Latest Manager Research – Page 137
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White papersParsing Office Distress
In this AFIRE article, Dags Chen and Lincoln Janes lay out a framework for parsing upswell in distress across the office sector—and discuss how this is presenting a potential opportunity, especially for investors willing to brave the dislocation.
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White papersThe Case for U.S. & EU Industrial Real Estate
The industrial sector has become a global favorite amongst institutional investors as large structural shifts already underway, accelerated during the pandemic.
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White papersStrong Tailwinds Keep Infrastructure Debt on Course
In this Q&A, Pieter Welman discusses what makes infrastructure debt attractive for investors, how the role of private credit in infrastructure is developing, and where he sees opportunities across the market.
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White papersU.S. multifamily housing: Distress can create opportunity
The U.S. multifamily housing sector faces challenges from both overdevelopment and capital market pressures, with ongoing issues anticipated through 2025. However, solid macroeconomic fundamentals and sustained demand, particularly from younger generations favoring rentals, offer potential opportunities in the medium-term for well-capitalized investors to exploit distress in the market.
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White papersEngagement case study: Prudential
We have been engaging with Prudential since 2010 on a range of issues including board effectiveness, culture, risk management, sustainability strategy, and remuneration.
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White papersDirect lending: the power of strategic alliances
In an increasingly competitive direct lending landscape, deal origination is critical to achieving consistent returns across the asset class.
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White papersSDG Engagement Equity: 2023 Annual Report
In 2023, the SDG Engagement Equity Strategy had its second-best year in terms of overall return and its best year of relative performance.
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White papersEngagement Plan 2024-2026: engagement priorities
With the release of the EOS Engagement Plan 2024-2026, in this video we explore four of our priority engagement themes.
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White papersPolitics and the investor
With more than a quarter of the world’s population going to the polls this year, we consider the investment implications of elections in India, Mexico, South Africa, the UK and the US.
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White papersSix reasons to consider an unconstrained approach to credit
After two years in deep freeze, appetite for risk in fixed income has begun once more to flow. In this update, we identify six reasons why an unconstrained credit approach may make sense from here.
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White papersNeuberger Berman Private Markets Q4 2023 Preliminary Valuation Summary and Analysis
Doug Manor, Managing Director, Neuberger Berman Private Markets, provides an overview of private equity markets and an outlook based on trends in the marketplace.
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White papersOpportunity in the Undercapitalized World of Private Equity Secondaries
While an increasing volume of GP-led transactions is being brought to the market, there is an acute shortage of capital—providing an attractive and likely lasting opportunity for experienced investors.
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White papersA Major Change in the Markets
Investors are now focused on growth more than inflation—what might that mean for portfolios?
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White papersThe Challenge of Active Engagement in a World of Passive Ownership
In an exclusive interview with the Global Investment Institute, Jonathan Bailey Managing Director and Global Head of ESG & Impact Investing shares the areas of focus driving his team’s research agenda and addresses his thoughts on the implications of the upcoming US Presidential election on the Inflation Reduction Act, the role for active engagement and how to measure companies’ true progress towards reducing real world emissions.
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White papersUS logistics and industrials: shifting sands in the supply chain
There is an ongoing shift in logistics away from the West Coast in the US. Read more about our views.
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White papersCapitalizing on the growing European direct lending market
Private Credit, a nascent and rising asset class for wealth portfolios but one that is close to ubiquitous amongst institutional investors, can offer stable, high yielding returns and reduced volatility compared to traditional fixed income, says Michael Massarano, Partner and Deputy CIO at Arcmont Asset Management, an investment-affiliate of Nuveen.
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White papersUnveiling the value of EM debt
We believe Emerging Markets Debt (EMD) should serve as a core allocation in investors’ portfolios. The asset class has traditionally been perceived as a tactical investment opportunity or as an off-benchmark allocation. Instead, we believe a favourable macroeconomic outlook, the growth and transformation of the universe and the diversification benefits it offers means EMD should be a core allocation in investors’ portfolios.
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White papersPension Funds Letter 20 - Looking past short-term noise to the long-term
Our everyday lives are a succession of small decisions. Often unconsciously, we make decisions daily that ultimately influence our longer-term well-being. These range from the seemingly mundane, such as what will we eat, how much will we exercise, in what ways we use our spare cash, to the more significant around professions, relationships and savings.
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White papersGreen machines: the future of transport
The transportation sector is largely powered by petroleum-based fuels, and contributes about 25% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Clearly, there is a need to move people and freight, but leading global economies are working to decarbonise the sector through technological innovation, policy change and greater efficiency.
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White papersPondering performance: Interview with PEI on the GP-led secondaries market
”A lack of full exits means it is too soon to say how well this latest generation of GP-led secondaries will fare, but the ingredients for success are all in place.”
