White papers - all assets – Page 152
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White papersThe ‘blue economy’: ensuring the sustainable management of our marine and freshwater environment
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) expert My-Linh Ngo, BlueBay Head of ESG Investment & Portfolio Manager, RBC BlueBay Asset Management discusses the importance of the blue economy in building a sustainable future through public debt markets.
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White papersFixed Income: the road ahead
Recent crises within US regional banks and the more idiosyn- cratic case of Credit Suisse have various underlying causes. However, the overall context of these issues is undoubtedly the sudden and significant tightening of financial conditions in the past year.
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White papersCombining sustainability and outperformance with credit factor investing
What is the ex-ante impact of different sustainable investment approaches on the alpha of a credit portfolio? And what can investors do who want both outperformance and sustainable credit investments? Credit factor investing provides a solution to both questions.
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White papersWhere next for inflation?
Inflation is by far the most crucial investment consideration today, yet it’s not all bad news for long-term investors. In this paper, our Research, ESG and Investment teams explain the factors shaping their inflation outlook, the dynamics behind resilient equity markets, why ESG and sustainable development is here to stay despite short- term price pressures, and where to find investment opportunities in today’s uncertain environment.
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White papersMaking an impact with fixed income
Impact investing is an increasingly compelling consideration for core bond allocations
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White papersInflation, disinflation, inflection Who is right?
The market narrative remains focused on a single topic – inflation – but the overall picture is markedly different to that of late 2022. Equity, credit and rates markets are not synchronised in their pricing or probabilities of the outcomes from here. This conflicting picture of significant rate cuts just around the corner, dovetailing nicely with median levels of credit spreads and a somewhat lofty equity multiple valuation backdrop, leave us asking: ‘Who is right?’
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White papersFuture mobility – investing for impact and sustainable change
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), transport has the highest reliance on fossil fuels of any sector, and accounted for 37% of global carbon dioxide emissions from end-use sectors in 2021. The replacement of traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) powered vehicles with electric vehicles (EV) is therefore a core component of the transition to a more sustainable future.
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White papersThe Great Reallocation and what it means for fixed income investors
“Income is back in fixed income” – If there was a contest for the catchphrase of the year 2022, this one would certainly be a hopeful contender as it captures the essence of market evolution. The fixed income space has undergone a significant transformation and reallocation implications reverberate into 2023. This has resulted in a year-to-date influx of USD 87bn in global fixed income ETFs.
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White papersHigh yield: charting a steady course through roiling seas
Banking stresses have added volatility to markets already coping with rising rates and recession fears. Still, with corporate fundamentals sound, high yield investors and issuers are more cautious than fearful.
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White papersVirulent inflation may have peaked – but does further danger lurk?
Markets speak to the fluidity of the environment around them. Over the past year, they’ve delivered verdicts on government economic programmes, central bank monetary policy and the energy sector – but how are the markets perceiving inflation today since it became structural a year ago?
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White papersEMD quarterly review Q1 2023
Bond markets broadly advanced over the quarter, though with some periods of volatility, as investors adjusted interest rate expectations going forward, now suggesting many we may see rate cuts coming before the end of the year. The reopening of the Chinese economy also supported sentiment on the outlook for global economic growth, with Chinese business survey data showing early signs of improvement.
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White papersProxy Voting: Engagement Matters
As we kick off our latest NB Votes campaign, we look at what detailed bottom-up knowledge brings to the process, and what can happen when it’s absent.
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White papersHave we started to climb the EV adoption S-Curve?
We believe the next decade will be when battery electric vehicles shift into gear to climb their own, steep S-curve in the consumer world.
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White papersPM Spotlight: For the Love of the Journey
Manju Boraiah, senior portfolio manager and head of Systematic Edge Fixed Income and custom SMA Investments, has carved a unique path for his career—guided by his two passions, art and math.
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White papersUS Commercial Real Estate Outlook: Seeking Calmer Waters in Quality
The COVID-19 pandemic upended the way we live and work by creating secular changes and accelerating trends that were already afoot. For investors in commercial real estate, the results have been mixed.
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White papersBMW case study
Following concern about the company’s lack of targets for its electric vehicle strategy, plus its misaligned lobbying with the Paris Agreement, it has demonstrated noticeable and ambitious improvements.
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White papersEmerging Markets Charts and Views - Springtime for Emerging Markets
While 2022 was a challenging year for Emerging Markets, amid the Fed’s aggressive response to high inflation, we are more constructive for 2023 across four main themes
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White papersAnother One and Done?
In this monthly series, we take a quick, comprehensive look at current macroeconomic themes that matter to clients.
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White papersBrazil: Lula 3.0 – Good news for climate and biodiversity?
Encompassing seven million square kilometres, the Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest forest formation, occupying around half of Brazil’s territory. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Brazil is the world’s most biodiverse country.
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White papersThe Fluidity of Liquidity
To meet policyholder demands and terms of their financing arrangements, life insurers must maintain adequate levels of liquidity. Here are some reasons why today’s environment makes liquidity management so critical.
