Outlooks – Page 95
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White papersExploiting credit opportunities through a long/short approach
Simon Thorp, CIO at Aperture Investors UK, Ltd, part of the Generali Investments multi-boutique platform. Simon, with over 30 years of experience in fixed income markets, was previously CIO at KKR Credit.
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White papersBrexit in the Coronavirus Era
Reaching a mutually beneficial Brexit deal has so far been beyond the reach of UK and European Union (EU) negotiators. Now that COVID-19 has struck, can they avoid a damaging split?
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White papersEmerging market debt: guiding beliefs for today’s market
With some countries lifting coronavirus lockdown periods, our emerging market debt team looks at the temporary factors affecting the asset class and reviews some key features investors should consider for the long-term. Bottom-up analysis, a benchmark agnostic approach and diversification might not sound like new ideas, but the current context underlines their importance even more.
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White papersGlobal Convertible Securities: A Strategic Choice For Lower-Volatility Equity Participation
An environment of unprecedented uncertainty has heightened the need for risk-managed investment solutions. Because of their structural features, convertible securities can address a range of strategic investment needs, providing lower-volatility equity market participation or serving as an enhancement to a fixed income portfolio.
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White papersA Positive Tipping Point for Some Brazilian Banks?
Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity’s Gustavo Stenzel explains why certain Brazilian banks could emerge from the outbreak stronger relative to a new pack of financial technology competitors.
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White papersJune Macro Dashboard
While the length and depth of this crisis remain uncertain, industry insiders are confident in aviation’s resiliency and ability to recover. Nevertheless, the COVID-19 pandemic will reshape the industry for years to come.
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White papersAmundi ‘Super’ ManCo open for business in Ireland
In May 2020, Amundi, the leading European asset manager, ranking among the top 10 global players1, announced that the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has authorised Amundi Ireland as a ‘Super’ Management Company allowing it to launch Irish domiciled UCITS and AIF’s for the first time in its 20-year history in the country.
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White papersHedge Fund Strategy Outlook Q3 2020
In our view, we continue to believe pricing dislocations between companies, industries, regions and asset classes due to the impact of COVID-19 and corresponding price adjustments offer abundant opportunities for select hedged strategies. The length and depth of both the economic supply-and-demand curve adjustments are key to the richness and tenor of the opportunities.
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White papersLeveraged loan investment and ESG in light of Covid-19
In its all-encompassing impact, Covid-19 must raise regard for all stakeholders. Can the private equity playbook be unaffected in the post-Covid era? Equally, with momentum building behind other societal challenges, like climate change, how can the private corporate world be encouraged to move forward?
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White papersMidyear outlook: risk, recovery and new market realities
Investment Market update from the local region.
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White papersThriving Amid Volatility: Perspectives on Asian Credit
While the majority of global markets have experienced volatility, the Asian fixed income market continues to remain resilient. What are the key factors that allow the region to thrive? As the leader in global supply-chain manufacturing, what does the future hold for the region?
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White papers2020 Views from the LPAC
Over our 25+ years of investing across private markets, Barings has held hundreds of Limited Partner Advisory Committee (LPAC) seats. From this vantage point, we offer the following insights on the issues and actions currently under debate between LPs and their GPs.
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White papersThe Irrelevant Election
With voters so divided and angry, the outcome on November 3 will be consequential for many reasons—just not for the stock market.
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White papersThe Covid-19 crisis: two sides of the same coin for pension funds
From a long-term investment perspective, the unprecedented global crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic brings along both challenges and opportunities, which constitute two sides of the same coin for institutional investors such as pension funds.
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White papersFighting the climate crisis: mitigation and adaptation
Global warming is a universal issue whose enormity seems to increase every year as new records for temperature, storm severity and species extinction are set, before being broken again. In the second episode of a two-part climate-focused special of Fundamentals, we ask: how should investors think about the climate within a portfolio context? And can investors adapt to a new climate normal?
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White papersMarket weekly – The case for global emerging market equities (podcast)
Over the past decade global emerging market equities have underperformed their developed market counterparts. What does the COVID-19 crisis mean for developing economies and the asset class ? In this week’s podcast, Vincent Nichols, investment specialist for global emerging market (EM) equities, discusses the case for EM equities with Daniel Morris, our senior market strategist.
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White papersHigh Yield: The Power of Flexibility in Volatile Times
The journey back to normalcy will likely be punctuated with stops and starts. But opportunities will emerge—and being in a position to capture the upside is key.
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White papersESG Research Helps Reveal Resilience amid COVID-19
Companies are coping with diverse challenges through the coronavirus crisis. Investors who integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their research can gain important insights on how businesses are adapting—and how future return potential might be affected.
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White papersCovid-19 - Institutional Fixed Income market update briefing
Credit markets have continued to perform well, enjoying underlying official support and as investors continue to look to add risk. In this short summary, we highlight activity within the main fixed income markets, including leveraged loans and asset-backed securities in recent weeks.
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White papersCoronavirus & Inflation in Advanced Economies: Slower for Longer
If consumers manage to recover quickly and healthily, thanks in part to so much public money being put in their hands, supply may fall short and inflation could come back.
