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White papersThematic equities: their use in a diversified portfolio
Investors can make an allocation to thematic equities whichever portfolio construction approach they use.
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White papers2020 Outlook For The Us 10-Year Treasury Bond
In 2019, 10-year US Treasury bonds traded in a range of 1.46-2.78%, the fourth-widest range since 2010.
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White papersAsia Pacific Trends For 2020
With the year drawing to a close, we turn our attention to the outlook and identify the major occupier and investment trends that we expect to influence market conditions and investment performance in 2020 and beyond.
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White papersTop trends in 2020 - Infrastructure Outlook
Infrastructure 2020: cleaner and more connected
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White papersA class apart: emerging Asia’s fixed income market
Why investors seeking a stable and attractive source of return within a diversified bond portfolio should head to emerging Asia.
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White papersFixed Income: Back To Core - Charts And Views
The ongoing slowdown in global trade will weaken global GDP growth further in 2020 – especially in advanced economies skewed towards the manufacturing sector – but a full-blown recession is unlikely, in our view. This situation will encourage policymakers to finally add fiscal stimulus to the policy mix, possibly extending the economic and credit cycles. Monetary policy is unlikely to become much more accommodative and market expectations will have to adjust, likely driving bond volatility higher with a possible bottoming out of core bond yields.
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White papersA guide to long lease real estate: Long-dated secure income for institutional investors
M&G has been generating attractive, long-dated income from long-term leases for our external clients for over a decade. In this guide, we explore the features and characteristics of the different types of long lease real estate, compare their outcomes for an institutional investor and look at the trends shaping the development of these assets.
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White papersRaising the Bar – Impact Investing in a Changing World
Today we are witnessing an unprecedented wave of capital that seeks to make a difference for people and the planet. Investors, for their part, increasingly strive to generate both financial and social returns. Not that long ago, a $100 contribution to a microfinance fund was viewed as a philanthropic donation.
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White papersGlobal Emerging Markets: ESG Materiality, Q3 2019
Welcome to the Hermes Global Emerging Markets’ ESG Materiality commentary – a quarterly publication that demonstrates our engagement activity with portfolio companies and showcases holdings that are creating positive impact aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals. In addition, we explore an environmental, social and governance theme and its implications for the asset class.
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White papersCentral Banks on Hold, USMCA in the Fold
FOMC and ECB meetings both signal a holds on rate changes and the USMCA likely to pass at the beginning of 2020.
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White papersThe Changing Investment Climate Around Climate Change
Investors need to pay attention regardless of the uncertainties (and the politics). The changing climate is already changing a lengthening list of prices, which is changing the climate for investments.
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White papers2020 appears tilted to the downside
The themes we discuss at our Annual Investment Symposium guide our research process. Over a longer-term horizon, we believe global stocks have greater performance potential than global bonds, supported by continued growth and moderate inflation. With government bond term-premia remaining below historical averages, we see a lower performance potential from government bonds.
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White papersAI applications in financial services
In this paper, we examine the pros and cons of applying artificial intelligence (AI) in three areas of financial services: asset management, banking and insurance.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - December 2019
In recent weeks equities rallied along with bond yields as investors reacted to the prospect of a US-China ‘phase one deal’ and fading global recession fears. The value of negative yielding bonds continued to fall, from US$17 trillion over the summer to the current US$12.5 trillion. While equities were previously overshadowed by the excessive gloominess on the global economy and earnings, markets rebounded after corporate results in the US and Europe met or exceeded low expectations, and as economic data did not show any material worsening. The mantra now seems to be ‘not so bad is the new good’.
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White papersThink Asia Pacific cities 2020 outlook
The outlook heading into 2020 Asia Pacific’s is showing clearer signs of improvement after the significant headwinds for Asia-Pacific’s growth landscape in 2019 – particularly from the United States-China trade tensions which softened global business sentiment and trade.
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White papersMitigating Inflation Risk at Lower Opportunity Cost
Inflation-mitigating allocations can drag on returns when inflation is subdued: diversifying and tactical allocation can help.
