All Portfolio Management articles – Page 5
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PodcastNavigating Secondaries Amid Choppy Markets
Private equity investors continue to experience a complex market environment, facing many macro headwinds and prolonged uncertainty.
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White papersInvestment symposium – Macroeconomic themes for 2023
At our annual Investment Symposium, investment teams from across BNP Paris Asset Management debated the macroeconomic themes with the potential to shape markets in 2023, airing diverse perspectives and exploring the implications for portfolios. We share their conclusions on the main topics for the year ahead.
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White papersPurposeful Refinement: Positioning for Tomorrow
In 2022, an unconventional problem, COVID-19, led to consequences traditional diversification strategies weren’t equipped to handle. We believe purposeful refinements to traditional approaches may drive future success.
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White papersFinTech equities: trends to watch in 2023
Excessive valuations in our FinTech universe are now largely gone, contributing to a positive 2023 outlook, in our view. We are increasing our exposure to upcoming FinTech companies.
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White papersRisks and benefits of low-carbon investing: a new factor?
The climate transition increasingly dominates the investment landscape as fund managers focus on sustainability themes. Low-carbon investing is an early approach that addresses climate risks in a systematic way.
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White papersBuilding Portfolios with Infrastructure: Performance, Cash Flows & Portfolio Allocation
Institutional portfolios have been increasing allocations to unlisted infrastructure investments. However, to fully understand how infrastructure investments can benefit their portfolios, CIOs need better information on the performance and cash flow characteristics of this asset class, as well as a multi-asset, multi-period portfolio construction framework that is fit-for-purpose when allocating to illiquid, private investments alongside liquid, public investments.
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White papersPortfolio construction themes
The economic backdrop that investors have been anticipating appears to be on the horizon — easing inflation and less aggressive central banks (although the U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to continue tightening, albeit at a more measured pace), but also an increasing likelihood of recession.
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Podcast‘Net zero will reorganise value chains’: Höhne-Sparborth joins Hymans Roberston podcast
With the transition to net zero a crucial investment theme, how can investors reduce exposure to climate risk while targeting growth opportunities?
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White papersNet Zero Investment Portfolios - Part 1. The Comprehensive Integrated Approach
The emergence of net zero emissions policies is currently one of the most important topics among asset owners and managers. In this research paper, we investigate the integrated approach, which is implemented by equity and fixed-income mutual funds and ETFs.
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White papersWhen bonds fail to hedge: the problem with conservative portfolios
In the latest instalment of Simply put, where we make macro calls with a multi-asset perspective, we examine why the performance of ‘conservative’ portfolios has suffered from using fixed income to lower volatility, rather than cash.
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White papersPerformance materials: efficiency helps preserve nature
Our current take-make-waste system harms nature through excessive extraction of natural resources. Performance materials can help reduce this strain.
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PodcastCould Liquid Alternatives Provide Answers?
As we continue to navigate the current challenging investment environment, we look at the aspects of various asset class categories that could provide insight. As we transition into this new regime, investor demand for diversifiers have come into focus.
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White papersCore Real Estate for Institutional Investors
Commercial real estate was once viewed as a niche investment sector, but after several decades of evolution, it has emerged as a core asset class for many institutional investors.
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White papersKey Considerations When Navigating the Net-Zero Transition
Eighteen months ago, we mapped considerations for the industry’s forward path through the unfolding low-carbon transition (see Transitioning to Net-Zero Investment, April 2021). At the time, the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance had just added five members to their ranks, bringing the overall number of signatories to 42 owners, with a total of $6.6 trillion in assets under management. It was a crucial tipping point for net zero.
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White papersMacro Perspectives: Recession risks, stalling growth and timing policy pivots
Over the past year, central banks have taken aggressive actions to battle inflation. Our economists generally agree that inflation peaked, but they disagree on how long it may take to drop to the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) targeted 2.0% level.
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White papersMeasuring the Value of a Portfolio Liquidity Line
Cash is needed to provide portfolio liquidity, but it often carries a high opportunity cost. While CIOs may contemplate reallocating a portion of portfolio cash into investment assets to help improve expected portfolio returns, they know that having cash on hand is beneficial to cover unexpected liquidity needs and avoid having to sell assets, especially during poor market environments. But is there a better way to balance the costs and benefits of cash?
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White papersSocial impact: Testing a new opportunity for institutional investors
The drive to deliver net zero emissions by 2050 has hogged the responsible investment headlines. Institutional investors interested in environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have rightly seen climate as a huge priority and there was a risk this might create ‘carbon tunnel vision’, relegating other concerns to the sidelines. Happily, things are changing.
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White papersPrivate and listed infrastructure: The case for a complete portfolio
Investors appear to be struggling to deploy capital to meet existing allocation goals due to the challenges managers face in putting money to work in the private infrastructure market.
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White papersToning down the optimism of backtests
Past performance does not guarantee future returns. This statement is true of any strategy, be it of a systematic or discretionary nature. Systematic strategies seemingly provide a little more comfort in the form of lengthy historical backtests, which indeed never look bad.
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WebinarThe Credit Call: Unconstrained Credit, October 2022
Fraser Lundie, CFA, Head of Fixed Income – Public Markets, is joined by Orla Garvey, Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager and Vincent Benguigui, Senior Credit Portfolio Manager. The team touches on some of the key drivers that have shaped the Fund’s performance to date and why they feel that a dynamic allocation to credit is beneficial to unlocking future returns.
