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PodcastThe Great Housing Diaspora of COVID-19
As a result of mass deurbanization during the pandemic, where fleets of people left cities for more suburban areas, residential housing markets have seen unprecedented buyer activity over the last several months. But as buyer demand continues to saturate the market, where does that leave supply? Could deurbanization continue as a post-COVID trend? And what else might investors want to consider in this space?
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White papersPublic real estate debt: Facing today’s challenges
It is no secret that COVID-19 has had a particularly adverse impact on global real estate markets. But even as headwinds persist, there are opportunities worth considering within the public debt markets.
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White papersDebt deliveries: US consumers bat on in fading light
The US consumer has long been in the top order of the global economy but, as Fiorino discovers, the days of debt-fuelled hit-outs on tame pitches could soon be over.
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White papers2020-Q1 US Market Commentary
COVID-19 and the policies used to quell its spread have forced many economies around the globe into a recession. This weakness inevitably flowed through to housing data, but there are some early indications that the market is in better shape than many feared.
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White papersResidential mortgages and consumer loans
In this paper, we focus on the case for investing in pools of residential mortgages and consumer whole loans and explore the specific benefits available to insurers making a strategic allocation to the asset class over the long term. We also demonstrate how adding residential mortgages to an investment portfolio could help insurers achieve additional portfolio-level diversification benefits and lower the overall solvency capital requirement (SCR) under the Solvency II standard formula.
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White papersCommercial Mortgage Loans: An Alternative Asset in LDI Portfolios?
Most public and private defined benefit pension plan sponsors aim to design an effective liability driven investment (LDI) strategy that balances several objectives – achieving the desired funded status for the plan, managing return-seeking assets in the portfolio against relevant benchmarks, and effectively de-risking and hedging future liabilities. LDI portfolios traditionally rely on a combination of Treasury securities and long and medium duration corporate bonds as hedging instruments.
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White papersCovid-19 and European asset-backed securities
Stress testing demonstrates resilience of asset class
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White papersImpactful intent: housing for a sustainable future
We believe that we can use our platform at Hermes to deliver a vision of a sustainable future that can help create social cohesion and hasten the transition to a post-carbon economy.
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White papersABS analysis: through the ESG lens
The drive to push environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing into the mainstream has dominated the asset-management industry in recent years. While the discussion on ESG in many asset classes is well progressed, to date there has been less focus on ESG in asset-backed securities (ABS). Beyond looking at the explicit environmental elements of green ABS, there has been little emphasis on assessing the social and governance factors within securitisation.
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White papersNuveen knows income - Securitized bonds: investment potential in a complex market
We think securitized credit may offer attractive risk-adjusted returns, but this complex market requires experienced, in‑depth analysis
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White papersCIO view The Fed Will Hike Again Because … It Can
No more rate hikes this year? Sonal Desai, our Fixed Income CIO, makes a different case.
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White papersEuropean Asset -And Mortgage- Back Securities Ten Years On
How do the European asset- and mortgage-backed securities fare today a decade after the financial crisis they have been incriminated in? We make an assessment of the asset class, comparing today’s market conditions with those of ten years ago.
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White papersAsset Allocation Update: Strong earnings prompt US equities upgrade
Amid background noise such as ongoing trade skirmishes involving the US, the evolving Chinese economy and geo-political tensions, we have spent time analysing recent market movements and the implications for risk assets.
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White papersDaisuke Nomoto: Japan - more tailwinds than headwinds for 2018
With GDP on a sustained growth track, supported by structural reforms and the Bank of Japan’s accommodative monetary policy, we maintain a positive outlook for the region.
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White papersReaction: Italian election
The Italian election result looks messy, but we do not believe that the chances of Italy leaving the eurozone have gone up materially.
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White papersHolding Active Management to a Higher Standard
Data points cannot come close to telling the full story of William Blair’s approach to active management; our story is one defined by our constant evolution.
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White papersTechnology and ‘mega-trends’ to drive US equity performance
US equities have outperformed global equities since the beginning of the recovery because the US economy was initially the sole engine of global growth, as European countries wrestled with the Eurozone crisis.
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White papersThe UK’s demise is overstated
UK equities reached all-time highs in 2017, but relative to world stocks (in US dollar terms) they were laggards.
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