Outlooks – Page 108
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PE Investing at Turning Points in the Market Cycle
Shifting assets from public to private equity in and around recent major downturns has been a rewarding strategy.
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Why the Covid-19 crisis is different for private assets
Looking for lessons in the past can be valuable, but Covid-19 poses a unique challenge for the financial system. We look at the ways private assets will (or won’t) be affected.
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Coronavirus – Weekly update – 29 April 2020
The COVID-19 caseload has now reached almost 3 million infected cases and there have been over 210 000 fatalities. The death toll is on the decline now in Europe and appears to have plateaued in the US, albeit at a high level. As always, we highlight that caution must be taken in interpreting the data in both the time series and the cross section, given the different approaches to measurement and testing across countries.
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Five themes to show where the COVID-19 crisis is heading
With over 3 million people infected worldwide (Worldometers as of 29th April 2020), the Covid-19 pandemic has created huge economic uncertainty and volatility. However, markets cannot wait for complete clarity on the outlook and, as asset managers, nor can we. Therefore, we have identified six key signposts to help navigate the Covid-19 crisis and make better-informed decisions.
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Global Investment Views - May 2020
After closing one of the worst quarters ever for equity markets, Q2 started on a high note, with indices (S&P 500 and Euro Stoxx 600) recovering markedly from the bottom hit during the previous month. There is clearly a battle between bull and bear forces taking place.
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Roads to recovery from the coronavirus crisis
Will the global economic and market recoveries chart a V, U, W or swoosh-shaped recovery from the coronavirus crisis – or take a completely different course?
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Trends in Private Market Investing
Sean Ward looks at the trends that are emerging across buyout managers and how this is impacting investor sentiment.
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Recovery Scenarios and Emerging Themes
Erik Knutzen shares insights on navigating the range of paths through the recovery and our playbook for capitalizing on investment themes.
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Covid-19 Fixed income - Public credit - the end of beginning
Credit markets have continued to develop in recent weeks as participants digest events and various official intervention strategies, and consider the ramifications for taking credit risk in the future.
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Municipal Bond Market Update
James Iselin, Neuberger Berman’s Head of Municipal Fixed Income, discusses the potential for a rise in delinquencies and defaults across the municipal bond market.
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Opportunity In Credit Fixed Income Investment Outlook 2Q 2020
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fixed income markets experienced unprecedented shocks, which drove down yields on many government bonds and sharply widened credit spreads. Amid compromised global growth and historic levels of monetary stimulus, we anticipate a potentially long period of zero (or negative) policy rates, with central banks increasingly buying higher-quality assets. With that in mind, we see a compelling opportunity in credit spreads, with an initial focus on quality securities in central bank-supported sectors broadening out to take on more risk as the pandemic runs its course.
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Market weekly – Chinese equities – ahead of the curve
Year to date, the Chinese market is one of the best performing equity markets globally. Can such performance be sustained for the rest of 2020, however? Senior investment strategist Daniel Morris discusses the outlook with Caroline Yu Maurer, Head of Greater China Equities and Chi Lo, Senior Economist for Greater China, both from our Hong Kong office.
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Market Commentary - Coronavirus shockwave hits oil complex
As we enter the final week of April the total number of coronavirus cases is growing at about 3% per day. This is a marked slowdown from the peak reached in late March, around 12%. Yet in absolute terms, the number of new daily cases has only been plateauing, at around 80,000 globally
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Futures Shock
Amid unprecedented market dislocations and uncertainty, preparing playbooks for a range of outcomes can help us stay nimble and adaptive.
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Covid-19 update: European high yield market moves
An influx of ‘fallen angels’, which are issuers downgraded to junk bond status by the credit ratings agencies, has impacted European credit markets as a result of the economic fallout from the coronavirus. The movement of these names into European high yield (HY) credit indices has somewhat compensated for ...
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Investment Lessons From Horror Movies
Recovering markets may offer a few signals about what lies ahead.
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Private Debt Through the Crisis
Susan Kasser explores the themes that remain consistent in private debt portfolios through the crisis and those that will likely reassert themselves following the dislocation.
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Market Volatility | Closing Bell Insights
On this episode of Closing Bell Insights, Stephanie B. Luedke, Head of Private Wealth Management joins Joseph V. Amato, President and Chief Investment Officer of Equities, as he shares an update on the current equity market environment and discusses what to potentially expect from an economic “restart”.
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European private debt: shifting dynamics
This paper examines the main sources of deal flow across Europe’s broad and dynamic private debt markets in 2019, highlighting some of the key observations or themes influencing deal activity in different parts of the market. It discusses the broad themes that we believe are key to investing in private debt and can help well-positioned lenders access and align opportunities that can deliver the specific outcomes sought by investors. The Covid-19 pandemic has created unprecedented uncertainty, but even during this time it’s important not to lose sight of the long term.
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Oil: Demand on Remand
Mark Lewis, Global Head of Sustainability Research and Richard Barwell, Head of Macro Research at BNP Paribas Asset Management discuss the potentially lasting impact that Covid-19 and global lockdown is having on oil demand: