolio optimization.
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White papers
Schroders Capital Global Real Estate Lens February 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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White papers
Decarbonisation Theory vs. Reality
We explore why carbon footprint alone will not suffice for investors that want to support decarbonisation and begin to offer outlines of an alternative.
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Podcast
Outerblue Convictions - Global Investment Views: Market debate rages on
The last month has, to a large extent, seen a reversal in investors’ expectations for central bank actions. This has been the hot topic for financial markets over the past few weeks as these expectations filter down into financial data and continue to drive asset prices. However signs of a slowdown are appearing. What factors will be most important to judge market direction going forward?
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White papers
How distressed debt can help spread risk and diversify returns
In 2024, there are multiple macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges that are likely to continue to impact global markets. At the same time these challenges are likely to lead to a rich opportunity set for a special situations investment strategy.
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White papers
Global Equity ESG, Annual Report 2023
The Global Equities team has demonstrated a history of innovation over 15 years of investing, and 2023 was no exception. In our most recent annual report, we introduce the new iteration of our QESG score, based on our pioneering research into ESG and the unique insights of our EOS team.
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White papers
Global real estate: Approaching the turn
Risk-free rates and the cost of capital lifted sharply in 2023, pressuring commercial property pricing and transactions across most markets. However, selective opportunities are now emerging in private markets, including in the logistics sector.
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White papers
2024’s elections around the world: The who’s who and the so what…
Voters from more than 60 countries will head to the polls this year, representing almost half the world’s population. This makes 2024 perhaps the ultimate election year by historical standards. But the act of merely holding elections does not guarantee a free and fair process e.g., Russia’s March elections, nor does it imply consequential change.
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White papers
Designing Multi-Asset Income: It’s Complementary
Multi-asset income strategies are becoming more popular, but some may bake in more risk than expected. The key is designing complementary exposures.
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A favourable starting point for Emerging Market debt?
A favourable global growth picture and potential interest rate cuts could be advantageous for emerging market bonds in 2024. However, given significant uncertainty and the potential for election-related volatility, we believe a selective approach is crucial in identifying attractive opportunities.
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Podcast
The Investment Podcast: The great global election cycle
As billions of people vote in national elections in 2024, including seven of the world’s 10 most populous nations, our panel of cross asset class experts looks at the issues and potential unique and overlapping implications at play across developed and emerging markets – from the US and UK to South Africa and Mexico. They also analyse what asset allocators are watching, including the influence of outcomes on fiscal, monetary and climate policy, the impact on asset prices and potential mispricing opportunities.
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White papers
Inspiring innovation: private equity’s role in developing environmental technology
Increased global commitment to climate goals presents an attractive opportunity for investors, especially in private markets.
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White papers
Consider This: Canals are becoming chokepoints
The importance of major canals to global trade cannot be underestimated. Franklin Templeton Institute’s Kim Catechis highlights some of the challenges they face, including militant attacks and climate change.
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White papers
Gateway Markets and Core Property Types: Not What They Used to Be
Two commonly used categorizations of commercial real estate investing that emerged or became formalized in the late 1980s and early 1990s include “gateway markets” and “core property types.” They largely help institutional investors like pensions and sovereign wealth funds to understand the types of investments that could have the best liquidity, transparency and expected stable returns.
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Global living in focus: Opportunities in housing a generation
Our global living report takes a forensic look at the perennial topic of housing. Housing today’s younger generations is a global challenge that needs to be resolved, but one which offers attractive prospects for investment. We seek to identify where need and opportunity may converge.
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A year to savour the certainty of coupons (over the guesswork of earnings)
2023 was a year plagued by geopolitical uncertainty and stubborn inflation, fuelling a series of rate hikes and rate market volatility. Markets witnessed a dramatic pivot in Q4, however, which renewed optimism and repaired lacklustre total returns for fixed income. This year, investors are yearning for more certainty.
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White papers
EOS Engagement Plan 2024-2026
Our Engagement Plan identifies 12 key themes and 36 related sub-themes. We find this breadth of coverage is necessary to reflect the diversity of the issues affecting companies in our global engagement programme.
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Asset Manager News
PATRIZIA successfully diversified global real assets platform in FY23 closing over EUR 3.5bn of transactions
Significant investments made in sectors underpinned by long-term megatrends including digitalisation, living and energy transition