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White papersTier One Interview: Susan Kasser
In conversation with Jay Judas, CEO of Life Insurance Strategies Group, Susan Kasser, Head of Private Debt, discusses the ins and outs of private debt, why PPLI and private debt pair well together, and more.
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White papersCarried Away
The most important trigger for the recent equity sell-off wasn’t the U.S. jobs data, or the Fed, or even mega-cap tech earnings, but the Bank of Japan. We could talk about the recent U.S. nonfarm payrolls report in this week’s Perspectives: Was it really as bad as all that? We could dissect the last U.S. Federal Reserve meeting: Should the central bank have cut rates, and did it just commit a significant policy error?
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White papersWhat does India’s benchmark inclusion mean for investors
Indian government bonds have been added to the global emerging market bond index, providing foreign investors access to India’s $1.3 trillion government bond market. The move could improve capital flows into the country, as well as stabilise yields.
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White papersGenerating returns in uncertain regimes
As the last few years have aptly demonstrated, pandemics, wars and wildly fluctuating economic variables such as surging inflation and sweeping interest rate hikes have all contributed to heightened periods of uncertainty and volatility in financial markets, often at the expense of patient and unassuming long-term investors. Stuart Canning, Fund Manager in M&G’s Multi Asset Team, assesses the value of Dynamic Multi-Asset allocation in a world of shifting expectations.
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White papersSeizing value in emerging market debt
Despite recent challenges, emerging market economies remain robust and are delivering positive growth. India is leading the charge, benefiting from secular demographic trends like a growing working-age population as well as resilient domestic demand. As China’s share of global growth declines, India is stepping in to fill the gap. More broadly, EM growth projections have been revised upward by the IMF’s World Economic Outlook (WEO), benefiting from country-specific factors.
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White papersUnderstanding how social and sustainability bonds can have real impact
For fixed-income investors seeking to put their money into assets that can bring benefits to less well-off people and communities, social bonds and sustainability bonds can offer effective solutions, write Malika Takhtayeva and Xuan Sheng Ou Yong, of BNP Paribas Asset Management
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White papersThe love-hate relationship in private equity secondaries
Over the past two decades, the private equity secondaries market has transformed into one of the highest growth, and in our opinion most specialized, areas of alternative investments. From 2002 to 2023, global secondary market volume scaled from $2 billion to $114 billion in transaction value.
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White papersELTIF 2.0: Investing in private credit through open-ended funds
In this paper, we discuss the amended regulation on European Long-Term Investment Funds (ELTIF 2.0), the latest evolution of EU Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). The first version of this fund structure was introduced in 2015 and aimed to finance the real economy by channelling non-bank capital to long-term infrastructure projects and SMEs.
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White papersMaking sense of market volatility
Global markets have been whipsawed by a series of sharp blows in the last few days, mainly centering around concerns about the health of the U.S. economy. Our view remains that the strength of household and corporate balance sheets implies recession is unlikely, but we acknowledge that risks are building. To help decipher and contextualize the current market reaction, Chief Global Strategist, Seema Shah, and Equities Chief Investment Officer, George Maris, provided some clarity into the current situation and their expectations for the remainder of 2024.
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White papersCorporate Hybrid Issuers Adopt a 30-Year Maturity Standard
A growing trend for issuing corporate hybrids with shorter contractual maturities is further reducing aspects of risk in the asset class. Recent corporate hybrid issuance, in both Europe and the U.S., suggests a trend for moving from long-dated or perpetual contractual maturity structures to shorter-dated 30-year maturities.
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White papersInnovation, Conflict and a Mysterious Disappearance
This year’s recommendation for vacation reading is a fascinating page-turner about one of the early 20th century’s most influential inventors. With the calendar turning to August, it’s the time of year when many market participants will be seeking the opportunity to take a vacation, enjoy the Olympics and generally get a break from the relentless headlines.
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White papersNo winners in the Thames Water travails
Whatever angle you look at things from the prospects for future investment in the UK water sector don’t look good, for anyone. The travails of Thames Water especially (but other water companies are not exempt) have wrought such damage to the sector’s reputation that water, once a byword for the essence of life, is now more commonly aligned in headlines with words including risk, sewage and pollution.
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White papersPrivate credit: Everything old is new again
How do credit markets diversify and potentially smooth out returns in a portfolio? John Popp and Chris Kempton from UBS Credit Investments Group (CIG) discuss the latest market developments, opportunities, and more.
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White papersPrivate Credit: Lessons from a deal-making expert
In a volatile economic climate with inflation and interest rate uncertainties, Kevin Lawi, Head of Private Credit at Credit Investments Group in UBS Asset Management, provides insights on the current state of public and private debt markets
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White papersJapan: The butterfly effect
Japanese equities have recently experienced one of their biggest ever drawdowns. Carl Vine, Co-Head of Asia Pacific Equities, examines the drivers of the market volatility and asks what the potential implications could be for investing in Japan.
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White papersEnvironmental Transition: Capturing Opportunity And Driving Real-World Impact
The most immediate and tangible impact on reducing carbon emissions can be achieved by helping high emitters that are restructuring their business models and repositioning themselves for a greener economy – companies often referred to as “carbon improvers” – to transition faster and more efficiently.
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White papersAsset Management Mid-Year Outlook 2024: Cutting Through Complexity
As we head into the second half of 2024, our investment teams share their views on the most meaningful market trends and potential opportunities and risks.
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White papersPrivate Equity Value Creation Series: Sustainable Investing Trends
Sustainable investing continues to prove a complex and multi-faceted topic. The number of regulatory requirements aimed at corporations and investors is massive and growing, often resulting in reporting fatigue. Impact management and measurement is an area gaining more concrete focus. And while still relatively nascent, social impacts (the “S” in ESG) are beginning to be more clearly articulated and systematically included in company sustainability frameworks.
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White papersThe Generational Divide
Leveraging data from the Retirement Survey & Insights Report 2023, this supplemental report examines the challenges faced by each working generation (working Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z) in an effort to better understand their retirement journey.
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White papersInsurance Survey 2024
The 13th annual Global Insurance Survey incorporates the views of 359 Chief Investment Officers (CIOs) and Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) representing over $13 trillion in balance sheet assets combined, approximately half of the balance sheet assets for the global insurance sector.
