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Asset Manager NewsSalesforce Tower Chicago Completes Construction and Becomes First Office Tower to Measure and Achieve a 19% Reduction in Carbon Emissions
Hines shares Embodied Carbon Reduction Guide with methods that can be implemented industry-wide.
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Asset Manager NewsGTIS Partners Closes on Build-to-Rent Project in Queen Creek, AZ
GTIS Partners LP (“GTIS”), a real asset investment and development firm based in New York, today announced closing on Queen Creek Commons, a residential build-to-rent project located in Queen Creek, AZ within the Phoenix MSA. The Project will be developed in-house by GTIS with Sonoma Communities, a Phoenix based developer, serving as its co-developer. The Project is estimated to have a budget of approximately $65,000,000.
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White papersWhy private real estate in an inflationary environment?
Hotter-than-expected inflation is stoking investment opportunities in real estate. We believe real estate may be the right investment for today’s investor.
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VideoThe Rise of Alternative Property Sectors in the U.S.
Michael Acton, Head of Research at AEW, explains which factors and trends drive the growing interest of institutional investors in the alternative property sectors in the U.S.
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White papersMarket snapshot: Fed ramps up policy response to runaway inflation
US central bank to begin speedy reduction of its balance sheet as officials lean towards 50bps rate rises this year
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White papersPost liftoff investing: Adapting to a hawkish Fed
For more than a decade, investors have enjoyed supportive financial conditions. The Federal Reserve (Fed) has provided clear forward guidance, their balance sheet has expanded, and interest rates have remained low. For businesses, this has been an era of easy money for new projects, expansion, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). For everyday individuals, rates on mortgages and personal loans have been attractive, boosting home prices and debt levels. All in all, this has driven a long period of steady economic growth and healthy returns.
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White papersFed Ready to Tighten the Screws on Inflation
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points this week. The central bank also signaled that it’s likely to keep raising rates at every meeting well into the second half of the year, and made it clear that it will start paring its balance sheet soon.
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White papers‘En-flation’: The heightened risk of inflation in increasingly environmentally conscious economies
As surging energy prices hit the headlines, limited renewable energy infrastructure means that, in the short-term, it is possible countries will shift back towards traditional fossil fuel extraction. Yet, in the medium-term, given rising appreciation for the importance of energy security, there will be a renewed focus and increased public capital allocated to the energy transition.
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White papersOn My Mind: The US Dollar and the Retreat from Globalization
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with its tragic human toll, likely marks a turning point for the geopolitical and global economic order. A lot has been written on the many aspects of this war. In this note, I want to focus on two key economic questions: firstly, the implications for the US dollar’s status as dominant reserve currency and, secondly, the implications for the pace of the energy transition.
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White papersUpcoming: Principal Speaker Series – A conversation with Dr. Lawrence H. Summers
Join us as we welcome Dr. Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, immediately following the pivotal March FOMC meeting. Seema Shah, Managing Director, Chief Global Strategist at Principal Global Investors, will host a timely and engaging conversation on the state of the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve’s response, and how investors can prepare for the volatile period ahead.
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White papersRising Rates - REITS poised to perform well
As is the case with most income-oriented stocks, REITs are typically hit hard when central banks begin talks of raising interest rates. This is due to investors views on how the higher interest rates will impact a REIT’s cost of capital.
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Asset Manager NewsGTIS Partners Closes on Build-to-Rent Project in Tampa
GTIS Partners LP (“GTIS”), a real estate investment firm that manages over $4.3 billion in gross assets with a focus on residential and industrial investments, today announced its closing on River Landing, a 72-acre site that will be developed into an approximately 260-unit build-to-rent (“BTR”) community.
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White papersAn Equity Outlook: Are Stocks the Biggest Real Asset Out There?
It may be easy to take a bearish stance on equities today, but there’s a case for stocks to generate positive real returns on a strategic basis going forward. High household equity allocations may actually be warranted, elevated valuations don’t necessarily spell doom, populist pressures on earnings growth are surmountable and falling correlations within the equity market create more “potential energy” for active management to add alpha.
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White papersStaying Invested Today: Resiliency in the face of tightening
Financial markets have had an extremely rocky start to 2022. After a month of trading, several major global equity market indices have fallen into correction territory—a drop of 10% from their recent all-time highs—as investors adjust expectations in the presence of United States Federal Reserve (Fed) tightening, elevated inflation, and softening economic growth.
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White papers25-26 January FOMC review: giving the all clear for March hike
With its two criteria having been met (price stability and full employment), the Fed indicated that the start of the rate normalisation cycle is soon. The Fed probably avoided referring to the next meeting scheduled in March to give them optionality should external events have a detrimental impact on growth.
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White papersThe Fed: Walking a Tightrope in 2022
The US Federal Reserve is walking a tightrope—if it acts too quickly it risks hampering growth and market volatility, but if it acts too slowly it risks spiraling price increases.
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White papersJeromicron: Markets Face a One-Two Punch
Preliminary Markit PMIs in the U.S. show Omicron weighed on consumer demand, labor supply, and supply chain disruptions in January. The composite PMI fell from 57 to 50.8—its lowest level in 18 months; declines were seen in services and manufacturing.
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White papersWhere Are U.S. Rates Going?
It is widely believed that the mainstream FOMC members, which includes Fed Chair Jerome Powell, belong in the dove camp. With global PMIs peaking, a tightening of monetary and fiscal policy are headwinds for the strong recovery.
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White papersResiliency in a time of heightened volatility
Franklin Templeton Fixed Income’s Glenn Voyles and Matt Fey expect 2022 to be a year where credit selection regains importance.
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White papersSpectrum 2022 Outlook
We expect a slower pace of growth in 2022 due to monetary tightening and reduced fiscal policy support.
