Latest Manager Research – Page 179
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White papersIdentifying alpha opportunities in sponsored and non-sponsored middle market direct lending
Investors often ask whether lending to private equity sponsored or non-sponsored companies offer the best risk adjusted return potential. It’s an interesting question, as each channel has distinct tradeoffs.
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White papersRunning dry: How water risk can threaten a company’s bottom line
Climate change is forcing investors to evaluate two new types of risk: transition risk, the cost of transitioning to low-carbon operations, and physical risk, the cost of increased drought, floods, severe weather, and a rising sea level. Water stress is one of the most pronounced physical risks from climate change that investors must consider.
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White papersHow to get to net zero in real estate investment
We know a drastic fall in carbon emissions from the built environment is essential to save the planet. Even so, real solutions - let alone action - remain elusive. It’s time to work out how it can be done.
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White papersFed Pivot Becomes Fed Prayer
The US Federal Reserve is turning increasingly hawkish—hiking rates fast enough to slow inflation while maintaining economic growth will be a monumental task.
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White papersLatin America: Churning Waters Highlight an Imperfect Gem
The Russia-Ukraine conflict rattled an investing environment already grappling with the withdrawal of fiscal and monetary stimuli amidst unsettling inflation dynamics and a softening global economic recovery. The scale of the geopolitical shock has markedly increased the potential for global stagflation.
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White papersFloating to safety with senior AAA European asset-backed securities
Rising inflation and interest rates are eroding the value of cash and putting pressure on government and corporate bond yields. We believe investors can help towards protecting their portfolios by reallocating some of their cash holdings to potentially higher-yielding, defensive floating rate securities. Senior AAA European asset-backed securities (ABS) offer a sizeable yield premium for those willing to hold these positions for 6-12 months or longer.
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White papersESG in Pharma: Has the ‘S’ Reached a Turning Point?
Increased regulation and heightened competition are transforming the pharma industry’s behavior when it comes to the pricing and availability of medicine.
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White papersUkrainian crisis: European banks are resilient
The Russian invasion of Ukraine should not have a material, direct adverse effect on European banks. Only a few European banks have substantive exposures to the Russia/Ukraine/Belarus space, and those exposures do not impact banks’ capacity to service their AT1 capital securities.
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White papersIntegrating ESG analysis into infrastructure debt investments
There is clear evidence that society needs to invest in a lower carbon future and ensure future growth is attained more sustainably. Concurrently, the effects of the pandemic on many companies and government balance sheets have been severe.
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White papers*Commercial real estate debt – A long-term hedge against inflation and more*
There are few go-to investments in public markets today. Bond markets are confronted with a secular rise in inflation and the MSCI World index is trading on a lofty forward price/earnings ratio above 20. Little wonder that more and more institutional investors are looking to private markets for better value.
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White papersChina’s credit growth shows signs of recovery
Despite Beijing’s pledge to ease monetary policy further, financial markets are sceptical about how effective this would be in boosting economic growth. One notable concern is the growing gap between M1 narrow money and M2 broad money growth, which suggests that economic agents would rather save than spend.
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White papersCharter Hall Market Update
Resilience and relationships continue to drive Charter Hall’s record fund growth and equity across the business, delivering strong results for investor and tenant customers, and communities in the first half year alone.
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White papersSingle-family rentals: Strong future demand drivers to propel sector outperformance
During the next decade, we believe institutional real estate portfolios will transform as investors gain more familiarity with single-family rentals and start increasing their allocations to them. Google Search Trends data (below) indicates that the search for “Single House for Rent” has significantly increased over the last decade, signaling the overall interest and curiosity in this property type from both potential renters and investors.
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White papersNow for the hard part: The challenge of delivering net zero
More than one fifth of the world’s largest listed companies have committed to net-zero targets, but few have detailed roadmaps to get there. Mirza Baig considers the challenges for investors managing transition pathways.
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White papersReal Estate Outlook – Europe, Edition 1 - 2022
Just as the COVID-19 pandemic appeared to be behind us, a war has started as Ukraine was invaded by Russia. We are not anticipating significant direct impacts on the European property market outside of CEE. However, the indirect impacts of higher energy costs and weakened business confidence may slow the economic recovery.
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White papersIs Russia’s Invasion Inflationary or Deflationary?
Global tragedies, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Ukraine invasion delivered similar economic shocks, roiling the balances of supply and demand. But the lockdowns came with floods of cheap money and generous subsidies, while this war coincides with central banks tightening and governments thinking harder about deficits.
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White papersSenior Secured Loans: Why Now?
With further rate hikes on the horizon and volatility testing financial markets, loans are gaining traction for their potential to offer protection against both credit and interest rate risk.
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White papersThe impact of war in Ukraine should power the push for net zero
Released mere months after COP26 concluded, the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes for a sobering read. The United Nations body has warned the world faces “unavoidable multiple climate hazards over the next two decades”, even if global warming is successfully limited to +1.5°C.
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White papersCarbon Handprints: A New Approach to Climate-Focused Equity Investing
How can investors gain confidence that an equity portfolio is invested in companies that are really helping to address climate risk? Focus on a company’s carbon handprint, which measures the positive impact, or carbon avoided, by using its products.
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White papersBank Loans: Turning the Fed’s Lemons Into Lemonade
Bank loans are among a handful of debt investments that could thrive in an environment where interest rates are poised to move higher.
