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White papersFixed-Income Outlook: Six Strategies to Thrive in Turbulent Times
Since mid-January, a new political regime in Washington has shaken the geopolitical landscape and global markets. In this volatile environment, bonds have performed well, resuming their traditional role as ballast against falling stock prices and attracting strong demand from investors.
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White papersGlobal Macro Outlook: Second Quarter 2025
Uncertainty is the watchword for the global economy. Dramatic policy shifts—tariffs in particular—by the Trump administration 2.0 have so far surprised financial markets and softened consumer sentiment. But we see a global economy well positioned to absorb potential shocks in the months ahead.
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White papersMaking diversification great again: April macro and asset class views
President Trump has designated April 2 for unveiling a series of tariffs on trade partners, referring to it as America’s ‘Liberation Day.’ But businesses and investors won’t be liberated from trade policy uncertainty.
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White papersFive factors for long-term investors considering high yield
Since Covid-19 disrupted markets in early 2020, high yield has been one of the best-performing fixed income sectors. In fact, it has significantly outpaced the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index (and Global Aggregate Index), US corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds and securitised credit — and by a wide margin.
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White papersEurope in focus amidst fiscal boost
“President Trump’s approach to trade and global alliances may be a wake up call for Europe. The region is signalling a clear and a historical shift, which will require target measures to boost growth efficiently.”
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White papersEmpowering transformation in Europe
Europe is facing major economic and security challenges. The European Commission (EC) has started translating the Draghi report’s recommendations into effective proposals.
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White papersThe direction of long term rates in an era of high debt
Real interest rates have been on a secular decline since the mid-1980s but have corrected sharply higher since the Covid pandemic, higher inflation and the end of central banks’ Quantitative Easing (QE). Now, public debt is much higher and there are new demands for funding (e.g., for defence and net zero ambitions), which should argue for structurally higher long-term interest rates.
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White papersEquity sectors: a mix of Growth and Value to navigate the challenges ahead
We see three themes shaping sector returns in the coming decade. Artificial intelligence (AI) will support the Information Technology (IT) sector followed by Healthcare, but it is due to extend to others as well. Regarding climate change and geopolitical dynamics, capital expenditure (Capex) will play a more important role than consumption, benefitting Industrials more than the Consumer Staples and Discretionary sectors. Finally, policies supporting deregulation should improve capital efficiency and shareholder returns, to the benefit of Financials.
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White papersDemographics will shape future growth potential
Three trends that will shape the macro-financial landscape
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White papersThe global economy’s path in a fragmented world
With the world on the brink of significant structural changes, projecting the long-term macroeconomic scenario for 2025-2050 presents unique challenges. It is crucial to identify emerging trends while evaluating the acceleration of existing ones.
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White papersCapital Market Assumptions 2025
A more favourable growth outlook for the next decade compared to last year’s assumptions, albeit with greater uncertainty regarding inflation which is set to remain slightly above central bank targets, results in higher expected returns across the spectrum of asset classes covered. Expectations have been revised upwards for regional equity markets and private assets in particular, with Private Equity, Infrastructure, and European equities showing the strongest improvements.
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White papersBarings Closes on More Than $2.5bn for Its Portfolio Finance Strategy
Dadong Yan, Head of Portfolio Finance, spoke with Private Debt Investor about Barings’ portfolio finance strategy, which provides insurance companies and other institutional investors access to first-lien, investment grade private credit, while seeking to preserve capital and generate alpha.
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White papersHas the AI stock rally run out of gas?
Twenty-five years ago in March, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite reached its peak, marking the bursting of the dot.com bubble. Investors may have this on their minds as many leading artificial intelligence stocks have run into a wall.
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White papersSustainable Global Equity Annual Report 2024
Since the turn of the millennium, considerable progress has been made in improving economic wellbeing. However, proper financial inclusion remains out of reach for billions worldwide. Bridging the gap represents a potentially major opportunity for companies, says the team behind our Sustainable Global Equity Strategy.
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White papersTrade Finance: Uncorrelated alpha potential
Trade finance – short-term loans to facilitate physical cross-border transactions – plays a vital role in facilitating global trade flows. It is estimated that 80% of world trade is dependent on some form of financing. This can be attributed to tighter credit conditions for obtaining alternative sources of capital. In this paper, we outline why more investors are turning towards this asset class as a diversifier in their portfolios.
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White papersThe evolution of investor stewardship
With the publication by EOS at Federated Hermes Limited of its 2024 Annual Review of engagement and voting highlights, Leon Kamhi, Head of Responsibility and EOS, reflects on 20 years of stewardship at EOS, and the need to drive real world change.
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White papersCorporate Hybrids: What Are They?
A short introduction to a unique and fast-growing asset class.
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White papersGenAI heralds potential revolution in productivity
Productivity growth across the world is in decline. However, the boom in Generative AI heralds a potential revolution in productivity – in areas such as customer operations, marketing and sales, and software engineering. How should EM investors respond?
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White papersThe emergence of Gen-Z
The ageing global population throws up a number of social, economic and healthcare implications. However, another cohort is emerging into a dominant economic force in EM.
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White papers“Wait and Worry” or “Wait and See”?
U.S. consumers aren’t happy, but U.S. executives don’t share their gloom.
