White papers - all assets – Page 224
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White papersBitcoin, A Cornerstone Digital Asset: Part 1
Several competitors have emerged to challenge Bitcoin and its blockchain over the past decade, but here’s why we believe the original digital asset is the only genuine digital asset.
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White papersLevelling up the UK: will real estate investors look outside London?
The UK government’s “levelling up” agenda needs institutional investors in real estate to look beyond London to succeed.
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White papersHigh Quality Issuers and Attractive Yields: The Case for Preferred and Capital Securities
The pandemic has significantly impacted global society. Many have lost their lives, while others are suffering with long-term health problems.
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White papersSpecific and accurate physical commodities price calculation via Cloud Distribution Solutions
How Grão Direto, a Brazilian startup, built a tool that calculates customized grain prices for sellers, warehouses and properties, using CME Smart Stream on Google Cloud Platform solution.
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White papersFX Futures: Why They Matter in Currency Overlay Management
A discussion with 7orca, the Germany-based specialist asset manager, and CME Group
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White papersEvergrande and its spill-over effects: ongoing adjustments, but inflection point may be close
Despite Evergrande paid the coupon due on September 23, just one day before the 30-day grace period deadline, the company’s crisis is still unresolved. But it appears to be idiosyncratic and not systemic, as the market impact has been primarily on China’s HY bond index with limited spill-over into the broad EM HY space.
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White papersSustainability in Emerging Markets Debt
Ignoring sustainability in emerging markets debt is, for want of a better term, no longer sustainable.
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White papersPublic/Private Investing: Fixed Income at a Crossroads
As the line between public and private debt markets appears to blur, the ability to draw on the full suite of fixed income asset classes can help investors navigate a wide range of market environments—through complementary sources of risk and return prospects, enhanced diversification and improved return potential.
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White papersThe Risks Ahead That No One Fully Understands
The economy may return to more “normal” patterns next year, but it will also bring hazards we have never seen before.
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White papersThe Next Generation of Business Development Companies
Jon Bock, CFO of Barings BDC, describes the transformational development of BDCs as an asset class, explains the trends driving M&A in the space and sheds light on why the asset class continues to garner increased attention from investors.
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White papersThe Brave New World
Supply chain disruptions persist, making the global reopening much less smooth. Contagious variants still weigh on activity, and vaccination levels in major emerging markets have progressed marginally. An energy price shock has added to the unpleasant mix.
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White papersCredit events in China (I) – The macroeconomic impact
In this first of a two-part report, Chi Lo, Senior Market Strategist APAC, examines the macroeconomic impact of China’s latest credit events. In part II, he assesses whether these same events could trigger a property market crash.
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White papersFor the Global Economy, It’s Next Stop…Policy Normalization
November is likely to mark the start of a transition phase for the global economy. For almost two years, major central banks have thrown extraordinary waves of support into shoring up economic activity and financial markets against the COVID-19-induced crisis. Now, officials in many countries seem ready to begin the march back toward a more normal policy setting.
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White papersNormalizing policy and market risks
The United States Federal Reserve (Fed) is faced with continued challenges as it seeks to manage both the cyclical and structural economic fallout from the pandemic and move beyond its ultra-accommodative policies.
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White papersInflation and supply chain disruption: Impact on the sectors
Inflation and supply chain disruptions, along with the moderating pace of the post-pandemic earnings recovery, have made us more cautious on corporate fundamentals as we enter Q3 reporting season. While we do not expect a material deterioration in credit profile on the back of these factors, the more challenging operating environment does require caution from credit investors.
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White papersMandating ESG disclosures really makes a difference
Here is the first in a series of regular articles on current academic research into a range of sustainable investment topics. The papers discussed were presented at the latest annual GRASFI conference.
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White papersMonitoring corporates against third-party ESG data providers
At Capital Group, using third-party data is only the beginning of how we monitor potential and current investments. All holdings are reviewed against third-party ESG scores to identify potential ESG risks.
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White papersThe key to change? - Top 10 with… Interview with REPM private markets experts on ESG investing
Institutional investors are increasingly recognizing the potential for ESG factors to affect the valuation and financial performance of their portfolios. The recent boom can be viewed as both an economic and ethical opportunity to draw together expertise across a wide range of real asset investments. Our experts provide a cross-asset view on how ESG investment is transforming the private markets space.
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White papersJapanese employment: engaging for greater equality – an update
A year has passed since we published a note exploring the long-standing issues around the under-representation of women within the Japanese labour force.
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White papersThe Recent Performance of ESG Investing, the Covid-19 Catalyst and the Biden Effect
The purpose of this paper is to appraise recent ESG trends in global equity markets. It contributes to a broader research project started at Amundi in 2014 on the relevance of ESG. Since the latest update in 2019, we have lived through a global pandemic that profoundly reshaped the global economy and society, and an eventful change of leadership in the United States.
