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White papersAsia ex-Japan: helping clients outperform over the long-term
A contrarian approach involves betting on assets that are not doing well for reasons we consider to be temporary, so that when they recover, we can obtain optimal results.
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White papersWhy the next five years belongs to US SMID
The Equities team explain why, against a backdrop where the US economy is likely to ‘muddle through’, there are exciting investment opportunities in the US SMID space.
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White papersFactoring Next-Gen Inflation Resilience into Multi-Asset Strategies
In a changing world, multi-asset strategies need to evolve, especially when building inflation resilience, because tomorrow’s price pressures will likely look very different from today’s. Not only must inflation defenses be diversified, they should also be innovative.
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White papersMulti-sector fixed income 2023
2022 was a year for the record books in U.S. fixed income markets. The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (“the Agg”) celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2023. In those 50 years, 2022’s calendar year total return of -13.01% was unprecedented. The prior record was 1994 (-2.92%); in fact, the cumulative total return of the previous four negative years (1994, 1999, 2013, and 2021) was only -7.30%
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White papersDecarbonising the built environment
We assess the financial and environmental pros and cons of developing new buildings versus retrofitting old ones.
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White papersMonthly Research Report: February 2023
Average Quality Returns Not Consistenly Higher Than Prime
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White papersPrivate credit – from niche to mainstream?
For more than a decade, both corporate and consumer borrowers benefited from low interest rates and a very low cost of capital. As the global economic backdrop continues to adjust to the activity of central banks and the uncertain geopolitical backdrop, investors are seeking ways to ensure that their portfolios are adequately positioned in order to meet their long-term risk and performance goals, write Jo Waldron and Karen Lam at M&G Investments.
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White papersJoint interview with Markus Benzler and Jochen Mende on private equity and secondaries
Why consider investing in private equity (PE) now?
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White papersTechnology investment in the built environment and the path to net zero
The transition to net zero will almost certainly be one of the most significant capital outlays in history. A 2022 report from Goldman Sachs noted that Electrification ‘is poised to revolutionise European Economies and our everyday lives’ and that this effort would ‘need to mobilise €3.7 trillion of capital, most into green energy infrastructure, to develop renewables, upgrade power grids, refurbish buildings and to support the switch to electricity for mobility real estate and manufacturing.’
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White papersNo time but the present for value-add investing
These are, it has to be said, dramatic times. No sooner than most of the world was starting to emerge from the long shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was confronted with another crisis. As a result of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, energy costs started spiralling last year, causing havoc in economies worldwide. Inflation was already going to be an issue, but the war - by far the largest in Europe since World War II - made the situation far worse.
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White papersPrivate debt: aligning investment needs with the means to deliver
An asset class that is now a core part of institutional portfolios, Mercer’s Private Debt offering combines expertise and opportunities to deliver amid a complex macro environment
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White papersSecular tailwinds creating infrastructure debt opportunities
Infrastructure debt remains an attractive opportunity despite a challenging economic outlook that could bring with it an increase in credit market defaults, argue David Cooper, Head of EMEA and Australian Infrastructure Debt and Jacob Otto, Director, Debt Product Specialist of IFM Investors
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White papersReimagining Growth: A Market Beyond Mega-Caps
US growth stocks were hit hard in last year’s downturn, with the mega-caps accounting for nearly half of the market’s decline. Now, the changing contours of the market mean investors can capture a broader array of recovery candidates while incurring less benchmark risk.
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White papersWhy Rising US Rates Don’t Have to “Break” the System
Over the past few decades, investors have become conditioned to expect that rising interest rates will trigger broader US financial market crises. There’s history to support this view: the savings and loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s, the mid-1990s Mexican peso crisis (as well as Orange County, California’s default), the bursting of the tech bubble and the housing-market meltdown 15 years ago.
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White papersEconomies recover against backdrop of growing confidence
Business activity in the UK, Eurozone and Japan has been more resilient than initially expected this month, suggesting economies may escape a more severe recession.
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White papersChina reopening should benefit parts of EM Asia
Spillovers from China’s reopening will be mostly positive. The main channels are through tourism, goods imports and commodity prices.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - March 2023
“The dichotomy between the real economy and markets is increasing even as the earnings outlook is getting weak, leading us to be sceptical of the risk rally.”
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White papersThe soaraway rebound of global tourism
Global air traffic forecast to reach pre-Covid levels this year, boosted by the reopening of China.
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White papersStewardship navigating a polarised world
With the publication by EOS at Federated Hermes of its 2022 Annual Review of engagement and voting highlights, Leon Kamhi, Head of Responsibility and EOS, reflects on our stewardship activity in 2022, which was carried out within a polarised landscape for active ownership.
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White papers360° fixed income report Q1 2023: Inflation, disinflation, inflection
In the latest edition of our 360° report, the team reflect on what has been a promising start for fixed income in 2023. Can the rally sustain, has too much of the good news already been priced in, and what will shape the narrative over the course of this year?
