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White papersRe-entanglement: why debt and reality must reconnect
The long-term relationship between credit quality and the global unemployment rate appears to have broken down of late. But why? Fiorino once again probes the debt universe in search of deeper meaning…
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White papersSurging Construction Costs: Implications for Commercial Real Estate
In the year that followed the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic, there was an unprecedented surge in construction costs. Nationwide, building materials rose at the fastest pace in a decade from March 2020 to September 2021 (Figure 1). Many key construction material prices climbed rapidly, in particular, lumber, metals, and plastic products (Figure 2).1
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White papersFactor investing: understanding your performance!
Multifactor strategies are based on investable portfolios, benchmarked against market capitalisation indices and tilted towards stocks with given characteristics (factors): they should be cheaper (value), more profitable (quality), less risky (low risk), and have outperformed in the past (momentum).
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White papersClimate Change Roundtable
Investors everywhere are facing the reality and urgency of climate change.
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White papersInfrastructure in the post-pandemic world - Infrastructure outlook for 2022
The infrastructure sector continues to be resilient with robust performance across debt and equity. The sub-sectors worst hit by the pandemic are showing green shoots, recovering in line with the macro environment.
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White papersRecovery, risks and relationships
While interest rates are likely to creep up in the short term, the long-term structural impacts that have kept rates so low for so long are still in place.
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White papersThe wheels of a Circular Economy go round and round - N°2 The automotive sector: ready to step up a gear
The automotive sector has known a deep transformation over the last two decades. First, because the EU legislation has pushed automakers to better treat end-of-life vehicles by imposing high recycling, reusing and recovering rates. Secondly, because the fight against climate change and the rise of electrification are questioning the whole business-model and thus, companies have to reinvent themselves.
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White papersThe science behind net zero
In the final article in our three-part series on net zero and climate change [1], Alex Bernhardt takes a closer look at the science around carbon neutrality and keeping the rise in world temperatures to 1.5C.
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White papersFixed income outlook: Is the market overly hawkish?
After the bond bear market of 2021, valuations look more attractive in an environment where interest rate rises may already be priced in.
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White papersInflation Hits a Fork in the Road
A great divergence is coming into view on inflation, with the U.S. set to stand apart.
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White papersOmicron vs. the Fed
The volatility of the past two weeks may have had less to do with the virus and more to do with underlying cyclical uncertainties about growth, inflation and Fed policy.
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White papersThe Importance of “Kicking the Can”
Averting a fresh Ukraine crisis that would derail the global recovery means steering clear of both economic and military lanes.
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White papersEuropean Residential: The Great Acceleration
The Covid-19 pandemic has reshuffled the cards in European residential markets, simultaneously triggering disruption whilst strengthening pre-crisis trends in the use of our living spaces. From working from home to urban flight, the times were ripe for a renewal of the European residential market.
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White papersLiquidity Stress Testing in Asset Management - Part 4. A Step-by-step Practical Guide
This article is part of a comprehensive research project on liquidity risk in asset management, which can be divided into three dimensions.
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White papersThe Recent Performance of ESG Investing, the Covid-19 Catalyst and the Biden Effect
Acting as a responsible financial institution is a founding pillar of Amundi’s corporate strategy. This is demonstrated not only through our pledge to make ESG investing standard throughout our whole product range, but also through our commitment to ESG research in order to fully understand the responsible investment landscape.
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White papersLooking into 2022 with Federated Hermes
Global markets have seen significant volatility in 2021 driven by price inflation, expectations for interest rates, commodities shortages and covid-19 variants.
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White papersLessons from COP26: Why lasting impact of summit should be judged on COP27 commitments
Empty talk needs to be replaced with concrete agreements and targets, says Vicky Sins, climate and energy lead, World Benchmarking Alliance
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White papersIs This the Start of a Labor Force Liftoff?
Volatility amid the Omicron variant continues to dominate, including new restrictions in the U.K. that led the pound to hit new YTD lows.
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White papersIntroduction to the Neuberger Berman Ultra Short Term Euro Bond Fund
In this short video, Portfolio Manager Antonio Serpico introduces the Neuberger Berman Ultra Short Term Euro Bond Fund, an actively managed portfolio of Euro short-term bonds, with opportunistic allocations to attractive Euro bond strategies.
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White papersThe wheels of a Circular Economy go round and round - N°1 The time of Circular Economy has come
At Amundi, we consider that the Circular Economy is a change of economic model that allows to produce sustainable consumer goods, while protecting nature - by giving it time to regenerate - and ensuring the well-being of individuals.
