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White papersMercedes-Benz case study
In seeking to understand the alignment of the company’s public policy positions on climate change with that of the lobbying carried out by the company, we received written assurance that Mercedes would review its associations’ lobbying activities and publish a report.
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White papersVolkswagen case study
Following the 2015 emissions scandal, we have engaged with Volkswagen through numerous meetings, vote recommendations and a site visit. In that time, it has undertaken a comprehensive integrity project to improve its company’s culture.
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White papersAsset Class Return Forecasts - Q2 2023
The effect of the fast-paced Quantitative Tightening (QT) embraced by Developed Market (DM) central banks (CB) is materialising across two fronts: price dynamics and financial stability.
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White papersGreen vs. Social Bond Premium
While responsible investors consider that the environmental and social pillars are highly interconnected when implementing ESG and climate strategies, our research shows that the green and social bond markets are not integrated.
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White papersFintech has changed finance forever. What comes next?
The disruption caused by fintech has been profound. How will digitalisation continue to alter the financial services landscape? We explore this in the Q2 issue of Futureturns, our quarterly report on trends investing in equity markets.
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White papersGo Time? The Case for Small-Cap Value
This paper reviews the strategic importance of U.S. small-cap value equities for capital accumulation. We explore the historical record for allocations surrounding recessions and offer insight on relative valuations.
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White papersThe Bank of England Buys Itself Time
The Bank of England unsurprisingly raised its policy rate by 25 bps at its May meeting, but the Bank’s messaging distinguished it from the Fed’s and the ECB’s decisions last week.
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White papersThe dual funding gap: Debt cost and decarbonisation could see accelerated property sales
Real estate investors find themselves in a very different environment today than they have been in the last two decades.
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White papersFinding the silver linings: Private Equity International interview with Markus Benzler on the future of private equity
Public market corrections, inflation, increasing interest rates and political uncertainty are all having an impact on LPs’ capacity to invest in private equity. This is already leading to a knock-on effect on private equity fundraising, but what might this mean for the industry over the short to medium term? And where are the bright spots for investors in today’s environment and beyond? Markus Benzler, head of multi-managers private equity at UBS Asset Management, gives his take on how the market will evolve.
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White papersHoming in on Quality in Climate Investing Strategies
Stock selection in a climate investing strategy takes more than just avoiding companies exposed to global warming risks. The process should intersect with an active search for diverse opportunities among companies helping to fight climate change, but with high-quality business models, too.
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White papersNavigating Uncertainty— Risks and Opportunities in Commercial Real Estate
Rapid shifts in the global economic and capital markets are exerting strong influences on U.S. commercial real estate.
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy - May 2023
Topic of the Month: Our key takeaways from IMF’s Spring meetings
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White papersWhen policy meets action: Seismic changes in the plastic recycling market
With many companies trailing their targets for reducing new plastic use, governments are implementing more ambitious targets for the use of recycled plastic content as the plastic packaging market continues to grow. Pyrolysis, a form of chemical recycling, could offer an innovative solution for dealing with hard-to-process mixed plastic waste.
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White papersWhen can we look beyond the recession?
In the latest instalment of Simply put, where we make macro calls with a multi-asset perspective, we look to history to try to gauge when we can start preparing for a post-recession rebound.
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White papersEuropean Real Estate: Structural Reprice, But Secular Trends Endure
Barring capital market events and refinancing risks, the opportunity to invest at or near the bottom of the European property cycle appears close. The Barings Real Estate team discusses.
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White papers*Setting out our progress towards a sustainable transition*
Our 2022 Sustainability Report highlights our key achievements. These include our continued focus on integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into our fund offering, updated documentation with new sustainability indicators, and our commitment to support investing aligned with achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
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White papersMacroeconomics, Geopolitics, and Strategy - May 2023
Will real bond yields come back down?
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White papersOur key takeaways from IMF’s Spring meetings
Investor sentiment is downbeat, but not overly bearish. With tightening credit conditions, our US growth outlook is lower compared to the IMF’s, while we are more optimistic on China. This supports a cautious stance and a search for opportunities across the emerging world, starting with China.
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White papersThe Role of Private Assets in Strategic Asset Allocation: a Macro Perspective
The appropriate weight of private assets in portfolios is arguably the key question for strategic asset allocation today. These investments were the fastest-growing share of many portfolios for the past decade: Will the abrupt change in investment regime and greater need for liquidity halt that increase?
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White papersUpdate on India: Time to take another look
India’s stock market has underperformed global markets overall as well as some of its emerging market regional peers so far this year. However, there are signs that perhaps the tide has turned, and investors may be taking another look.
