Latest Manager Research – Page 344
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White papersInfrastructure Debt: Steady Activity, Lingering Macro Doubts
Despite the expected seasonal summer slowdown, infrastructure debt financing deals remained steady overall in the third quarter of 2019—with strong activity in the U.S. and Canada, and slightly slowing activity in Europe, with a cautious eye toward Brexit.
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White papersThe Power of Compounded Income
Over 10 years into an economic recovery, we’ve continued to see new highs in equity indexes. In this Q&A, Darryl Lucas explains how a focus on resiliently growing companies, coupled with the power of compounded dividend and profits growth, can lead to strong returns over time.
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White papersEM Debt: Navigating the Geopolitical Noise
From the Middle East to China to Argentina, investors face no shortage of geopolitical risks and negative headlines. But is there still value to be found across emerging markets? Dr. Ricardo Adrogué weighs in.
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White papersHigh Yield: A Time to be Nimble
This piece was adapted from an interview with Martin Horne.
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White papersBuilding Your DGF for the Journey Ahead
Too many Diversified Growth Funds (DGFs) have left UK investors disappointed with performance. In this paper, we show how a DGF can be designed with clear objectives, constructed using guidelines that are genuinely outcome-oriented, and then managed to achieve its objectives.
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White papersM&G Europe Real Estate Market Outlook
Growth outlook softens but mixed sentiment for European economies. Real estate continues to offer relative value as investors switch to safe haven asset Attractive qualities of European residential to expand its investible universe Growth potential of European logistics makes it a long-term strategic bet Positive dynamics of office sector ...
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White papersSustainable credit: ESG is key
Properly assessing a company’s environmental social and governance credentials gives credit investors an edge
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White papersLow Touch Compression
The continued pressure of leverage ratios, G-SIB rules and constrained operational resources have driven banks to look for increasingly sophisticated compression solutions.
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White papersWhat happens to high yield bonds in times of market stress?
We look at whether investors are right to be wary of high yield bonds amid rising macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty.
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White papersControversial weapons: a call to index providers
We are calling on index providers to exclude controversial weapons from mainstream indices.
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White papersRising Development Costs - A Silver Lining For Commercial Real Estate?
Nationwide, new commercial real estate (CRE) occupancies are near record highs across all sectors amidst a slower pace of new development. Rising construction costs have limited new supply of institutional-quality property and prolonged much-needed updates to functionally obsolete property. Overall, U.S. commercial building costs have risen 30% over the past decade.
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White papersPart II: Facing up to the challenge of fair pay
This is the second part of a four-part paper on SDG 8 – decent work and economic growth. In part one, we asserted that the challenges presented by increasingly tight labour markets provide opportunities to rethink hiring practices for mutual benefit. In this paper, we progress from our engagement on workforce diversity to the issue of fair pay.
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White papersFour charts that show why “old tech” might surprise income investors
What happens when tech grows up?
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White papersThe trouble with bonds
Why bond investors should consider making an allocation to absolute return fixed income strategies.
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White papersRecession Angst vs. Recession Realities
Global growth has been at the centre of investor worries, but in some geographies, this is currently more a function of anticipation than hard data. Looking into the fourth quarter of 2019, we would break the world into two groups. Europe and some major emerging markets are seeing weak growth that feels like recession, while the U.S. and other major countries are more at risk of confidence shocks that could overwhelm reasonably strong fundamentals. With our continued overall expectation of a global soft landing, we provide details on our investment views below.
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White papersTotal Portfolio Impact
The investment management industry is experiencing a fundamental change as two long-running trends converge: first, a belief that material environmental, social and governance (ESG) characteristics can be a driver of better long-term investment performance, and second, a demand from clients to understand the social and environmental impact of their portfolio alongside investment performance.
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White papersBeneath the Surface
This quarter, Neuberger Berman’s Asset Allocation Committee Outlook focuses on how surfaces can hide complexity and opportunity. As the S&P 500 Index breaks new records even as U.S. Treasury yields fall in anticipation of rate cuts, we believe it is time to be more cautious in overall stock and bond allocations.
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White papersGlobal Emerging Markets: ESG Materiality, Q2 2019
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Hermes Global Emerging Markets’ ESG Materiality commentary – a quarterly publication that will demonstrate our engagement activity with portfolio companies and showcase holdings that are creating positive impact aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals. In addition, we will explore an environmental, social and governance theme and its implications for the asset class.
