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Private debt market outlook: The opportunity of a lifetime?
Benefit Street Partners explain why it may be an opportune time to consider private debt and explores ways to take advantage of this opportunity.
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Have we started to climb the EV adoption S-Curve?
We believe the next decade will be when battery electric vehicles shift into gear to climb their own, steep S-curve in the consumer world.
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PM Spotlight: For the Love of the Journey
Manju Boraiah, senior portfolio manager and head of Systematic Edge Fixed Income and custom SMA Investments, has carved a unique path for his career—guided by his two passions, art and math.
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US Commercial Real Estate Outlook: Seeking Calmer Waters in Quality
The COVID-19 pandemic upended the way we live and work by creating secular changes and accelerating trends that were already afoot. For investors in commercial real estate, the results have been mixed.
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BMW case study
Following concern about the company’s lack of targets for its electric vehicle strategy, plus its misaligned lobbying with the Paris Agreement, it has demonstrated noticeable and ambitious improvements.
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Macro Perspectives: Finding the path to normal
Are markets correctly pricing inflation? What’s next for the economies and global markets following the recent banking sector turmoil? Will the US dollar weaken? Our economists discuss key questions facing investors today in our latest Macro Perspectives.
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Emerging Markets Charts and Views - Springtime for Emerging Markets
While 2022 was a challenging year for Emerging Markets, amid the Fed’s aggressive response to high inflation, we are more constructive for 2023 across four main themes
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Another One and Done?
In this monthly series, we take a quick, comprehensive look at current macroeconomic themes that matter to clients.
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Brazil: Lula 3.0 – Good news for climate and biodiversity?
Encompassing seven million square kilometres, the Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest forest formation, occupying around half of Brazil’s territory. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Brazil is the world’s most biodiverse country.
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How could tighter bank lending impact growth?
In the latest instalment of Simply put, where we make macro calls with a multi-asset perspective, we consider how the banking crisis will impact the credit channel to the economy. How could a contraction in bank loans lower US GDP?
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The Fluidity of Liquidity
To meet policyholder demands and terms of their financing arrangements, life insurers must maintain adequate levels of liquidity. Here are some reasons why today’s environment makes liquidity management so critical.
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Broadening Access to Private Assets: Regulatory Wrappers Unwrapped
The number of regulatory wrappers is growing as access to private assets broadens. When presented with different options, there are a number of considerations to keep in mind.
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Investor engagement to tackle corporate lobbying is critical to addressing diet-related diseases
Delivering legislation, regulation and standards that foster sustainable and a more equitable development is central to tackling sustainability issues. One impediment is corporate lobbying designed to mitigate or even thwart effective policy changes. We urge other investors to join us in ramping up engagement with companies on this important topic.
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Why the Good Friday Agreement is Even More Important Than You Think
There are also important economic and investment implications from the continued peace in Northern Ireland.
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Fixed income: performance drivers as peak rates approach
As the US rate-hiking cycle nears its zenith, two positive drivers for fixed-income investment are coming into view: stronger performance prospects for sovereign bonds and the return of the low correlation between duration and credit risk. In the Q2 issue of Alphorum, we assess these dynamics while providing new fundamental and portfolio-construction insights on fallen-angel bonds.
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Fixed Income Perspectives April 2023
Markets appeared optimistic amid strong macro indicators until early March, when the collapse of two US regional banks and forced sale of Credit Suisse led to a risk-off sentiment.
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Q2 2023 Strategic Investment Outlook: Balancing the Strategic and the Tactical
Balancing different time horizons always presents challenges. It may be intellectually ugly to hold different positions over short horizons and long horizons, but sometimes the macro setup suggests it’s the right way to proceed.
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Unlocking the Investment Potential of “S” in ESG
Social issues are perhaps the most difficult to research and least understood by investors with an environmental, social and governance (ESG) focus. But the risks and opportunities they represent are growing, and investors need a way to step up to the challenge.
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AXA IM Stewardship Report 2022
Against a tumultuous backdrop that has seen misgivings emerge about the case for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing in certain parts of the world, we believe it is now more important than ever to positively influence company behaviour through effective and robust stewardship.
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Why private credit is the best option for mid-market buyers
We see a historic opportunity to achieve double-digit unlevered returns on senior secured debt through rigorous underwriting and mindful credit selection, says Blair Faulstich, senior portfolio manager at Benefit Street Partners.