Latest White Papers – Page 342
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White papersESG: What Institutional Investors Are Saying About Sustainable Investing
At a Neuberger Berman conference, institutional investors discussed current trends in ESG investing.
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White papersEuro-Dollar Caught in a Fiscal-Monetary Tug-of-War
The exchange rate between the euro and U.S. dollar has been trading in a narrow range for the past eight months due to monetary and fiscal policies on both sides of the Atlantic pulling in opposite directions.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views: June 2018
We have entered into a regime of diminished returns. Sensitivity to news flow is, and will continue to be, very high, as markets try to adjust to new financial and economic conditions.
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White papersProfit trend and cycle analysis: a long-medium-short term sanity check
Profits fluctuations are often related to the economic business cycle as they are a crucial driver for investment decisions and ultimately are an important engine for economic growth.
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White papersItalian political transition following unclear paths. Wise to wait and see
The political situation in Italy is still uncertain, with some indication, but no formal appointment of the Prime Minister. We may witness a somewhat unusual state of affairs over the next few days, a sort of “technical government” of no parliamentary extraction, subject to a political contract.
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White papersAsset TV Multi-Asset Masterclass
2018 has seen volatility return to markets with a vengeance; is that good or bad news for multi-asset fund managers?
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White papersItaly on watch list
Political uncertainty in Italy remains high. The probability of a Government formed between the 5Star Movement (M5S) and the League (the most voted party in the centre right coalition) has increased in recent days, but the process of government formation is not straightforward.
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White papersChasing Your Tail
Buying put options to hedge equity tail risk can be ineffective and expensive.
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White papersU.S. Pullout of Iran Nuclear Deal: What Next for Oil, Business?
The United States has pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal in a move that could have wide-ranging implications for oil markets, trade and the Middle East peace process. Read about the potential impacts.
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White papersFacebook Scrutiny Raises Questions About Tech Giants
As Facebook’s market capitalization has tumbled by $60 billion over two days, investors have refocused on the gargantuan proportions of US mega-cap stocks.
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White papersDebt, Tech and Trade Wars Cloud the Investment Horizon
Global equities posted their first quarterly decline in two years during a volatile first quarter.
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White papersEmerging Markets, Emerging Political Change
A lot of positive political change isn’t reflected in emerging market asset prices. EM investors still demand extra return for political risk even though that risk is going down in some countries—and opportunities are increasing.
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White papersCross road: the landscape of the fixed-income market
Two events pushed down Eurozone sovereign spreads in 2017: the French presidential election in April & May, which dissipated investors’ fears about Eurosceptic movements, and the announcement on 26 October of a smaller-than-expected reduction in ECB’s QE for 2018 (monthly purchases lowered from € 60 bn to €30bn).
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White papersRethinking fixed income investing when the easy money is coming to an end
Core fixed income allocation, usually comprising high-quality government and corporate bonds, has played a relevant role in diversified portfolios over the last few decades.
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White papersMeet the Manager: Andrew Chin
AB’s Chief Risk Officer and Head of Quantitative Research shares his perspectives on the research behind the development of prime alpha.
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White papersFed vs. ECB. Towards a stronger decoupling of monetary policies?
US and European economies both continue to expand but at different paces. While US growth will likely pick up this year, boosted by an expansionist fiscal policy, the Eurozone cycle probably peaked last year.
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White papersYesterday, bonds were such an easy game to play…
…but now we are back to worrying about inflation, recession and things that tweet in the night.
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White papersThe inflation pendulum
It’s not good to have too much or too little inflation, but trying to get a huge pendulum the size of the US economy to settle in the middle is very difficult.
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White papersThe employment enigma: why is there no inflation?
After years of monetary stimulus, zero interest rates and quantitative easing, the global economy is now experiencing strong, synchronised growth.
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White papersClimbing the wall of worry: why this is the most miserable bull market we’ve ever had
We are nine years into the equities bull market, in what has been a remarkable period for investors.
