All Podcast articles – Page 17
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PodcastThe Investment Podcast: Taking Asian real estate asset to another level in 2022
In an era of generally steep pricing, the focus is on real estate quality to cater to a variety of specific cultural and geographical requirements.
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PodcastMacroeconomics and markets in 2022 – Rebalancing supply and demand
What can investors expect after a year marked by new phases of the pandemic and given the prospect of another year that could see further outbreaks, renewed restrictions on mobility and activity? What is the macroeconomic outlook for 2022? What can we expect from the markets?
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PodcastBiodiversity: Episode 1
How can markets price the absence of birdsong? How much are people willing to pay to maintain the existence of, or be compensated for, the loss of biodiversity in all its forms?1
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PodcastEmission Impossible? Navigating Climate Action and Regulation
At COP26, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, many promises were made. Now investors are closely watching governments and companies to see how they take concrete action. Could climate disclosures become mandatory in the U.S. as they have in the UK?
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PodcastInvestment Symposium Series – Olivier Blanchard on US inflation…
In this time of profound change for societies, economies, and cultures, our goal is to provide investors with thought leadership on the factors shaping our age of transformation and the impact for financial markets and investing.
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Podcast2022 Outlook Series: Investing Through Climate Risk
Climate change is already having material impacts on public and private asset classes across developed and emerging markets.
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PodcastThe Future State of Real Estate Investing
As we wrap up on yet another atypical year across the global economy, we see many macro themes coming to the fore that investors are evaluating in the year ahead. Real estate, both in the public and private markets, can potentially act as a diversifier during times of uncertainty.
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PodcastIt’s Quitting Time: Exploring Labor Market Dynamics
After a record-breaking 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs in August, many have had their eyes on the labor market at large. Known as “The Great Resignation” or “The Big Quit”, this phenomenon has turned the heads of employers and employees alike. But how long might this trend last? What has kept people out of the workforce? And what sectors might be able to meet the demand of rising wages?
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Podcast2022 Economic Outlook
Barings experts across public and private markets explore the outlook for the year ahead from both the “top-down” and “bottom-up,” and weigh in on the key trends likely to shape opportunities in 2022 and beyond.
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PodcastThe Investment Podcast: Is the inflation genie out of the bottle?
With higher inflation now a global phenomenon, the extent of its pick-up varies from country to country. David Parsons and Miles Tym from M&G Investments, explore the localised responses, whether Gen X will be Gen debt and above all – whether inflation is here to stay.
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Podcast*Diversified private markets: A source of illiquidity premiums*
Negative cash flows, pressure to diversify risk exposures, stricter investment regulations – institutional investors are facing many issues. These are also making holding listed equities harder, while low bond yields add to the challenges of sourcing adequate returns. Where can attractive alternatives be found?
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PodcastESG: From Evolution to Revolution
As environmental, social and governance concerns have become a primary focus for many investors, ESG investing has particularly taken flight in recent years. A few governing bodies have started to build out frameworks to make ESG, or sustainable, investing a requirement in which investors and asset managers need to operate.
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PodcastA golden age for infrastructure?
What are the global themes responsible for driving and reshaping the modern infrastructure landscape? How can infrastructure investment play a part in supporting a wide range of ambitions, from decarbonisation, to digitisation?
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PodcastEuropean Real Estate: Finding & Creating Value Today (Podcast)
Portfolio manager, Rory Allan, joins Streaming Income to discuss the health of European real estate markets today, where the team is currently seeing—and creating—the most value, and how ESG considerations are continuing to change the investment landscape.
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PodcastHigh Yield: Why Fundamentals May Be Stronger Than You Think
Barings’ David Mihalick and Chris Sawyer assess the health of the global high yield bond and loan markets against a backdrop of COVID uncertainty, potentially higher rates and an ever-increasing focus on ESG.
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PodcastCAT Bonds: Finding Reassurance in Reinsurance
From massive flooding in Germany and Italy to earthquakes and wildfires in California, these natural disasters, among others, continue to ravage the globe. But as climate risk concerns grow, investors may be wondering how they can potentially diversify their portfolios.
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PodcastTurning a New Leaf in Chinese Investing
Historically, as the second largest economy in the world, China has presented a myriad of opportunities to investors worldwide. However, due to the regulatory changes outlined by the Chinese government, trends suggest that investors have started to reconsider their allocations in China.
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PodcastThe Investment Podcast: The democratisation of private assets
Private assets have been steadily growing in popularity in recent years, with estimates that global alternative assets under management will have grown from 10 trillion dollars at the end of 2020, to 17 trillion dollars by 2025.
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PodcastThinking Big When It Comes to Small Caps
The word volatility is not something that’s foreign to the small-cap market. However, with the rise of the meme stock phenomenon making headlines earlier this year, many people around the world have likely been keeping their eyes out for unique opportunities in the market. But when it comes to small caps, what other investment tools might be available to new and seasoned investors alike?
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PodcastThe Investment Podcast: Inflation - is it real?
From the ‘Great Moderation’ of the 1980’s, to the current day, the inflation environment has been relatively benign, with the policies of recent years mostly concerned with preventing deflation. However, as economies begin to rebound from the Covid crisis, inflation has ticked up. Is the current rise in inflation transitory, or could we see Central banks move to tighten policy?
