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Making Dollars and Sense: The Critical Role of Financial Literacy
As April marks Financial Literacy month, we recognize that budding investors are facing a backdrop of economic uncertainties and the ever-growing complexities of financial markets.
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What’s Up in the Air?
As you may have seen in the headlines, the airline sector has seen quite their fair share of volatility recently. Since the start of COVID shutting down air travel to then returning back to pre-pandemic levels and then exceeding those levels, the airline sector has been receiving its own fair share of market turbulence.
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Make Your Money Move
Given the economic uncertainties that unfolded from the COVID-19 pandemic and lead to rising inflation rates, investors held onto cash as their main arsenal. However, with central banks signaling interest rate cuts, now might be the time to move cash off the sidelines.
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Outerblue Convictions – Global Investment Views: The late-cycle environment continues to play out
Recent weeks have seen gains in the Magnificent Seven with rallies spreading across other sectors and US and European equities setting record highs. But how much longer can the equity markets keep rising and what has been driving this climb? Giulio Lombardo and Monica Defend, Head of Amundi Investment Institute, take a closer look at the reasons behind this upsurge and whether we should expect a reversal soon.
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European Real Estate: Light at the End of the Tunnel?
While European real estate markets have faced headwinds in recent years, there are signs that we may be at or nearing the trough of the cycle. Portfolio manager, Rory Allan provides insight into where the Barings team is finding attractive opportunities to deploy capital today.
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A World in Debt: US Treasuries
Guy: Welcome everyone to the “MIM Cuts to the Chase” podcast series. I’m your host, Guy Haselmann, and today we will discuss and unravel the US Treasury Bond market – which I often refer to as “the most important market in the world”. In light of the record-breaking U.S. Treasury issuance and looming large fiscal deficits, I think our discussion here couldn’t be timelier.
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Reassessing Retirement Savings with Robin Diamonte
As we mark the annual observance of International Women’s Day this March, we highlight the contributions and milestones of women in society all month long. In honor of this celebration, we invited an esteemed female Chief Investment Officer to highlight a core investment topic some people tend to misunderstand: retirement savings.
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The Investment Podcast: The long-term megatrend of European private asset-backed finance
While Europe’s private asset-backed finance markets have been growing in importance for a number of years, it’s only in recent years where we’ve seen the regulatory pressures that banks are facing come to the fore, fuelling a strong desire to shrink balance sheets and increase capital.
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When Specialty Finance Meets Silicon Valley Innovation
In the rapidly evolving world of alternative credit, Specialty Finance strategies can offer access to high-quality deals, backed with strong partnerships, for investors seeking to generate current income via short-duration transactions.
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Is it Time for Fixed Income?
Global Head of Public Assets, Martin Horne, discusses the factors shaping the outlook for fixed income markets in 2024 including interest rates, corporate fundamentals and valuations.
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Pulse Check on U.S. Interest Rates
The U.S. economy has defied predictions of recession amid post-pandemic interest rate volatility.
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The Greener Way – Driving net zero in infrastructure
Niall Mills discusses the impact of climate change on infrastructure and Igneo’s philosophy to decarbonising our asset companies as well as our five minimums standards we apply to all assets.
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Deciphering ESG in Emerging Markets: A Closer Look at Risk And Bias
A discussion on ESG for emerging market sovereigns, the challenges of assessing these issuers, and PGIM Fixed Income’s sovereign ESG framework.
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Outerblue Convictions - Global Investment Views: Market debate rages on
The last month has, to a large extent, seen a reversal in investors’ expectations for central bank actions. This has been the hot topic for financial markets over the past few weeks as these expectations filter down into financial data and continue to drive asset prices. However signs of a slowdown are appearing. What factors will be most important to judge market direction going forward?
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Real Estate Secondaries: A Diamond in the Rough Market?
With liquidity needs continuing to be on the rise, many sophisticated investors look to the secondaries market for solutions. However, with the lower valuations in Real Estate, there may be opportunities in the Real Estate Secondaries space that might not be on the radar as a result of skepticism in the market.
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BDCs: The Cyclical & Structural Outlook
Business development companies (BDCs) continue to garner increased investor attention driven by demand for income and access to the growing private credit asset class. Barings’ Matthew Freund discusses the cyclical and structural trends shaping the market opportunity today.
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Exiting Long-Term Infrastructure Investment
Since 2019 Igneo has successfully exited 9 of its European portfolio companies.
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The Investment Podcast: The great global election cycle
As billions of people vote in national elections in 2024, including seven of the world’s 10 most populous nations, our panel of cross asset class experts looks at the issues and potential unique and overlapping implications at play across developed and emerging markets – from the US and UK to South Africa and Mexico. They also analyse what asset allocators are watching, including the influence of outcomes on fiscal, monetary and climate policy, the impact on asset prices and potential mispricing opportunities.
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PAT Cast #20: Pathway to net-zero: Protecting the future value of assets through decarbonisation
With tenants increasingly desiring sustainable buildings, governments adopting legally binding net-zero carbon targets, and rising concerns around embodied carbon, decarbonising our building stock is essential - and the risks of not taking action are immense.
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Outerblue Talks Social: Exploring perceptions of equal opportunities with Romina Boarini, OECD
Promoting social mobility and equality of opportunity remains a pressing concern for many countries, challenging the very fabric of our society. Hence, understanding the perceptions and representations of equal opportunities is essential to catalyse collective action and support corrective measures.