All Global articles – Page 7
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Q4 2024 Emerging Markets Review and Outlook
Our current Emerging Markets Review and Outlook recaps Q4 in emerging market debt and looks ahead to 2025, with the Federal Reserve’s path forward unclear and markets bracing for the uncertainty of Trump administration policy changes.
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Q4 2024 Investment Grade Private Credit Review & Outlook
Our current “Investment Grade Private Credit Review & Outlook” recaps 2024 in the corporate private placement, global infrastructure debt and private structured credit markets. We highlight origination and activity in each IG market and look ahead to 2025.
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4Q24 Investment Grade Corporate Market Review and Outlook
Our “Q4 Investment Grade Corporate Market Review & Outlook” examines how Treasury yields and corporate spreads reacted to a busy quarter of market-moving events, highlighted by President Trump’s election. We chart portfolio attribution for Q4 and 2024, then look ahead to catalysts that could push credit spreads wider in 2025.
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The Current Opportunity in REITs
Discover why global REITs, despite recent underperformance, present a promising investment opportunity as macroeconomic conditions shift and valuations hit historical lows, positioning them for potential gains.
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2024 Global Public Real Estate Outlook Report
We believe REIT share prices are ready to take off in 2024 after patiently awaiting their turn on the runway for the better part of two years.
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The value of vehicles: ETFs vs. index funds and segregated mandates
ETFs are a relatively newcomer to the investment world but have recorded spectacular growth since their launch in 1990. Total AUM in ETFs have now reached USD 14 trillion globally, and exceed AUM in hedge funds. Given ETFs’ increasing share of overall index assets, we believe investors need to be aware of their specifics when selecting an investment vehicle for their index portfolio.
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Finding opportunity on the horizon
Will deal activity return to more typical levels and what is the value proposition for middle market direct lending in 2025?
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Fed and ECB cut rates, BoJ and BOE on hold
“The Fed’s hawkish tone signals that the Central Bank is incorporating a more uncertain outlook. This calls for keeping a tactical approach to bond investing.”
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Global Risks 2025: Turning Points?
As the dust from the U.S. election settles, the new year brings new challenges. Tariffs are likely to be the dominant theme early in 2025. Our base case is for the incoming Trump administration to impose substantial — albeit not universal — tariffs on most countries.
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Behind the Scenes of COP29
This episode of Fixed on ESG analyses the key takeaways from COP29, including the geopolitical tensions and financial commitments that influenced the outcomes.
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HFS Bulletin: Monthly hedge fund update – November 2024
Risk assets were broadly higher in November, more than offsetting weaker prices from the prior month, as market caution ahead of the US election gave way to a more constructive outlook around the incoming administration. In Equity Hedged, US Equity Hedged strategies generally produced positive returns.
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Podcast
Solving for 2025
Looking for insights on the key themes poised to shape the financial markets in the coming year? Hear from Anu Rajakumar, Erik Knutzen, Co-Chief Investment Officer of Multi-Asset, and Shannon Saccocia, Chief Investment Officer of Private Wealth, as they discuss pivotal macroeconomic and capital markets observations from our annual outlook, “Solving for 2025”, where they evaluate the forces that may shape portfolios in the coming year.
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Video
Asset-Based Finance: Investing in Consumers
Neil Hepworth: Asset-based finance is a $6 trillion market today. It’s probably going to grow to about $10 trillion by 2028. You’re originating assets to the average person in the street—mom and pop investors—be they consumer loans, residential loans. So it’s very granular, very diversified. And its loss-adjusted yields are very, very stable.
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Volatility and Opportunity
We expect the playbook for emerging markets to be one of volatility at the start of the year, transitioning to growth and opportunity as U.S. trade policies and China stimulus plans become clearer.
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Cross Asset Investment Strategy - December 2024
Topic of the Month: The German economy has been lagging behind other Eurozone countries due to structural changes in its economic model and global trade. A huge investment effort would be needed to relaunch it. Economists recommend making up the lost ground within ten years by making massive infrastructure investments.
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Tariffs on the table
In this video, Martin Schulz, Group Head, International Equities, unpacks the potential ripple effects of 2025 tariffs on international equities, and which regions and sectors could be caught in the balance.
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Are global small caps ready for a return to favour?
Premier Miton’s Imogen Harris, Global small cap fund manager, discusses how a recovery in global economic conditions and a mean reversion back to more normalised valuation levels could see a risk-reward balance that swings back in favour of smaller companies.
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Key Investment Themes 2025
The global economy avoided recession for a second year. Inflation began to cool and the major central banks embarked on a new cycle of interest rate cuts. However, geopolitical risk rose against the backdrop of a particularly busy election calendar around the world.
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Pitfalls & Mitigants of Climate Assessment Software
Physical climate risk incorporates two broad hazard categorizations: acute and chronic. Climate risk software and analysis tools typically forecast each hazard individually and across multiple timeframes and scenarios.
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2025 Outlook Insights
Our portfolio managers share their views on what opportunities and surprises 2025 might bring across equity, fixed income and convertible bond markets.