All Investors articles – Page 13
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Did You Miss the Commodity Boom?
Commodity prices are up substantially this year, but we believe structural supply and demand imbalances mean we are still in the early innings of this cycle.
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After the Revaluation, the Slowdown
Our Asset Allocation Committee believes that, whether we enter a recession or not, the expected slowdown and ongoing market volatility could feel like one for investors.
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Climate of change: THINK EQuilibrium
Finding balance amid momentous shifts in markets, the environment and society
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Four questions on impact investing
Impact investing has been described as the new frontier for socially responsible investing. The strategy, targeting a financial return and an (extra-financial) impact, can be implemented in listed as well as unlisted markets. Here is what you need to know.
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The Fed presses harder on the brakes
Financial conditions continue to tighten, but perhaps not fast enough. Job creation remains strong and consumer spending and inflation are running hot, so the Fed accelerated its rate of interest rate increases, hiking by 75 basis points at its June meeting.
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The embarrassing legacy of financial capitalism: implications for investors
In the ongoing regime shift, investors have to deal with significant legacies stemming from the previous regime (the one initiated under former Fed Chair Paul Volcker), namely two forms of inflation: asset price inflation over the course of three decades and more recently inflation in the price of goods and services.
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The myth of the fiscal free lunch: beware of the trap. An investor’s viewpoint
The idea that there is a comfortable degree of budgetary room for more active fiscal policy goes hand-in-hand with the assumption that a sustained bond correction (higher safe real interest rate) is not only unjustified based on fundamentals, but is also impossible. This comes as no surprise. On average throughout modern history, safe real interest rates have been lower than the GDP growth rate, making it easier to finance public deficits.
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Shifts & Narratives #18 - The power of narratives for investors
A narrative is a popular story that arises from the public consciousness of market events. The most viral and intense of these may dominate public attention. Narratives are rooted in popular beliefs and are not necessarily from economists’ minds.
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*Pushing ahead in the age of sustainable transformation*
In its 2021 Sustainability Report, BNP Paribas Asset Management stresses the undiminished – and increasingly urgent – need to mobilise capital for sustainable investment solutions that can support a net zero pathway, protect biodiversity and facilitate inclusive growth.
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Staying On Theme
When inflation, interest rates and global economic uncertainty are rising, cash today can seem more urgent than exposure to the markets of tomorrow—but could that mean investors risk missing out on the potential of thematic strategies?
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The Investment Podcast: The mysterious case of the missing distressed deal
As the world tried to make sense of the pandemic, a record number of distressed funds hit the road to raise capital in the expectation of an avalanche of investment opportunities – but this expectation soon failed to meet reality. Riccardo Cumerlato, Biliana Sourlekova and Mustafa van Hien investigate what happened to the missing deal.
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*Investing in Dutch mortgages – As safe as houses*
Dutch mortgage loans have become a cornerstone investment for many institutional investors in recent years. With their attractive risk/return profile and long duration, they can act as an appealing alternative to other high-quality fixed-income products.
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Real estate: Going against the crowd
The pandemic has been a positive catalyst for some sectors, like logistics, but those associated with an agglomeration of people, including retail, hospitality and leisure, have been at the sharp end. This has created a pricing opportunity for investors that are prepared to invest against rather than with the crowd into sectors like hotels, which have suffered as a result of forced closures.
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Market snapshot: the ‘S-word’ looms into view
As investors grapple with the ongoing fallout from the Ukraine crisis and Covid-19, the risks posed by stagflation are growing.
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Can Private Assets Provide Shelter From the Storm?
Head of Private Multi-Strategy Investing, John McNichols discusses how private asset portfolios can be constructed to help investors achieve diversification and manage risks from inflation and rising rates to geopolitical conflict.
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Cautious, Not Bearish
Investors may want to position for persistent volatility as growth begins to slow, but we still believe earnings growth supports the case for equities.
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Adopt a Gold Standard for Your Sustainable Investments
From escalating climate threats to growing social challenges, the impetus for creating a more sustainable world has become impossible to ignore. But we can’t rely on governments and philanthropy to solve the problems. Investors have an important role to play by supporting private sector efforts to address the issues that will redefine life on earth for decades to come.
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Economic and Market Review: Key Considerations for Equity Investors
We believe the conflict in Ukraine may turn out to be less critical for equity markets than the upcoming turn we anticipate in the economic growth cycle.
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Has Fear of the Fed Peaked?
As investors continue to digest the likely path of this tightening cycle, we think the dramatic moves of recent weeks are set to ease, laying a good foundation for credit investors.
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Asset Manager News
IFM releases new infrastructure report highlighting key trends for investors
Investment opportunities in renewables and digital infrastructure, and closer partnerships with governments are on the cards for infrastructure investors says a new report released today by pension fund-owned IFM Investors, one of the world’s largest infrastructure investors.