Latest Manager Research – Page 259
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White papersData Centre: An emerging opportunity here to stay
Once seen as a niche sector within real estate, data centres have come to the forefront as real estate investors recognise how the surging need for data storage and processing is creating demand for high quality data centre real estate.
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White papersPreferred Securities – 2021 Outlook
A brief look back at our expectations coming into 2020, the changes wrought by the pandemic, and the implications for our 2021 outlook
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White papers2021 EMD outlook: In the wake of the storm
The COVID-19 market crisis was a cognitive shock, similar in magnitude to the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. Global investors found themselves surprised and wrong-footed in terms of risk positioning. After all, a pandemic isn’t usually part of the risk management textbook.
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White papersCore Matters: Sustainability and Adequacy in EU Public and Private Pension Schemes
As reported by EUROSTAT1 in 2019, pensions are the main income source for close to one quarter of the EU‐28 population. Therefore, it is very important that pensions should provide retirees with a decent standard of living and protect them from poverty.
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White papersDon’t Mistake Growth for Quality
As investors adjust for a potential style rotation, we urge them not to abandon their portfolios’ “quality compounders” and “transition winners.”
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White papersOutlook on 5G Spread
Yan Taw Boon talks about international developments relating to the rollout of 5G infrastructure.
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White papersU.S. Consumers: Don’t Worry, They’re Here to Stay
Worsening U.S. consumer confidence data shows the labor market is expected to remain fragile, though spending should improve due to greater fiscal support. Eurozone inflation will likely accelerate slightly, and strong trade data from Asia shows global demand’s resiliency.
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White papersOpportunity for Non-US Investment in Taxable US Municipal Bonds
With record-low interest rates dominating the investment landscape in Asia and Europe, non-US investors are expanding their search for yield to an unexpected place: US municipal bonds.
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White papersThe great blue economy wave
The sheer size of the blue economy means it can offer substantial development potential around ocean resources. Having already seen major technological development, the blue economy can provide investors with unique opportunities.
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White papersPodcast: ESG Investing: What To Expect In 2021 And Beyond
Julie Moret, our global Head of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), speaks with AssetTV’s Jenna Dagenhart about the ways the COVID-19 pandemic has affected ESG investing, and what these shifts could mean in 2021 and beyond.
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White papersIncome and inflation: Play to your strengths
For years, investors of all stripes, from the world’s largest institutions investors to individuals, have focused on the risk of persistently low interest rates and the struggle to achieve income. But there’s another potential risk on the horizon, with similarly damaging effects, that also demands focus: prospects for rising inflation and the erosion of purchasing power.
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White papersCommercial real estate in the global pandemic
As the health and economic impacts of the coronavirus continue to challenge global markets, it’s clear that commercial real estate is still being affected as much as, or perhaps more than, any other asset class.
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White papersESG investing: How Covid-19 accelerated the social awakening
In 2014, to determine if environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors made a difference to shareholder returns, we analysed five years’ worth of data. In doing so, we proved that ESG investing is more than just a feel-good phenomenon. Since then, we have continued to monitor how ESG factors impact shareholder returns and every two years, we publish an intellectually honest assessment of the ESG investing environment.
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White papersCOVID-19: Investors are finding new ways to drive positive social outcomes
COVID-19 has been a test of companies’ sustainability credentials. It has sharpened public and investor scrutiny of environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices and has notably intensified attention around the ‘social’ component.
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White papersVirtual reality: How COVID-19 is reshaping the world of work
While the coronavirus pandemic has devastated livelihoods, it also presents an opportunity for companies and policymakers to reinvent the world of work. The future is full of possibilities – but no easy answers.
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White papersCutting Loose: COVID-19 deals globalisation a further blow
Globalisation’s image problem may have been further tarnished by the pandemic, but can political leaders use the crisis to reform it for the better and resist the urge to abandon it altogether?
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - February 2021
Markets closed 2020 on strong footing and the recent Democratic sweep in the US makes a greater fiscal push more likely, leading us to lift our 2021 GDP growth forecast for the US to 5.2-5.7%, 1% above previous estimates. This marks a great divergence between the US and the rest of DM, where we have been lowering our forecasts.
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White papersThe Market Measure Of Carbon Risk And Its Impact On The Minimum Variance Portfolio
Like ESG investing, climate change is an important concern for asset managers and owners, and a new challenge for portfolio construction. Until now, investors have mainly measured carbon risk using fundamental approaches, such as with carbon intensity metrics. Nevertheless, it has not been proven that asset prices are directly impacted by these fundamental-based measures.
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White papersChina to exert greater financial discipline in 2021
Imposition of financial discipline to reduce moral hazard is more of a risk to Chinese economic growth in 2021 than a tightening of monetary policy.
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White papersMarket Commentary - EM sovereign ratings: more differentiation
With the year starting and the publication of the rating agencies revision calendar for 2021, it is time to take stock of the rating dynamics for EM countries.
