All Strategies articles – Page 2
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A core allocation to CTAs might be as wise as going tactical
Timing CTAs is notoriously challenging. We review the pros and cons of several allocation methods to CTAs.
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Allocation Views: Step to the sidelines
Our Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions suggests the outlook for global economic activity remains constructive and should support moderate return prospects for riskier assets in the medium term.
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Buyouts Keynote Interview: Motivated Sellers Create Buyers’ Market
In a keynote interview conducted by Buyouts, Tristram Perkins, Ben Perl, and Victor Ko discuss how liquidity challenges seem to be fueling secondaries dealflow, presenting compelling opportunities for buyers.
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Infrastructure debt in a sweet spot for 2024
Attractive risk-adjusted returns during uncertain times
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Income…with a Side of Growth Potential
We think today’s market landscape calls for a different mix in multi-asset income strategies.
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Uncovering the qualities that set compounders apart
Compounder companies (“compounders”) are those with highly visible and long-duration growth. Lindy’s Law explains an anti-ageing process for such companies — the longer they exist, the stronger they become to survive well into the future. This enables many to become industry leaders and dominant global players. We refer to these types of venerable companies as “marathon runners”. They form the bedrock of the returns we generate for our clients. It’s not just their age that sets these companies apart. It’s the combination of unique corporate culture and resilience that keeps them growing in good and bad times.
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European logistics: Why now?
Over the past two years, the industrial sector has returned to more typical demand levels with the lockdown-induced frenzy slowing. Despite this, Clarion Partners maintains a positive outlook for the sector’s long-term prospects.
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Four Themes Emerging in Life Insurers’ Asset Allocations
Life insurers are continuing to move toward less liquid securities—which provide the potential for yield enhancement—while simultaneously de-risking from a credit perspective.
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Fixed Income Horizons Survey 2024
The Capital Group 2024 Fixed Income Horizons Survey captures the views of 100 UK asset owners, including pension funds, OCIO providers, insurers, endowments and foundations. The quantitative survey was conducted by CoreData Group during February and March 2024. This report also includes insights from a series of in-depth qualitative interviews with senior investment leaders at UK asset owners. The questions were focused on respondents’ asset allocation views and attitudes to different areas of fixed income markets.
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3 years of TargetNetZero investment-grade credit
Credit convictions combined with climate alignment typifies our TargetNetZero investment grade (TNZ IG) credit strategies, which recently marked three years since their inception. Here we take a closer look at their origin, evolution and the outlook for fixed-income investment in alignment with the Paris Agreement.
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De-Siloing Your Fixed Income Portfolio
The potential benefits of multi-asset over siloed fixed income management, and why we think asset allocation should be a bottom-up as much as a top-down process.
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3 years of TargetNetZero Equity: a genuine transition approach
The TargetNetZero (TNZ) Equity strategies recently marked their three-year anniversary. Since they launched in late April 2021, we have sought opportunities beyond the obvious low-carbon sectors because we recognise that transitioning away from fossil fuels involves the entire economy. Our methodology pinpoints the companies that will have the largest and most effective impact on the shift, regardless of – and even because of – their current carbon footprints.
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LOIM Stewardship in 2023: pushing for ambitious action
How does LOIM go about helping companies become fit for the future while supporting long-term portfolio objectives? Decarbonisation, nature and best-practice governance were foremost on our stewardship agenda in 2023. We explore this in depth in our annual report to the Financial Reporting Council, which can be accessed here.
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Real and alternative assets in focus in the strategic asset allocation
Our 2024 CMA outlines the general attractiveness of real and alternative assets compared to listed assets and confirms good opportunities in terms of risk/return profiles. The attractiveness of these assets is linked to the remuneration for the liquidity risk exposure.
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Navigating key questions in fixed income investments
This paper contains our latest views based on data analysis using the Franklin Templeton Institute US Fixed Income Navigator (FIN), with a special emphasis on elevated volatility, the potential for interest rate cuts, and a shift to a brighter bond market environment.
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Allocation Views: A healthy correction
An improving macro environment is typically associated with strong markets, which is causing Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions to maintain a tilt toward riskier assets.
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Article 15 for 15: A US SMID retrospective
Over the 15 years of his involvement in the US small- and mid-cap Strategy, portfolio manager Mark Sherlock has witnessed many different markets and economic conditions. Read our retrospective to learn the importance of seeking downside protection, how the tortoise beats the hare and why you should never let a good crisis go to waste.
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Opportunities at the longer end of the commercial paper curve?
Federated Hermes’ Short Term Investments Committee of portfolio managers meets on a monthly basis to provide insights, strategise, and discuss investment opportunities across the short end of the yield curve.
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The Pitfalls of Investing In Factor Indices
Factor indices are a far cry from “passive” investing and may be ill-designed to deliver optimal risk-adjusted returns.
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Implementation Alpha: Adding Value in Indexed Fixed Income
Achieving benchmark performance in an indexed fixed income portfolio requires more than a passive approach. Read about State Street Global Advisors techniques to exploit market inefficiencies and deliver what we call ‘implementation alpha’.