All United Kingdom articles – Page 16
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White papersBrexit And UK Defined Benefit Funding
Immediately following the EU referendum, financial markets downgraded medium-term growth expectations for the UK. Sterling weakened, long-dated government bond yields fell, and UK equity assets fell relative to international equities. Two-and-a- half years on we can see that this weakness has not unwound.
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White papersResponsible Investment Quarterly
The contents of this issue, covers Q4 2018.
Foreword from Iain Richards, Head of Responsible Investment
Portfolio Manager Viewpoint – Investing for a changing world: a sustainable equities outlook, by Pauline Grange, Portfolio Manager, and Rose Beale, Thematic Analyst.
A new age of infrastructure, by Ingrid Edmund, Senior Portfolio Manager
Airports flying high: a social perspective, by Ben Kelly, Senior Thematic Analyst
SASB update: codification of standards, by Mac Ryerse, Lead Analyst (US), and Chris Anker, Lead Analyst (EMEA) -
White papersResponsible Investment: From confusion to concrete data
Today’s investors don’t need to be convinced of the need to integrate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors to manage risk and optimise performance. Indeed, many also want to assess, understand and measure the wider implications of their investment choices.
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White papersWhat rapidly ageing populations mean for investors
This issue will not just affect older people – all of society will be impacted by a shrinking workforce and a dominant older demographic.
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White papersAmplified: Impactful intent – meaningful place-making
Responsible Property Investment (RPI) principles have been integrated throughout the Hermes Real Estate team’s activities since 2008.
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Asset Manager NewsSwiss Life Asset Managers reports further growth in its real estate business in 2018
Swiss Life Asset Managers reports positive results for its real estate business in 2018. Last year, the asset management company reported a real estate transaction volume throughout Europe amounting to around EUR 10 billion.
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White papersBrexit: an agreement is now more likely, but be aware of a no deal risk, not priced in
Developments and scenarios ahead: This is probably the most decisive week for Brexit and the situation is still rapidly evolving. Last night, Mrs. May and Mr. Juncker announced an agreement on the most controversial part of the Brexit deal: the Irish border backstop. This agreement is aimed at getting the U.K. Parliament to accept the Brexit deal previously rejected in January.
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White papersWhere Are We In The Brexit Process?
Despite the rapidly approaching deadline for the UK leaving the European Union, much remains up in the air. Trying to gauge the long-term economic impact is difficult, but we are seeking to minimise unwanted risk in our portfolios.
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Asset Manager News
‘M&G and Invesco chosen as investment partners for future build to rent pipeline’
Telford Homes Plc (AIM: TEF), the London focused residential property developer, is delighted to announce that following an extensive selection process managed by Savills, the Group has chosen Invesco Real Estate (‘Invesco’) and M&G Real Estate (‘M&G’) as our long term strategic build to rent partners for forward fund transactions.
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White papersBrexit Endgame: Interest Rate Scenarios
The UK parliament holds a series of Brexit votes over the next week that could have wide-ranging implications on interest rates. We look at some scenarios.
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White papersBrexit Do-Over?
Will Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposal win the day for Brexit or will there be another referendum? The British pound is caught in the middle.
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White papersBig Challenges for Equities, Bonds and FX Markets
A series of challenges, from the debt ceiling to Fed quantitative tightening to Brexit, will be confronting a variety of markets.
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White papersWhy SONIA is bored of Brexit
Are you Brexit-Bored or Brexit-Engaged? British financial markets are taking sides, too, in this messy divorce between the UK and European Union.
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Asset Manager NewsUBS Asset Management disposes of two City of London assets for GBP 77 million
UBS Asset Management’s (UBS-AM) Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) business announces that, in separate transactions undertaken on behalf of clients, it has disposed of two properties for a combined total of GBP 77 million, at 21 Wilson Street, EC2M and 158-164 Bishopsgate, EC2M, in the City of London.
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White papers360 – Fixed Income report, Q1 2019
To be considered relevant, a factor must first and foremost be backed by ample empirical evidence. In the absence of such evidence, academic research on multi-asset factor premiums could suffer from ‘p-hacking’ (or ‘data mining’). Recent research by Robeco uses new and previously unused deep historical financial data. The results allay any p-hacking concerns.
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Asset Manager NewsUBS Asset Management launches long income UK property fund seeded with GBP 90 million hotel portfolio
Open-ended UK long-lease strategy focused on alternative real estate sectors Targeting net income return of 5% p.a. Circa GBP 90 million committed from initial investor
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White papersEconomic and Property Overview: Q4 2018
GDP growth moderated in the final quarter, after a strong summer; output grew by 0.3% for the three months to November, down 30bps on Q3. As expected, the service sector accounted for the largest share of growth adding 0.24 percentage points, the construction sector also contributed to GDP growth, while the production sector knocked 0.12 percentage points off growth owing to weak activity in the manufacturing sector, which suffered the longest period of month-on-month output falls since the financial crisis.
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Asset Manager NewsTriton acquires prominent office asset on London’s Southbank for GBP 75.7 million
UBS Asset Management’s (UBS-AM) Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) business announces that its Triton Property Fund (Triton or the Fund) has acquired 42 Southwark Bridge Road, a prominent office asset located on London’s Southbank, for GBP 75.66 million.
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Asset Manager NewsOrchard Street acquires prime Thames Valley industrial estate for £15.7 million from Kier Property and Investec
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, has completed the acquisition of Trade City Reading, a multi-let industrial estate in Reading, developed in Joint Venture by Kier Property and Investec. The asset was acquired on behalf of St. James’s Place UK Plc. for £15.68 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 4.70%.
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White papersFixation on Brexit misses the bigger picture
Reflecting on 2018, global equity markets have lurched from optimism to pessimism. At the beginning of the year there was a complacent belief in synchronised global growth. But cut to the fourth quarter and many strategists are speculating whether the United States might soon enter a recession and how Chinese economic growth is slowing as they try to get a grip of their own excessive debt levels.
