White papers - all assets – Page 43
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Private assets views Q4 2023: selectivity is key
The latest update from our private assets business highlights new investment opportunities arising from global themes of decarbonisation, increasing deglobalisation trends, evolving demographics, and the AI revolution.
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How ESG monitoring can enhance sovereign bond investing
Fundamental research has always been at the heart of our investment approach, The Capital SystemTM. We believe that analysing material environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues can help us better understand long-term risks and opportunities.
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Building new food systems with GM crops
Modern agricultural biotechnology is harnessing ecological and biological science to improve food security in the face of population pressures and climate change. Genetically modified (GM) crops are a key innovation poised to drive the next green revolution in food production, in our view.
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Central banks’ endgame: a new policy paradigm
”Investors will need to adjust to a paradigm shift away from the accommodative policy stance that has supported financial asset prices, to an environment that should make bonds more attractive while increasing the risk-adjusted required returns for other major asset classes.”
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Sovereign Fixed Income: An update on our ESG scores
In their latest publication, Templeton Global Macro takes a closer look into renewable energy and the impact of advances in this space, especially for emerging market countries.
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Are markets pricing in manufacturing’s comeback?
A significant number of surveys are pointing to a recovery in manufacturing. This is usually the most cyclical sector of an economy, and many economists choose to dissect it to interpret the economic cycle. In this weekly edition of Simply put, we ask whether this recovery can generate an upturn in corporate earnings.
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Biodiversity Equity, Annual report 2022-3
Our annual report looks at the battle against deforestation. Despite the scale of destruction to key global forestry regions, there is a developing consensus that collective action from multiple stakeholders can halt, or even reverse, the ecological damage.
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Tighten Your Seatbelts
Shifting supply-and-demand dynamics appear to be driving bond markets more than fundamentals, which makes for a bumpy ride.
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Fixed Income Investment Outlook 4Q 2023: Staying Airborne
Tight monetary policy is slowing growth, but we see room to avoid a hard landing in the U.S. while Europe and China remain key risks on a global basis. In a higher-for-longer rate environment, shorter maturities offer opportunity, with potential for modest duration extension in the two- to seven-year range. Within credit, we favor enhancing quality and are finding particular value in securitized markets.
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Holy Grail of Smartphone: Apple of my AI (Eye)?
Read more on how the smartphone industry could be revolutionized by Apple’s new product launch.
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Asset Allocation Committee Outlook: 4Q 2023
Neuberger Berman’s Asset Allocation Committee meets every quarter to poll its members on their outlook for the next 12 months on each of the asset classes noted and, through debate and discussion, to refine our market outlook. The panel covers the gamut of investments and markets, bringing together diverse industry knowledge, with an average of 30 years of experience.
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How to double climate ambition with international carbon markets
The use of international carbon markets could lead the world to nearly double climate ambition relative to the national targets for mitigating emissions (NDCs) at the heart of the Paris Agreement by 2035. And this would not increase the total costs of emissions reduction, according to research co-authored by a member of the investment team for LOIM’s Global Carbon Opportunities Strategy.
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Planning for long term success in emerging market debt
The fast-paced evolution of EMD as an asset class necessitates an investment approach that can adapt swiftly. In this Q&A, emerging market debt (EMD) portfolio manager Kirstie Spence discusses how to plan for the long-term success of managing the asset class.
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‘A race to the top’: CBAM’s impact on global carbon pricing
The European Union’s (EU) carbon tax on imported industrial goods has the potential to accelerate global efforts to better price greenhouse gases. Investors in carbon markets stand to benefit from new opportunities arising from the growth of emissions trading schemes (ETSs). These include accelerated price convergence and an improved ability to hedge against the transition risks of higher carbon prices on portfolios.
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How is precision agriculture transforming food systems?
The transition to new food systems will disrupt existing profit pools across industries and create new ones. This transformation is anticipated to potentially generate annual revenues of USD 1.5 trillion globally by 2030.
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Five questions on the recent escalation in Israel
The recent escalation: Hamas, most likely backed by Iran, attacked Israel over the weekend, resulting in a strong response from the Israeli defence forces. The Israeli Prime Minister termed this terrorist attack as an act of war.
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Do biofuels have a role in a sustainable world?
This is an educational research commentary from holistiQ Investment Partners, the sustainable asset-management business formed by LOIM and Systemiq.
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Why are interest rates rising?
The interest-rate environment in the US could not be worse, due to both the country’s fiscal situation and hawkish monetary policy. In this weekly instalment of Simply put, we analyse these two factors and their impact on rates.
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Macroeconomic and financial market forecasts - October 2023
Macroeconomic forecasts as of 9 October 2023
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Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, and Strategy - October 2023
Inflation has been on a declining path in advanced countries, albeit with some stickiness in services inflation. But higher oil prices – which are up about 30% over the last two months – could add a significant hurdle to this disinflation process and keep policy rates higher for longer. The impact of higher oil prices typically depends both on how quickly and by how much they rise, and whether the shock is long-lasting or temporary.