Latest Manager Research – Page 181
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White papersHow to Get the Most From Private Placement Debt
Private Placements can offer fixed income investments with enhanced diversification, risk-adjusted yield and downside mitigation, and as demand grows, we believe investors could benefit from an independent route into the market that is better aligned with their needs.
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White papersEuropean Real Estate: The Build-to-Rent Opportunity
Given the sizeable opportunity set, potential for superior long-term risk-adjusted returns, strong diversification benefits and inflation protection, there is a compelling opportunity in European residential real estate.
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White papersReal Estate Outlook – Global, Edition 1 - 2022
The global economy continues its recovery from the pandemic. However, the rebound has been uneven and interrupted, most recently by the Delta and Omicron variants of COVID-19. Omicron saw the re-introduction of some restrictions which impacted economic activity around the new year and in early 2022.
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White papersTaiwan – Uniquely Positioned to Benefit From the Global Supply Chain Rethink
A country with less than 0.4% of the land mass of the United States, or 1.7% of China’s population, the island nation seems to thrive in its role as a challenger to the world’s superpowers.
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White papersCarbon Capture and Storage: Hiding dirt under the rug or a real clean up?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides the following definition: “A process consisting of the separation of CO₂ from industrial and energyrelated sources, transport to a storage location and long-term isolation from the atmosphere.” CCS has a close cousin in carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) – where CO₂ can be used as a valuable product, for instance to provide the fizz in carbonated soft drinks or to freeze food.
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White papersQ&A: impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on emerging market debt
Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, which has become Europe’s largest ground war in generations, has impacted millions of people and triggered a large-scale humanitarian crisis as vulnerable Ukrainians take shelter or flee their homes. The intensification and spread of the conflict is deeply troubling and is having a devastating impact on those people caught in the crisis.
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White papersLatin America: Navigating Shifting Political Winds
Latin America is navigating shifting political winds, as the pandemic has magnified the chronic income inequality gaps in the region.
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White papersThe Uncharted Greenspace in Small-Cap ESG
Why small company ESG investing presents an opportunity, and how ESG analysis helps investors become better stewards of client capital.
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White papersHope for net zero
Despite concern over the substance behind many national and corporate net-zero commitments, could the pace of change surprise on the upside? Tom Tayler assesses the state of play.
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White papersWar, Inflation, and Markets
Investors appear to be refocusing on pre-war concerns about economic fundamentals—but finding that this horrific conflict has exacerbated them.
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White papersAt a tipping point
Renewable energy from wind and solar may be clean and cheap, but they are also intermittent and unpredictable. Traditionally, thermal generation such as coal, gas or nuclear are used to offset the limitations of renewables, especially during hours that are not windy or sunny.
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White papersShifts & Narratives #15 - The Green risk premium and the performance(s) of ESG investing
The question of the green risk premium and ESG performance is on everyone’s lips.
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White papersSecuritisation – A source of short-term investment diversification
After years of abundant liquidity and low interest rates, investors are becoming more and more attuned to a pending regime change. Monetary policy is being recalibrated to contain inflation, raising volatility in bond markets. With inflation set to be higher for longer fixed coupon bonds are vulnerable.
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White papersRecycling – The circular economy can help accelerate the global post-Covid recovery
Global Recycling Day on 18 March is a timely reminder of how Covid-19 exposed many failures of a linear ‘take-make-dispose’ use of resources, and highlighted the need for a more circular ‘reduce-redesign-reuse’ approach for many stakeholders including investors.
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White papersThe Future of Offshore Wind
Glennmont Partners CEO and Managing Partner Joost Bergsma, and Ørsted’s Head of Portfolio Development and Strategy, Kunal Patel, were recently interviewed in the 2022 Infrastructure Investor Annual Review.
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White papersStrategies to navigate soaring inflation and rising rates
As central banks try to tame inflation without triggering a global recession, pockets of opportunity can still be found.
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White papersPost liftoff investing: Adapting to a hawkish Fed
For more than a decade, investors have enjoyed supportive financial conditions. The Federal Reserve (Fed) has provided clear forward guidance, their balance sheet has expanded, and interest rates have remained low. For businesses, this has been an era of easy money for new projects, expansion, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). For everyday individuals, rates on mortgages and personal loans have been attractive, boosting home prices and debt levels. All in all, this has driven a long period of steady economic growth and healthy returns.
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White papersMulti-strategy investing for a new era
Interview with Mauro Ratto, Fund Manager and Chief Investment Officer at Plenisfer Investments – part of the Generali Investments platform, an ecosystem of asset management firms.
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White papersThe shift from Carbon Emissions to Net Zero Carbon metrics on Portfolio Construction
Climate risk is the biggest challenge humanity has to face in the 21st century, affecting both the biosphere and the economic paradigm that currently underpins it. The latest reports released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) emphasize the urgency to act quickly.
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White papers15-16 March FOMC review: we have full throttle lift off
On 16 March, the Federal Reserve hiked the fed funds rate by 25bp, to 0.25-0.50%, the first rate hike in four years. The Fed decision was widely expected and probably the most telegraphed rate hike in recent memory. However, the meeting’s statement and accompanying SEP offered some hawkish surprises.
