All Risk Management articles – Page 3
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Research ReportAmundi’s Engagement Activity: Key 2024 Highlights
We have published our 2024 Engagement Report illustrating the tangible results of our proactive and constructive dialogue with companies aimed at driving positive change, promoting corporate accountability, and ensuring long-term resilience and sustainable returns for investment portfolios.
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White papersActive Maintenance: A Dynamic Approach to Buy & Maintain Credit
Pensions and insurers must generate income to fund obligations, navigate de-risking journeys and integrate climate risk into investing frameworks. Allspring’s active buy and maintain (B&M) approach addresses these goals.
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White papersFiscal reckoning: When do bond markets blink?
The era of fiscal complacency may be nearing its end. From Washington to Tokyo, bond markets are showing growing sensitivity to rising sovereign debt levels.
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White papersQ1 2025 Taxable Municipals Market Review and Outlook
Q1 returns in the taxable municipal market were strong—but not for the reasons you might expect. While falling Treasury yields boosted performance, policy-related risks and technical pressures raised questions about where valuations go from here.
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White papersFed may do little in this push-me-pull-you market
Bond investors had plenty to consider during May as momentum shifted.
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VideoRiding the storm
In our latest video insight, Steve Chiavarone, Head of Multi-Asset Group, breaks down how we’ve steered through the recent market turbulence, shares his insights on what markets may do next, and reveals the opportunities we’re eyeing in a shifting landscape.
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PodcastStop Guessing Tomorrow: Insights on Long/Short Strategies
Volatility and uncertainty are rewriting the rules of investing, challenging investors to think differently about managing risks and seizing opportunities. With heightened risks from rapidly evolving policies and concentrated market sectors, how can long/short strategies empower investors to navigate these dynamics? And what role does active management play in capturing opportunities and mitigating risks?
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White papersPrivate credit: The Red Thread – Private Markets – Edition May 2025
The first one hundred days of the second Trump administration has been eventful to say the least. The announcement of impending tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China raised concerns of global trade war increasing the risk of recession. Some strategists have gone so far as to say a recession in the US is now a 90% probability. Naturally, this has investors on edge and private credit’s not immune to this speculation.
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White papersInfrastructure debt – Broad opportunities, but risk must be managed closely
Investor appetite for infrastructure debt is proving to be robust in the face of a challenging fundraising environment for private markets. Vincent Guillaume and Stephanie Passet, Co-heads of Infrastructure Debt, argue for a disciplined approach to risk tolerance.
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White papersWhy short duration bonds may offer attractive opportunities in 2025
There has been an increase in appetite for short duration bonds over the last three years. Short duration can be utilised to meet a range of investor outcomes. We expect short duration to offer more opportunities than further up the curve in 2025.
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White papersThe curious case of rising US Treasury yields
A number of factors are likely prompting the move.
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White papersTaking stock amid tariffs
Liberation Day in the U.S. dished a hefty dose of tariff shock and awe, sending financial markets into a frenzy. President Trump announced a mix of broad and reciprocal tariffs far exceeding market expectations, prompting a rethink of the global economic outlook. Ongoing uncertainty on retaliatory and negotiating measures from the U.S.’s top trading partners creates a challenging backdrop. We take stock of the global outlook and how central banks could respond.
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White papersDiversions Ahead: Finding Resilience in the Next Chapter
The US economy is resilient and appears to have reached a healthy equilibrium, but US policy shifts are on the horizon and may alter the balance.
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White papersISA Briefing: Elections everywhere, all at once: Geopolitics and risk
Roughly 60% of the world’s population lives in countries facing major elections in 2024, markets representing 65% of the institutional investable real estate universe. Elections are, of course, the cornerstone of the democratic process, which in turn underpins the appeal of the most transparent, investable markets; that said, elections come with the possibility of policy changes that may impact returns.
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White papersNavigating climate risk: Solvency II revision, stress tests and strategic adaptation
A critical challenge: climate change represents a major challenge for insurers, driven by the increasing frequency of natural disasters and the need to manage risks associated with the transition to a low-carbon economy.
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White papersHarnessing climate data: Advancing data analytics to better integrate physical risks and opportunities
Climate change is no longer a distant, theoretical threat. The impacts are already being felt today with severe societal and financial consequences. And while we have seen an improvement in climate-related financial disclosures over the last decade, particularly regarding transition risks, corporate reporting on physical risks, both acute and chronic, remains limited, incomplete and inadequate.
