All Timber articles
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White papersGoing long on permanent crops: long-term demand fundamentals of almonds and pistachios
Understanding the supply-and-demand fundamentals of tree nuts is critical for investors considering long-term investments in the agriculture sector.
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White papersTimberland - Resilience, opportunity amid economic uncertainty
The investment landscape as we enter 2025 remains colored by economic uncertainty, geopolitical risk, inflationary pressures, high interest rates, volatile capital markets, and the unknown future of global trade policy.
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White papers2024 timberland investment performance set to meet or exceed 2023
Last year’s U.S. private timberland investments look likely to overtake their previous year’s performance. As we await full-year reporting inclusive of annual valuations through appraisals or market transactions, this performance could offer an indication of what to expect for 2025.
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White papersTimberland investing with Manulife Investment Management
How have approaches and strategies within sustainable forestry investment changed over the years? What new opportunities and co-benefits are available in addition to the stability and resilience these assets provide?
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White papersValuing nature is an economic imperative
Valuing nature and the wealth of natural systems can play a greater role in how we approach investing. We outline why this matters for the economy and our world.
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White papersHow carbon markets bolster timberland investing
As more and more investors look to integrate natural capital strategies into their portfolios, timberland is proving to be an obvious beneficiary. Thomas Sarno, global head of timberland investing, believes that now is an ideal time to invest in the asset class.
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White papersDiversifying with natural capital
Improving efficiency in traditional stock-bond portfolios through diversification may be limited because the average correlation across securities can be high. In contrast, the lack of correlation across diverse natural capital investment strategies offers great potential for efficiency improvements via portfolio design.
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White papersCarbon credit use is reshaping timberland investments
Carbon markets are entering a period of accelerated evolution that now requires the incorporation of carbon values.
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Research ReportAEW Monthly Research Report – February 2022
Land take regulations to drive land prices, density & Brownfield developments up.
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White papersInvesting in natural capital
Investments in sustainably managed timberland and farmland can play a vital role in improving the world’s natural capital while allowing investors to benefit from long-term global trends that will help them achieve their investment objectives.
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White papersAsset Allocation Update: Strong earnings prompt US equities upgrade
Amid background noise such as ongoing trade skirmishes involving the US, the evolving Chinese economy and geo-political tensions, we have spent time analysing recent market movements and the implications for risk assets.
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White papersDaisuke Nomoto: Japan - more tailwinds than headwinds for 2018
With GDP on a sustained growth track, supported by structural reforms and the Bank of Japan’s accommodative monetary policy, we maintain a positive outlook for the region.
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White papersReaction: Italian election
The Italian election result looks messy, but we do not believe that the chances of Italy leaving the eurozone have gone up materially.
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White papersTechnology and ‘mega-trends’ to drive US equity performance
US equities have outperformed global equities since the beginning of the recovery because the US economy was initially the sole engine of global growth, as European countries wrestled with the Eurozone crisis.
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White papersThe UK’s demise is overstated
UK equities reached all-time highs in 2017, but relative to world stocks (in US dollar terms) they were laggards.
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White papersAsset Allocation Monthly: May 2017
We have recently increased our equity rating to favour from neutral on the back of lower political risk and positive earnings developments.
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White papersThe emerging markets cloud receding
As US rhetoric on trade protectionism softens, investors are focusing on emerging markets’ fundamental attractions once more as productivity improvements and fast-growing young populations are driving superior economic growth.
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White papersHow should investors approach US infrastructure?
Improving and expanding US infrastructure involves more than building roads and bridges.
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White papersTrumponomics: What could go right?
When it comes to policy, there are things that can go right and things that can go wrong – particularly so with Trumponomics.
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White papersTrump unnerves Asia
The new US administration’s trade and foreign policy threatens to unsettle relations with Asia-Pacific nations. It is commonplace to say that the election of President Donald Trump has created uncertainty and nervousness among both US’s allies and its rivals.
