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White papersMarket Valuation of Climate Patents: What are the Most Valuable Innovations?
This paper analyzes the market valuation of climate innovations through a detailed examination of patent data. We explore the relationship between Tobin’s Q —a measure of firm valuation— and the stock of patents across various climate technology categories.
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White papersSustainability In European Logistics Real Estate
Sustainability has become an increasingly significant consideration in European real estate investing and asset management. This shift results from investors’ sustainability targets and growing pressures from occupiers, set against a backdrop of tightening European regulations aimed at decarbonising the built environment. These factors are accelerating key trends across all property types, including logistics.
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White papersSix reasons to consider real estate debt in 2025
Real estate debt has always been a valuable component of any portfolio; however, it is emerging as a viable solution to a wide array of investor concerns today. It’s a strategy that offers a range of benefits with attractive risk-adjusted returns across market cycles.
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White papersSchroders Capital Investment Outlook: Real Estate H1 2025
There is increasing evidence of positive market movements in relation to activity and transaction pricing – and our value framework suggests that, despite a challenged economic outlook, we are in the early stages of a steady real estate recovery.
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White papersFixed-Income Outlook: Six Strategies to Thrive in Turbulent Times
Since mid-January, a new political regime in Washington has shaken the geopolitical landscape and global markets. In this volatile environment, bonds have performed well, resuming their traditional role as ballast against falling stock prices and attracting strong demand from investors.
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White papersGlobal Macro Outlook: Second Quarter 2025
Uncertainty is the watchword for the global economy. Dramatic policy shifts—tariffs in particular—by the Trump administration 2.0 have so far surprised financial markets and softened consumer sentiment. But we see a global economy well positioned to absorb potential shocks in the months ahead.
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White papersMaking diversification great again: April macro and asset class views
President Trump has designated April 2 for unveiling a series of tariffs on trade partners, referring to it as America’s ‘Liberation Day.’ But businesses and investors won’t be liberated from trade policy uncertainty.
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White papersWorking backwards: Dealing with unprecedented policy uncertainty
A reader waking up from a quarter-long slumber on April 1, 2025 would be forgiven for confusing the headlines for an April Fools’ Day prank.
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White papersHas US high yield been impacted by recent market volatility?
The US High Yield (‘HY’) market has so far demonstrated resilience throughout the current period of recent market volatility. For the HY asset class, a low, positive GDP environment can potentially offer a constructive environment. Short duration approaches should offer a nice balance of potential outcomes.
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White papersFive factors for long-term investors considering high yield
Since Covid-19 disrupted markets in early 2020, high yield has been one of the best-performing fixed income sectors. In fact, it has significantly outpaced the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index (and Global Aggregate Index), US corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds and securitised credit — and by a wide margin.
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White papersIf you want peace: How European real estate investors can respond to new geopolitical realities
In December 2024, we wrote, that “if regional procurement increases, European defense contractors will likely need to expand their manufacturing capabilities, which may include a larger real estate footprint.”
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White papersEurope in focus amidst fiscal boost
“President Trump’s approach to trade and global alliances may be a wake up call for Europe. The region is signalling a clear and a historical shift, which will require target measures to boost growth efficiently.”
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White papersEmpowering transformation in Europe
Europe is facing major economic and security challenges. The European Commission (EC) has started translating the Draghi report’s recommendations into effective proposals.
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White papersThe direction of long term rates in an era of high debt
Real interest rates have been on a secular decline since the mid-1980s but have corrected sharply higher since the Covid pandemic, higher inflation and the end of central banks’ Quantitative Easing (QE). Now, public debt is much higher and there are new demands for funding (e.g., for defence and net zero ambitions), which should argue for structurally higher long-term interest rates.
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White papersEquity sectors: a mix of Growth and Value to navigate the challenges ahead
We see three themes shaping sector returns in the coming decade. Artificial intelligence (AI) will support the Information Technology (IT) sector followed by Healthcare, but it is due to extend to others as well. Regarding climate change and geopolitical dynamics, capital expenditure (Capex) will play a more important role than consumption, benefitting Industrials more than the Consumer Staples and Discretionary sectors. Finally, policies supporting deregulation should improve capital efficiency and shareholder returns, to the benefit of Financials.
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White papersDemographics will shape future growth potential
Three trends that will shape the macro-financial landscape
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White papersThe global economy’s path in a fragmented world
With the world on the brink of significant structural changes, projecting the long-term macroeconomic scenario for 2025-2050 presents unique challenges. It is crucial to identify emerging trends while evaluating the acceleration of existing ones.
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White papersFour-quadrant report - March 2025
This report offers a clear view of U.S. commercial real estate through the four-quadrant framework. It highlights how economic, political, and market trends are impacting public and private equity and debt, with a summary of current conditions and key investment themes.
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White papersCapital Market Assumptions 2025
A more favourable growth outlook for the next decade compared to last year’s assumptions, albeit with greater uncertainty regarding inflation which is set to remain slightly above central bank targets, results in higher expected returns across the spectrum of asset classes covered. Expectations have been revised upwards for regional equity markets and private assets in particular, with Private Equity, Infrastructure, and European equities showing the strongest improvements.
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White papersAPAC Research Perspective - Q1 2025
The unknowns continue to build in 2025, casting a shadow over broad decision making and growth prospects in the Asia Pacific region.
