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White papersThe Tariff Man Cometh…and Go-eth?
Are these levies just a negotiating tool, or an unorthodox revenue-raising scheme? The answer could determine how seriously investors should view them.
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White papersUK commercial real estate recovery
Real rental growth turns positive, but the devil is in the details
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White papersEvolving diversification: New asset allocation approaches for insurers
An overview of opportunities and challenges that exist for insurers
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VideoAn overview of real estate debt at LaSalle
LaSalle is one of Europe’s largest and most established investors in real estate debt, offering a variety of loan types across sectors. Learn more about this dynamic asset class, and LaSalle’s capabilities from Dave White, Head of European Debt Strategies here at LaSalle.
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White papersMerger Arbitrage: The Stars Could Be Aligning
There’s a shift underway in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market. The headwinds of rising rates, price volatility and increased global regulatory scrutiny appear to be fading—and market sentiment is getting brighter.
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White papersTariffs Are Here: What Does That Mean for Private Equity?
We believe investments in private equity may be less affected by a tougher U.S. tariff regime than the overall economy.
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White papersThe Golden Age of Customized AI Chips
As demand for training large-scale AI models shifts to delivering more precise inferencing capabilities, the race to build application-specific chips is heating up.
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White papersEuropean Insurance Regulation in 2025: Investment Implications
We expect a transformation of the insurance regulatory landscape through 2025. Solvency UK reforms and the comprehensive review of the European Union’s (EU) Solvency II regulation offer new perspectives on risk management and capital efficiency. In addition, sustainability frameworks are set to continue developing at a fast pace, requiring insurers to stay abreast of changes to reporting, fund-disclosure and transition-risk requirements. In this article, we survey some of the key developments ahead and note their investment implications.
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White papersNew sheriff in town
Uncertainty surrounding Trump’s fiscal policies could be a Rorschach test for investors.
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White papersTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing: Engagement case study
How we engaged with the world’s largest contract manufacturer of semiconductor chips.
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White papersAnticipation to Reality: Credit Markets for European Insurers in 2025
Mapping a way through a year of tight credit spreads and likely regional divergence in policy and growth.
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White papersTRTPM monthly blog – Edition January 2025
Brighter prospects for 2025, though uncertainties abound
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White papersWhen Does the Cutting Cycle Become an Easing Cycle?
Over the past years, the Federal Reserve’s rate-hiking cycle has been unique, marked by looser financial conditions, termed “the hiking cycle that was not a tightening”. Currently, we are witnessing “a cutting cycle that is not an easing“ with financial conditions tightening despite rate cuts, affecting future growth outlooks and posing risks for investors.
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White papersFixed Income: Be Prepared for Policy-Driven Volatility
In the wake of electoral shifts, policy changes could add to market turbulence, creating new risks but also opportunities.
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White papersHow has DeepSeek disrupted the AI landscape?
The launch of Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence model triggered a rout in US technology shares as we entered the final week of January. Nvidia, the chipmaker that has been at the centre of the AI boom in the past couple of years, saw its share price drop around 17%, wiping out approximately US$600 billion in market cap value. Jeffrey Lin, Head of Thematic Technology Equities, and Johnny Hughes, Investment Director, analyse the potential implications of DeepSeek’s achievement for investors and the development of AI, and explore the long-term opportunities from this emerging technology.
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PodcastFixed Income Moves in 2025
As the United States embarks on a new administration, markets eagerly prepare for what is to come regarding domestic policy, international policy, tariffs, and geopolitics. But how will the Fixed Income asset class move through these new pathways? What factors are at play regarding fiscal and monetary policy? And how can investors prepare for the year ahead?
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White papersDiversifying private credit portfolios: beyond traditional metrics
Many recent conversations with LPs have centered around the growing sense of crowding and concentration in the private credit market, prompting a revaluation of exposure and portfolio metrics. With that in mind, we wanted to spend some time this quarter diving deeper into our approach to diversification.
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White papersH1 2025 Alternative credit insights: Sourcing new pathways
Alternative credit is not a new phenomenon, however, up until the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC), it was largely overlooked by investors. The crash was a catalyst for the market. Banks froze traditional lending options and limited those capabilities due to tighter regulations shortly after. Borrowers had to look elsewhere for financing, opening up the world of alternative credit.
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PodcastRethinking Green Bond Emissions Reporting
This episode of Fixed on ESG explores the complexities of green bonds and their reported emissions.
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BlogInsights from Cutting Through Central Bank Narratives
Our probabilistic analysis sheds light on how fluctuations in markets’ expectations of central bank policy rates have evolved and provides a tool for contrasting fundamental views.
