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Asset Manager NewsActis bolsters its Indian renewables footprint through acquisition of Stride’s 371MW portfolio
LUXEMBOURG, 24 March 2025: Actis, a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has acquired a 100% stake in Stride Climate Investments (“Stride”), a solar generation asset portfolio in India, from a fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management.
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White papersMarket volatility: Could earnings growth revive the rally?
After a strong rally, markets have turned volatile, with year-to-date declines raising questions about what’s next. For gains to continue, earnings growth must take over—a transition that has historically extended market cycles. While inflation and policy uncertainty risks remain, improving earnings breadth across sectors and industries and potential tailwinds from monetary and fiscal policy could provide support.
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White papersEpochal Shift Sparks a Spike in German Bund Yields
In early March, exceptional market movements were observed as German 10-year Bund yields marked the largest weekly increase since the 1990s. This rare event coincided with Germany’s significant fiscal shift, including proposals for infrastructure fund and reforms to the debt brake. These measures, alongside geopolitical uncertainties and Europe’s response to the manufacturing crisis, have reshaped economic prospects. For investors, the rise in yields and widening credit spreads present compelling opportunities to extend duration and capitalize on attractive market conditions.
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White papersEmerging-Market Equities: The Steep Cost of Missing Out
Emerging-market (EM) equities are off to a strong start in 2025, up 4.5% through March 14 in US-dollar terms. But investors could be excused for being wary. After all, emerging markets have struggled over the past decade.
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White papersWhat’s on Insurers’ Minds: Insights from Industry Leaders
Though geopolitics has come to the fore, insurers are addressing a wide range of other issues.
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White papersQT or Not QT – Part Two
In the previous part of “QT or not QT” we discussed how the Federal Reserve balance sheet needs to change as it approached an optimal level. The final step, discussed by participants in the most recent Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, is to structure securities purchases in a way that would move the composition of the SOMA portfolio closer to the composition of outstanding Treasury debt. What would that mean for the current portfolio?
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Video2025 Capital Market Assumptions
Neuberger Berman’s 2025 Capital Market Assumptions offers investors intermediate-term (5-10 year) forward-looking return and risk estimates for fixed income, equity, and alternative asset classes across multiple geographies.
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White papersSteering through the fog of policy uncertainty
Why a short-term economic soft patch should give way to a strong second half for markets.
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White papersA Unique Window for Real Estate Debt Investors
In this Q&A with Private Debt Investor, Rupert Gill discusses why European real estate debt presents a potentially compelling opportunity today.
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PodcastEmerging Markets Debt in a Trump 2.0 World
How can investors make sense of the macro and geopolitical headlines that are coming fast and furious? Ricardo Adrogue and Cem Karacadag join the Streaming Income podcast to help parse signal from noise.
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White papersConfronting the risk of a policy-driven recession
U.S. recession risks have risen amid policy shocks, severe tariff proposals, and elevated uncertainty, all weighing on growth and sentiment. While a slowdown appears likely, resilient fundamentals and potential future support measures suggest a 2025 recession is not yet a foregone conclusion.
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White papersFebruary CPI report: Not yet in the clear
The February CPI print was lower than expected, with the monthly increase in both headline and core CPI the smallest since late 2024, bringing annual numbers down to 2.8% and 3.1%, respectively. The inflation report will likely deliver a temporary reprieve for markets that have been recently focused on increased stagflation risks.
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White papersDecoding tariffs: What’s the economic impact?
A new round of tariffs targeting Canada, Mexico and China has whipsawed financial markets in recent days as investors wrestle with the implications of rising policy uncertainty and the impact on the global economy.
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White papersCredit markets remain appealing for income-seeking investors
2024 was the second consecutive very good year for global developed credit markets. Full-year 2024 excess returns show the outperformance of high-beta segments (riskier market segments which provide higher return potential) and EUR markets.
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White papersWhy global fixed income strategies are important in today’s market environment
With the macroeconomic environment becoming more uncertain, investors should be prepared for, and be able to adapt to, several potential outcomes in 2025.
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White papersWhy Bother with Defensive Equities During the New Trump Era?
Following a defensive equity playbook can help investors prepare for market volatility in a year of heightened uncertainty.
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White papersNon-investment grade infra credit can capitalise on mega-trends
Private infrastructure debt fundraising has historically been dwarfed by private infrastructure equity fundraising despite infrastructure projects being 60-80% debt financed. Nuveen’s Don Dimitrievich discusses why he expects that to change in Private Debt Investor’s 2024 Annual Review.
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White papersDeepSeek: evolution, not revolution, in artificial intelligence
What is DeepSeek’s real impact on AI, and what does it mean for investors?
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White papers2024 Proxy Season in Review
For the fifth consecutive year, Neuberger Berman continued our tradition of active engagement in an effort to enhance shareholder value and manage risk for our clients.
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White papersHidden Value: Tax-Loss Harvesting in Up Markets
Selling for tax purposes is not just viable during periods of market weakness.
