Latest Manager Research – Page 14
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White papersConsider This: Demographics and long-term growth
Conventional wisdom points to young demographics being a driver of economic growth. The reality is more complicated.
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White papersKeeping an Eye on Liquidity as Risks Converge
The Fed’s close monitoring and well-signaled tapering of QT should prevent disruptions to the short-term funding markets—despite converging risks.
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White papersPutting recent commercial real estate debt headlines into perspective
New York Community Bank (NYCB) posted a surprise fourth-quarter loss as it built reserves for commercial real estate (CRE) debt losses, and it cut its dividend by more than 70%, resulting in the greatest-ever-day-over-day decline for the stock (–38%).
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White papers3 Reasons to own listed REITs today
REITs perform well after a Fed pivot and should be part of a long-term asset allocation. Tactical opportunities may emerge as rate/growth expectations remain volatile.
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White papersListed infrastructure: Factors aligning for renewed investor attention
We believe an attractive entry point for listed infrastructure is emerging, considering the potentially favorable macro environment and the asset class’s attractive valuations relative to broader equities.
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White papersA closer look at the recent rally in listed REITs
Listed REITs in November posted their 5th best monthly return ever and have continued to rally in December. We believe this shows sentiment has now turned with the Fed’s recent pivot.
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White papers2024 Global Real Estate Outlook
What does 2024 hold for real estate? Financial conditions and global megatrends (demographics, digitisation, deglobalisation and decarbonisation) will continue to influence return potential and sector allocation, affecting different regions in different ways. Both macro and micro lenses are necessary to take advantage of market dislocation and uncover those opportunities that could deliver strong returns.
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White papersInvestment Update: Looking ahead once again
“Looking ahead to 2024, we can take stock of the 2023 investment year”, writes Casper Hesp, director Investment Management in the new Investment Update.
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White papersExpert Aggregation for Financial Forecasting
Machine learning algorithms dedicated to financial time series forecasting have gained a lot of interest. But choosing between several algorithms can be challenging, as their estimation accuracy may be unstable over time. Online aggregation of experts combine the forecasts of a finite set of models in a single approach without making any assumption about the models.
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White papersFixed Income Quarterly – Emerging market bonds: a return of flows
Emerging market (EM) sovereign and corporate bonds saw a broad-based rally in the final months of 2023 as investors became more certain the US Federal Reserve (Fed) would be able to pivot to easier monetary policy in 2024.
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White papersWorld Brands: how to hold on to pricing power?
At World Brands, we strive to achieve long-term, compounded returns by investing in high-quality companies with leading brands, technologies or digital platforms that dominate throughout market cycles. These competitive edges are hard to replicate and frequently give companies the advantage of pricing power – the ability to raise prices ahead of inflation without sacrificing market share.
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White papersThe evolution of sustainability-linked loans in direct lending
BSP-Alcentra believe sustainability-linked loans are evolving to cover mid-sized companies and various sectors, highlighting the growing importance of sustainability and ESG factors in the European market.
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White papersGlobal Infrastructure 2.0: A Core Plus Strategy for the Mid-Market
Essential services like water, electricity & connectivity drive infrastructure’s strength. Global 2.0 strategies prioritize downside protection & sectors like digital & renewables for long-term impact.
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White papersThe fight against inflation enters extra time
Despite closing in on their inflation targets, US and European central bankers appear hesitant to cut rates. Jonathan Gregory explores the differing drivers behind this, as well as the overall implications for bond markets.
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White papers2024 IGIS Market Outlook
The global CRE contracted in 2023 due to the swift rate hikes. Lowered funding and transaction wolume stemmed primarily from capital cyclical anxieties rather than asset valuation declines.
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White papersWhat is keeping rates volatility high?
Volatility in fixed income markets remains elevated while it has normalised almost everywhere else. In this weekly edition of Simply put, we ask why has bond volatility remained stubbornly high?
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White papersRobust Jobs and Tight Credit: Will the Consumer Keep Spending?
Economic reports have been promising so far this year, with consumers shored up by a robust job market. An alien (one that has studied intergalactic macroeconomics) landing on Earth might even wonder why the Federal Reserve isn’t hiking rates given above-2% inflation and low unemployment.
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White papersFinding Hidden Value in the Future of Global Security
Companies supporting efforts to create a more secure and stable world could provide equity investors with an attractive source of long-term returns.
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White papersMarket Update fourth quarter 2023
After two strong, resilient years, the Dutch economy experienced a cooling-off in 2023. Rate hikes by central banks have proven to be succesful thusfar, with inflation moving back to an acceptable level in the course of 2025.
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White papersMacroeconomics, Geopolitics, and Strategy - February 2024
Disruption in the Red Sea is prompting speculation around inflationary shocks just as in the Covid era So, what differs today from the post Covid experience to make the impact more micro than macro and more regional and sector specific than global?
