All Research Report articles – Page 4
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Research ReportThematic equities as an alternative to fully diversified equity portfolios
Thematic equity strategies can also serve as alternative to – or replacements for - global equity portfolios that invest across industry sectors.
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Research ReportThematic equities within global equity asset allocation
Although the core-satellite approach is fairly popular, the majority of professional and non-professional investors allocate capital by region. It’s a strategy that divides the investible universe into large regional blocks such as North America, Western Europe and Asia-Pacific.
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Research ReportThematic equities as satellite allocations
Investors pursuing a core-satellite approach will find that thematic equities can work particularly effectively as satellite investments.
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Research ReportSDG Engagement High Yield Credit: H1 2021 report
Our focus on higher-quality credit in markets with strong engagement potential meant we didn’t benefit from the outsized rally in Covid-ravaged sectors in H1 2021, but the strategy continues to outperform its benchmark since inception
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Research ReportAEW Monthly Research Report - September 2021
Debt used to fund new real estate acquisitions was €129bn for 2020. This is down by 15% from 2019 due to the Covid-19 lockdowns. Across the entire European market, the average annual acquisition LTV remained at under 50%,
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Research ReportReal Estate Outlook – APAC, Edition 3 - Navigating rough waters
While the stuttering pandemic situation will weigh on near-term growth, the outlook for real estate in APAC is more sanguine.
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Research ReportAsset Allocation: Think portfolio construction
Using a factors-first lens to find opportunities in today’s alternatives market
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Research ReportImpact Opportunities - Impact Annual Report, 2020
Covid-19 has resulted in a paradigm shift: it has thrown into sharp focus the need for resilient healthcare systems and supply chains, while also highlighting the climate change crisis and workers’ rights issues.
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Research ReportSearching for yield – a role for junior capital
The search for yield has always been a focal point of the fixed income investor, but today’s investors must look far and wide to find it. U.S. 10-year Treasuries have not seen the top side of 4.0% since the end of the global financial crisis and are currently priced to yield less than 2.0%.
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Research ReportReal Estate Outlook – Edition 3, 2021: Undertows diverge by sector
Strong economic recovery, but Delta variant poses a threat. Office and retail sectors continue to have hardships, but more dynamic sub-segments have upside surprise factors. Post-pandemic pent-up demand is supporting the multifamily sector. Logistics continues to outpace expectations and is expected to have staying power.
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Research ReportClearing hurdle targets amid rising rates
For much of the past decade, the endowment and foundation community has expressed concerns about the challenge of meeting their spending requirements while maintaining funding levels in an environment of low yields and muted return expectations.
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Research ReportSDG Engagement Equity: 2021 H1 Report
Launched in January 2018, the Federated Hermes SDG Engagement Equity Fund has the dual purpose of delivering attractive returns and measurable real-world impact.
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Research ReportManaging risk amid uncertainty with commercial real estate debt
The healthy appetite for commercial real estate (CRE) debt from investors around the world continues. Not a single investor wanted to reduce their exposure to debt, according to the 2020 INREV/ANREV/PREA survey covering CRE debt vehicles.
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Research Report2020 TCFD report: our climate-related financial disclosures
Today, the international business of Federated Hermes publishes its Climate-related Financial Disclosures Report for 2020. This report details our approach to identifying and managing climate risks, including how we seize related opportunities, how we engage at the policy level and how we ensure that the weight of the climate crisis is front and centre in everything we do.
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Research ReportIPUT Q2 2021 Report
At the half-year point, the economic outlook is more positive as normality begins to return to everyday life. After an initial slow start, Ireland’s vaccine rollout has gained momentum with over four million vaccines administered and 50% of the adult population now fully vaccinated.
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Research ReportReal Estate Convictions - Asset Manager’s view of the European real estate markets
The pandemic has killed over 4 million people in the last 18 months, but the Delta variant has made great strides across the planet, since it is highly contagious. Countries or regions with too low vaccination provision may be quickly forced to introduce further restrictive measures that pose significant risks to their recovery.
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Research ReportBNP Paribas REIM shares its convictions on the European real estate market
While the health crisis has had a significant impact on the entire European real estate sector, the economy is shaping up for a recovery. This is confirmed by the new report “Lighthouse – outlook for European Real Estate” released by BNP Paribas REIM.
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Research ReportCOVID-19 Flight: No great migration but a catalyst to existing trends
The COVID-19 pandemic has uniquely affected workers as it forced millions into remote roles for the first time. Yet, despite the rise of telecommuting and advancements in digital communication over the past two decades, migration trends across the nation have actually been in decline after peaking in the 1980’s. We wonder: Has the COVID-19 pandemic reversed this secular trend or will it be a temporary black swan event?
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Research ReportAEW Monthly Research Report - July 2021
As the post-Covid recovery takes hold, inflation has increased rapidly to 5% in the US and over 2% in Europe triggering concerns on future interest rates, as central banks could be forced to reverse their lower-for-longer policies to meet their restated long-term inflation targets.
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Research ReportImpact Report, Q2 2021
Any strategy looking to reduce carbon emissions needs to take sustainable energy production into account. With global demand for electricity set to double by 2050, there is an urgent need to shift from unsustainable fossil fuels to renewables like wind and solar power.
