All Risk Management articles
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PodcastDisrupting the world order
In this special edition, Sophie Dimopoulou, Head of External Distribution in Luxembourg, is joined by Professor Athanasios Platias, Professor Emeritus of Strategy at the University of Piraeus in Greece, and Daniel Morris, Chief Market Strategist at BNP Paribas Asset Management.
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White papersIlliquidity premia in private debt: Q1 2026
In our Q1 2026 deep dive, our research team crunched the data to explore how evolving macro conditions are reflected in private debt returns
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VideoHow does MDT’s investment approach respond to geopolitical risk events?
MDT chooses discipline over reaction in the face of market shocks.
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VideoHow does our trade finance process work?
In this video, Jingjing Pan, Senior Investment Analyst, outlines how credit quality, disciplined structuring and diversification can support resilient, risk-adjusted returns.
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White papersSolid foundations: Delivering social value to unlock investment value
Supporting employment, skills and training opportunities for local people produces lasting social value. But it is also key to delivering long-term investment returns.
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White papersFrom pledges to portfolio insight: why climate ambition alone is no longer enough
Net-zero commitments have become a familiar feature of corporate climate disclosures. Across markets and sectors, companies increasingly articulate long-term decarbonization goals, often framed around 2050 targets and interim milestones.
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White papersRising yields, rising uncertainty
“Bond yields at the short end of the curve moved up as markets repriced central bank action in response to inflation. Long-end yields rose mainly because of higher risk premium, as the war in the Middle East continues to create uncertainty.”
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White papersCapturing Consistent Return Streams in Capricious Equity Markets
For much of the past decade, equity investing has been defined by abundance. Strong beta, sustained momentum and a narrow group of market leaders meant that returns often came easily, just by being invested.
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White papersDeglobalisation: Downing the desire for duration
In the latest Fixed on Bonds blog, Premier Miton Fund Manager Simon Prior looks at why fragmenting supply chains can reduce economies of scale and add to cost pressures over time, ultimately feeding through to consumers.
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White papersInflation is back. Where next for investors?
The sudden Iran-led energy shock has clouded the macroeconomic outlook. However, this inflation spike is part of a wider post-pandemic inflation cycle and investors need to be aware high inflation is now structural, not transitory. Supply shocks, not global demand, are fuelling inflation, a backdrop compounded by geopolitics and a lack of fiscal levers available to governments.
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White papersInflation question haunts the market
US PPI, a measure of inflation at the producer level, rose to 6% year on year in April, the highest since December 2022 and well above market expectations. Energy price inflation also rose sharply since March. The data suggest that the war in the Middle East is beginning to feed into the real economy through higher input costs for companies, raising the risk that these costs may be passed on to consumers.
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White papersWarsh appointment: Inflation sets the early agenda
Kevin Warsh’s tenure as Federal Reserve chair begins amid heightened market scrutiny as investors grapple with renewed inflationary pressure. Stronger‑than‑expected April CPI reinforces the case for patience, even as the new chair has expressed comfort looking through one‑off price pressures. However, the Fed’s consensus decision‑making structure and the drift of core inflation away from target both suggest policymakers may hold off on cuts and keep policy unchanged longer than anticipated. For investors, the risk is rising that it will be 2027 before they see any further policy easing from the Fed.
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White papersAfter the Annuity: Managing the Effects of Pension Lift-Outs
Annuity purchases are popular and effective ways for U.S. corporate pensions to derisk balance sheets through a pension risk transfer (PRT). The average corporate pension has been fully funded since 2022, and plans have taken advantage of their improved funded status and higher interest rates to engage in record levels of PRTs.
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White papersIncome-generating real estate strategies in an uncertain world
In a risk-averse macro environment, investors are prioritising income stability. LaSalle Investment Management’s debt and core equity leaders across Europe and North America discuss where and how capital can be deployed to target reliable returns.
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White papersWhen lending starts to look like equity
Private credit has rarely attracted as much attention as it does today, with increasing scrutiny around how risk is building across the asset class.
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White papersCan Value Stocks Offer Resilience to AI Disruption?
Value companies tend to either benefit or buffer as AI uncertainties play out.
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White papersFive Timely Opportunities in Today’s High-Yield Market
As market conditions shift, opportunities stand out.
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White papersWhat Does Higher Inflation Mean for the US Economy and Fed?
With inflation rising, consumers are feeling the pinch and the Fed is weighing its options.
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White papersApril CPI report: Fed easing is becoming increasingly unlikely in 2026
After an extended period of cooling inflation, the impact of the Middle East conflict is driving a reacceleration in prices. Headline inflation rose 0.6% in April, lifting the annual rate to 3.8% and approaching a three-year high. Similar to March, energy was the largest contributor, accounting for over 40% of the increase. The more notable development in today’s report, however, was the upside surprise in core inflation, which excludes food and energy.
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White papersPricing nature: carbon and biodiversity credits explained
Carbon and biodiversity credits are often discussed together as tools for pricing nature. This can give the impression that they perform a similar role in investment strategies. In practice, they price fundamentally different things, behave differently in markets and should be treated accordingly by investors.
