All Inflation articles – Page 29
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White papersMulti-sector fixed income 2023
2022 was a year for the record books in U.S. fixed income markets. The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (“the Agg”) celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2023. In those 50 years, 2022’s calendar year total return of -13.01% was unprecedented. The prior record was 1994 (-2.92%); in fact, the cumulative total return of the previous four negative years (1994, 1999, 2013, and 2021) was only -7.30%
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White papersSecular tailwinds creating infrastructure debt opportunities
Infrastructure debt remains an attractive opportunity despite a challenging economic outlook that could bring with it an increase in credit market defaults, argue David Cooper, Head of EMEA and Australian Infrastructure Debt and Jacob Otto, Director, Debt Product Specialist of IFM Investors
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - March 2023
“The dichotomy between the real economy and markets is increasing even as the earnings outlook is getting weak, leading us to be sceptical of the risk rally.”
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White papers360° fixed income report Q1 2023: Inflation, disinflation, inflection
In the latest edition of our 360° report, the team reflect on what has been a promising start for fixed income in 2023. Can the rally sustain, has too much of the good news already been priced in, and what will shape the narrative over the course of this year?
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PodcastNatural Catastrophes in Today’s Climate
Natural disasters have certainly taken their toll on the environment. After Hurricane Ian decimated a large part of the American Eastern Seaboard, totalling roughly $50 billion in insured industry losses, one could ask: how is all of that getting paid for?
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White papersEliminating the Improbable
With a fresh surge of inflation increasingly unlikely, the market outlook is far better than it was a year ago.
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White papersKeynote interview: The great renewables opportunity
In this article originally published by Infrastructure Investor magazine, Richard Nourse, managing partner at Schroders Greencoat, says renewables represent one of the fastest growing and most exciting aspects of the infrastructure universe and provide secure – often inflation-linked – income
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White papersMixed messages. Messy markets.
When macroeconomic data give mixed messages about the path ahead, markets are bound to become more challenging. That could be a good opportunity for using volatility to position for an eventual recovery.
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White papersReal Estate Convictions: Asset Manager’s View of the European Real Estate Markets
2022 saw a more pronounced than expected global slowdown, due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, rising inflation, a tightening of financial conditions and the persistence of the Covid-19 pandemic in China.
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White papersIs 2023 the year for renewables?
2022 was marked by several major events that will influence the energy and renewables industry in 2023 and potentially beyond. The most crucial one was obviously Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which led to elevated commodity prices around the world.
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White papersSchroders Global Real Estate Lens February 2023: 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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VideoThe Credit Call: strategies update, February 2023
Fraser Lundie, CFA, Head of Fixed Income – Public Markets, Orla Garvey, Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager and Anna Chong, Deputy Head of Corporate Credit Research provide an update on the current opportunity set and why current market conditions bode well for credit investors in 2023.
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White papersAlternative Investment Themes for 2023: Opportunities For The Nimble
We think the next 12 months are likely to see this cycle’s peaks in inflation, policy tightening, bond yields and market volatility; and troughs in GDP growth, earnings growth and market valuations. But don’t see the pendulum swinging back to the post-2008 “new normal”.
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White papersFixed Income Themes for 2023: The Return Of Market Discipline
We think the next 12 months are likely to see this cycle’s peaks in inflation, policy tightening, bond yields and market volatility; and troughs in GDP growth, earnings growth and market valuations. But don’t see the pendulum swinging back to the post-2008 “new normal”.
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White papersEquity Themes for 2023: Winners and Losers
We think the next 12 months are likely to see this cycle’s peaks in inflation, policy tightening, bond yields and market volatility; and troughs in GDP growth, earnings growth and market valuations. But don’t see the pendulum swinging back to the post-2008 “new normal”.
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White papersCentral Banks Tighten, Markets Loosen
While some pessimism has lifted from central bank messaging, we still think the market may be hearing only what it wants to hear.
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White papersThe More Things Change
Has recent strong data changed the fundamental economic and market outlook, or just the timeline?
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White papersItaly: where prudence meets potential
Italy’s large dependence on Russian gas and other commodity imports left it vulnerable to the war in Ukraine.
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White papersMacroeconomic Picture - February 2023
United States: The US economy has been showing signs of deceleration, as the fiscal and monetary policy drag weigh on activity, although at different intensity.
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White papersMarket Scenarios and Risks - February 2023
We revise the probabilities of our alternative scenarios. Some of the risk factors we identify may occur in our central scenario, which is probably not yet fully priced in, especially by equity markets.
