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PodcastRedevco published its 16th Responsible Investment Report
Our mission, to make cities more sustainable and liveable, not only requires us to massively reduce operational and embodied emissions within our assets, as we are working towards net zero carbon by 2040, but to also evaluate the social impact of everything we do.
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PodcastOuterblue Research – Capital Market Assumptions 2024
Our capital market assumption forecasts look more closely at the themes that shape the financial market landscape and aim to help steer investors over the medium to long-term. This year the publication considers how climate delays and productivity gains from artificial intelligence are likely to drive a reordering of asset class profiles and the role played by geopolitical tensions.
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PodcastThe Investment Podcast: The return of equity income
Post-Global Financial Crisis, income investing in equities found itself in the wilderness. The only way to outperform between 2010 and 2020 was to be at the growth-end of the spectrum. But that all changed abruptly in 2022 with spiralling inflation and rising interest rates. Listen for more.
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PodcastOuterblue Convictions – Global Investment Views: Bright spots in a trickier phase?
The uncertainties faced by financial markets over the recent months have been making forecaster’s lives difficult. The two big questions over growth and inflation continue to preoccupy. Swaha Pattanaik and Monica Defend, Head of Amundi Investment Institute, discuss what’s been catching their attention over the past month and how these factors are influencing projections.
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PodcastMaking 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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PodcastHigh Yield Bonds & Loans: Adapting to Changing Markets
Against a backdrop of stickier-than-expected inflation, higher-for-longer rates, and persistent geopolitical risks, what is the outlook for high yield bonds and senior secured loans? Global High Yield Portfolio Manager, Brian Pacheco, weighs in.
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PodcastWhat’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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PodcastBoard Governance and Climate Change
In a discussion with Igneo’s Head of Responsible Investment for Europe, Sophie Durham, and Non-Executive Director Karina Litvack, they cover topics like the energy transition, climate change targets, greenwashing, and demonstrating progress
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PodcastMake 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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PodcastOuterblue 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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PodcastEuropean 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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PodcastA 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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PodcastReassessing 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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PodcastThe 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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PodcastWhen 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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PodcastIs 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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PodcastThe 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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PodcastOuterblue 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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PodcastReal 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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PodcastBDCs: 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.
