All Inflation articles – Page 18
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White papersEuropean Real Estate: Structural Reprice, But Secular Trends Endure
Barring capital market events and refinancing risks, the opportunity to invest at or near the bottom of the European property cycle appears close. The Barings Real Estate team discusses.
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White papersInfrastructure debt: An essential ingredient
With inflation returning and investors on the hunt for stable yields, insurance companies should explore how an infrastructure debt allocation can support their investment strategy.
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White papersMarket update first quarter 2023
Despite a slowdown in economic growth due to last year’s inflation shock, the Dutch economy has shown itself adaptable and resilient.
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White papersU.S. Real Estate: Parsing a Different Kind of Downturn
The U.S. real estate downturn is proving painful. However, unlike prior downturns, underlying fundamentals are still relatively robust and likely to either mitigate a steep demand decline and/or backstop the current price correction. The Barings Real Estate team discusses.
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PodcastThe Cost of Waiting for Goldilocks
Janet Rilling and Danny Sarnowski discuss the costs investors can face as they wait for a “Goldilocks moment” to add duration to their fixed income portfolios.
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BlogThe US Inflation Reduction Act: Europe’s response
In the second part of our blog series on the Inflation Reduction Act, EU leaders have outlined a package of subsidies to rival the act. Will it be enough to prevent investment flows diverting to a subsidy-rich US?
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White papersIs This the Final Fed Hike, for Now?
As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to hike its key interest rate, the federal funds rate, by 25 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%), to a range of 5.00% to 5.25%. Despite the banking sector’s ongoing wobbles—most recently, First Republic Bank’s takeover by JP Morgan over the past weekend—the FOMC sees fighting inflation as its highest priority.
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White papersBond Investors May Find Most Rate Pivot Potential in UK, EU
As consumers suffer the biggest inflation hit in 50 years, bond investors must anticipate how quickly prices will stabilize, when interest rates will fall and which fixed-income markets can provide the best pay-offs.
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White papersThe Inflation Reduction Act: implications for U.S. timberland and agriculture
Aiming to reduce carbon emissions by approximately 40% by 2030, this legislation represents the single largest investment in climate and clean energy solutions in American history. We examine its potential impact on foresters and farmers—and on investments in U.S. timberland and agriculture.
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White papersEuropean market volatility provides real estate debt opportunity
Market conditions remain volatile amid higher interest rates, inflation and the threat of looming recession. In such an environment, investors are struggling to meet return requirements. However, asset classes such as commercial real estate (CRE) debt could offer the potential for value across short, medium and long-term timeframes, while adding effective portfolio diversification.
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White papersEuropean real estate: the core plus opportunity
In a world of volatile markets and rising inflation, core plus real estate can offer investors diversification benefits, inflation protection and a strong, sustainable income stream.
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White papersReal estate in an era of inflation
In a climate of rising inflation, real estate investments can offer attractive returns.
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White papersImpact Investing - for investors who want to make a difference
As the scientific evidence of climate change is becoming increasingly indisputable, impact investing has become a prominent and necessary aspect of investing.
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White papersFixed Income: the road ahead
Recent crises within US regional banks and the more idiosyn- cratic case of Credit Suisse have various underlying causes. However, the overall context of these issues is undoubtedly the sudden and significant tightening of financial conditions in the past year.
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White papersWhere next for inflation?
Inflation is by far the most crucial investment consideration today, yet it’s not all bad news for long-term investors. In this paper, our Research, ESG and Investment teams explain the factors shaping their inflation outlook, the dynamics behind resilient equity markets, why ESG and sustainable development is here to stay despite short- term price pressures, and where to find investment opportunities in today’s uncertain environment.
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White papersInflation, disinflation, inflection Who is right?
The market narrative remains focused on a single topic – inflation – but the overall picture is markedly different to that of late 2022. Equity, credit and rates markets are not synchronised in their pricing or probabilities of the outcomes from here. This conflicting picture of significant rate cuts just around the corner, dovetailing nicely with median levels of credit spreads and a somewhat lofty equity multiple valuation backdrop, leave us asking: ‘Who is right?’
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White papersHigh yield: charting a steady course through roiling seas
Banking stresses have added volatility to markets already coping with rising rates and recession fears. Still, with corporate fundamentals sound, high yield investors and issuers are more cautious than fearful.
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White papersVirulent inflation may have peaked – but does further danger lurk?
Markets speak to the fluidity of the environment around them. Over the past year, they’ve delivered verdicts on government economic programmes, central bank monetary policy and the energy sector – but how are the markets perceiving inflation today since it became structural a year ago?
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White papersAnother One and Done?
In this monthly series, we take a quick, comprehensive look at current macroeconomic themes that matter to clients.
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White papersFixed Income Perspectives April 2023
Markets appeared optimistic amid strong macro indicators until early March, when the collapse of two US regional banks and forced sale of Credit Suisse led to a risk-off sentiment.
