All Multi-Asset articles – Page 12
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White papersVolatility, value and variants: 360°, Q1 2022
In this latest edition of 360°, Stephane Michel, Head of Fixed Income, Multi Asset Credit Solutions, and our team of specialist investors consider the likely shape of markets in a post-pandemic world.
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VideoCredit Pulse: market update – 25 February 2022
In this Credit Pulse, we use analysis from our February Credit Strategy Meeting (CSM) and discuss the challenges we see arising in the markets and how the expectations formed a few months ago are challenged in the present environment.
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White papersRussia attacks Ukraine: Markets will have to readjust to the shock
Market reaction: The worst-case scenario of a full blown attack to Ukraine has materialised. It’s risk-off on Russian assets; global risk assets are under severe pressure.
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White papersManaging Duration in Multi-Asset Strategies? Be Dynamic
For most of the past decade, government bonds have contributed positive returns and a note of stability to multi-asset portfolios. But since late 2021, they’ve been much more volatile, as markets digest central banks’ transitions toward tighter monetary policy.
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White papersEquity factor investing – Sunshine after the storm
After a particularly difficult 2020, 2021 proved favourable for multi-factor equity strategies investing in the cheapest, most profitable and least risky companies with the strongest momentum in each sector.
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White papersResilient multi-asset portfolios in an inflationary regime
Inflation dynamics drive monetary policy and financial market trends and play a key role in portfolio construction. Therefore, the ex-ante identification of a possible shift in the inflationary regime is needed to fine tune multi-asset portfolios.
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White papersKey Investment Themes for 2022 - Views from around Generali Investments
2021 saw investors contend with pivotal changes in the macro environment, big developments in ESG policy, and the shifting uncertainties of the pandemic.
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VideoSolving for 2022: Erik Knutzen on Macro
As 2021 concludes, the leaders of our investment platforms got together to debate and identify the key themes that they think will guide investment decisions in 2022.
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VideoMacro Perspectives
In this short video, Erik Knutzen, Chief Investment Officer of our Multi-Asset Class Platform discusses some of the macroeconomic themes we’ve identified and outlines the impact of these on our asset class views.
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VideoSolving for 2022
The heads of our investment platforms identified the key themes they anticipate will guide investment decisions in 2022.
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White papersCombining active and passive investing in Multi Asset: an institutional investor framework
Numerous factors have been driving the development of passively managed vehicles and their increasing weight in institutional investors’ portfolios. In particular, a recent PwC study showed that the weight of passive investments in global pension funds’ portfolios grew from 19% in 2017 to 25% in 20201.
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White papersClearing the Hurdles
On a 12-month horizon, this looks to us like an attractive environment for risky assets, but the inflexion point in the current cycle is proving particularly volatile: adopting a more defensive view in the short term may help investors clear the immediate hurdles.
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White papersShould Today’s “Buy the Dip” Equity Trend Guide a Multi-Asset Strategy?
Under normal circumstances, most investors are momentum chasers and liquidity takers. They buy when markets do well and sell on the way down. But the last 18 months have been far from normal for just about everything, especially investors’ equity buying and selling habits. The buy-low/sell-high paradigm has been uniquely tested in 2021, and investors are jumping in during selloffs almost as enthusiastically as during rebounds.
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White papersRubles, Reals, and Institutional Quality
We believe an increased long exposure to the Brazilian real and Russian ruble is justified by the “where” and “why” stages of our investment process, specifically relating to ESG influences (in this case, primarily social and governance factors).
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White papersTwo-Way Markets Are Back
After nearly a year going up in a straight line, questions about inflation, the economic cycle and central bank messaging have brought more push and pull back into markets.
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White papersPausing for Breath on ‘Peak Growth’
Rates of change in economic data may be hitting their peaks, but that need not preclude more long-term upside for risky assets.
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White papersRedesigning tactical asset allocation
Multi-asset teams in the asset management industry already have to contend with implementing investment strategy across numerous portfolios whose opportunity sets may vary considerably.
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White papersThe Four U.S. Election Scenarios with Erik Knutzen
As we approach the 2020 U.S. election and its upcoming result, Erik Knutzen, CIO—Multi-Asset Class, dives into the possible scenarios and discusses the economic implications of what could happen with each hypothetical outcome.
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White papersBracing for Winter, Looking Forward to Spring
“Anticipation of much lower levels of uncertainty in 12 months’ time—paired with the after-effects of unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus, the potential for another fiscal boost to come, and the Federal Reserve’s new, more dovish policy framework—feed into this quarter’s changes to our asset class views.”
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White papersWhere to next? - Embracing global real estate in the era of COVID-19
Real estate is an important part of any multi-asset portfolio. Going global rather than sticking to the domestic market can be highly beneficial for investors, though they must consider strategy carefully and actively manage risk.
