All North America articles – Page 25
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White papersU.S. Election Cycle Ends With a Bang
With an early morning concession call to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton brought to a close an election cycle unlike any in recent memory.
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White papersRecent Macro Trends Should Persist in 2017
Portfolio Manager Ken McAtamney expects a number of recent macroeconomic and market trends to persist in 2017, including a modestly positive uptrend in inflation and a continuation of equity-market leadership.
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White papersInvestment Implications of the U.S. Elections
In this commentary, we use game theory to scrutinize the strategic interactions of the parties involved in the upcoming U.S. elections and analyze the investment implications of a win by either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.
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White papersTaxable U.S. municipal bonds make sense for non-U.S. investors
As global investors continue to face falling, low, and negative interest rates, the need for alternative investments to enhance portfolio returns and performance has heightened.
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Global Real Estate Summary: Edition 2 2016
In a hypothetical asset market exam, the fundamentals for good quality commercial real estate would definitely get a passing grade.
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Adding flavor to your portfolio: All you need to know about real estate
For institutional investment purposes, real estate usually refers to the commercial sectors of office, retail, industrial (including logistics) and the leased (rather than owner occupied) residential sector. Increasingly, real estate investment also refers to debt secured against property assets and other niche sectors such as student accommodation, hotels or healthcare.
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White papersGlobal Market Update: Taking Stock After Brexit
Portfolio managers Simon Fennell and Casey Preyss provide a mid-year follow-up to our Global Market Outlook. Learn how we got where we are in 2016 and what we can expect for the remainder of the year.
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European Real Estate Quarterly: Q1 2016
Towards the end of 2015 and into Q1 2016 there have been an increasing number of commentators speculating that the world economy is on the cusp of a new recession, triggered by slowing emerging market economies.
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The case for global real estate
Stronger diversification and a wider opportunity set are just two of the reasons to consider investing globally.
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Global cities: Superior returns in top cities
The world is moving away from sovereign borders and is becoming defined by economically powerful global cities.
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Real Estate Market Outlook: Continental Europe
Eurozone economic growth is on a gradual upwards path, supported by the European Central Bank’s extension of the quantitative easing stimulus programme through to 2017, and by the recent interest rate cuts.
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Global Economic Overview: Spring 2016
The world economy stumbled in 2015, amid weak aggregate demand, falling commodity prices and increasing economic volatility in major countries. The world GDP grew by 3.1% vs. 3.4% in 2014.
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Global Real Estate Summary: Edition 1 2016
The global economy is relatively healthy, despite the fact that in most major economies domestic demand is expanding at a rate below its 10-year (or longer) average.
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White papersBasis Trade at Index Close (BTIC) Trading at Index Option Expirations
Most index options traders use index futures for hedging purposes.
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Automation and Real Estate – the rise of the machines
This paper considers the impact of computing and robotics advances on the workforce and how this will influence real estate markets.
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Asset Manager News
Principal Real Estate Investors Honored by EPA as a 2016 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Principal Real Estate Investors with a 2016 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Energy Management Award for its outstanding efforts to improve the energy efficiency of U.S. buildings and facilities through its actions.
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UBS Asset Management's Global Real Estate business undertakes EUR 7.1 billion in transactions in 2015
UBS Asset Management’s Global Real Estate business conducted EUR 7.1 billion of transactions in 2015, compared to EUR 6.0 billion in 2014.
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Time to Re-load? Current High Yield Bond Prices Present Long-Term Value
Global risk markets have been under pressure lately due to a confluence of factors—weakness in China and other global economies, plunging oil and commodity prices, and the onset of the removal of monetary accommodation by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
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Key risks for global real estate in 2016
Aided by extremely loose global monetary policy, capital values have experienced a strong recovery since the crisis. We believe this period of very strong capital growth has largely run its course and the window to capture significant yield compression is passing quickly, says Sandip Bhalsod.
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Pension Risk Transfer Gains Momentum in a Low Interest-Rate Environment
The pension risk transfer space continues to proliferate, with plan sponsors from an array of market sectors, firm sizes and geographical locations proactively transferring pension risk to insurance companies.
