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The Importance of Diversity in Asset Management
Asset management has long been a male-dominated industry–but things are beginning to change. That’s because the best managers are devoting considerable time and resources to changing the situation.
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The Potential Benefits of Global Senior Secured Loans
In the current environment, senior secured loans are gaining traction for their potential to offer a blend of attractive yield and protection against both credit and interest rate risk.
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Diversity in Action: Hear from Your Peers
Companies across industries are facing increased expectations to improve their record on diversity and inclusion (D&I). The challenges are enormous—from adding more women across the employment structure to narrowing the gender pay gap to reducing gender, age and ethnic bias in hiring decisions.
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How to Approach a More Accessible Chinese Equity Market
As China continues to open up its capital markets to international investors and its representation in the global equity opportunity set expands, there is no doubt that investors are on the cusp of an exciting chapter for Chinese equities. Historically a closed asset class, China A-shares have become more accessible to global investors as the Chinese government introduced a number of measures to encourage foreign participation.
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Multinationals race to tap Asia’s conspicuous consumers
Western corporations are well placed to profit from Asia’s rapidly growing consumer wealth.
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Japan’s strengthening fundamentals go unnoticed
Global investors underappreciate the changing behaviour of Japanese companies, which has made them more resilient and well positioned to benefit from global reflation.
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European equities: targeting positive returns in an uncertain climate
A decade after the financial crisis, the uncertain economic conditions it ushered in are starving Europe’s investors of returns.
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Is the Green Bond Market Running out of Steam?
Growth in green bond issuance has been extraordinary given they offer no credit enhancement to other bonds and carry additional reporting requirements. Demand from investors with an environmentally focussed agenda appears to be driving green bond prices to a premium. A potential opportunity exists to identify ‘unlabelled’ debt, supportive ...
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Amplified: 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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SDG Engagement Equity: 2018 Annual Report
Launched in January 2018, the Hermes SDG Engagement Equity Fund has the dual purpose of delivering attractive returns and measurable real-world impact.
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In Credit - Life in the slow lane
Government bonds remain supported by evidence of a slowing in the global economy. This was reflected in the decline in Machine Tool Orders in Japan (See chart of the week), which were lower by 29% on an annual basis at the most recent reading. The US market outperformed last week with yields falling by 4bps for 10-year bonds.
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Private Equity: Emerging, Women & Diverse Managers
Amid increased competition and rich valuations, PE returns have continued to trend downward. In this interview, Barings’ Mina Nazemi discusses how allocations to emerging, women and diverse managers can potentially help combat this trend.
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Horses, Not Camels: Diversity and Group Decision-Making
In the investing industry, we’re all well aware that our business isn’t a one-person endeavor. The basic problem-solving unit is quite often a group or team. But how do we create the right formula that ensures groups make thoughtful, effective decisions and avoid bad ones?
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Does it matter if China gets old before it gets rich?
Craig Botham explains why China’s demographic decline may be less of an issue than the medicine required to offset its impact and support strong economic growth.
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Gold in Central Banks’ Asset Allocation
After a long lacklustre period during the 1980s and 1990s, the price of gold has picked up significantly since the new millennium, and central banks, after having steadily reduced their allocation to gold, have resumed their gold purchases.
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Harnessing the data science revolution
A mass of new information types, combined with new methods of analysis is giving investors the tools to enhance long-term performance.
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Consumer delinquency - Thank u, next!
Headlines on consumer delinquency have taken a negative spin. Recent auto delinquency data is at near-peak levels despite today’s low unemployment. But it’s important to examine exactly what is being reported as “delinquency” when reviewing the data.
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US v China: the real agenda behind the trade war
Not since the Cold War has the US had a serious rival superpower. Even in that period of intense nuclear paranoia, a sign mounted inside the Pentagon proclaimed: “If we ever faced a real enemy, we would be in deep trouble”. With the rise of an increasingly powerful, influential and technologically advanced China, that adversary could have arrived.
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ESG – Seeing the Bigger Picture : Managing ESG Factors Thoughtfully For UK DC Schemes
Just over a decade ago, global markets began to recover from the biggest shock in postwar history. In these 10 charts, we aim to show how much has changed since then and how market conditions over the past decade may influence big changes that are beginning to unfold today.
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Fixed Income: Modern Magical Thinking
Why should investors be concerned about the growing size of the US deficit? Sonal Desai, our Fixed Income CIO, explains why there is dangerous thinking behind some political agendas.