All White papers articles – Page 134
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White papersCutting to the chase on ESG
In this study we conduct a thorough analysis of the performance metrics associated with the sub-criteria that comprise environmental, social, and governance (ESG) pillars, focusing on equity markets.
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White papersCash Balances: Is It Time to Make Your Money Move?
Investors moved large amounts of assets into money market funds during 2023.
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White papersSchroders Capital’s Investment Outlook for UK Real Estate H1 2024
We explore the fundamentals underpinning our expectations and views, our conviction themes, the investment strategies benefitting from them, and how we are seeking to position portfolios for outperformance
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White papersMost new data center capacity is still in primary markets
Demand for data center capacity has been rising exponentially for well over a decade. COVID-19 caused a significant acceleration in that growth, at the same time as it upended global supply chains.
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White papersFixed Income Perspectives Q2 2024
Quarterly macro and market insights from Capital Group’s fixed income team
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White papersEconomic Monthly Businesses Ride to the Rescue
We now expect the economy to avoid a recession in 2024. Businesses are emerging as a backstop. High and rising profit margins, a rebounding manufacturing sector, and a resilient services sector present the opportunity to maintain labor force expansion and, with it, consumer spending.
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White papersCompanies and Climate change - An updated research application of the AIIB-Amundi CCIF*
The Climate Change Investment Framework (CCIF) was designed by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Amundi to tailor investment portfolios that actively consider alignment with the Paris Agreement. The CCIF considers the three dimensions of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and contribution to the transition to net zero.
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White papersImpact Opportunities Equity, Q1 2024
Financial inclusion is an essential part of ‘building back better’; not just as a moral imperative but as a significant economic opportunity which offers real benefits for society as a whole. In our latest quarterly report, the team highlight several companies breaking down the barriers to accessible and affordable finance.
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White papersSustainable Global Equity Report, 2023
While treatments for obesity have dominated the healthcare investment narrative over the past 18 months, they are by no means the only secular growth story. In this report, the Sustainable Global Equity team explain why the life sciences industry is well positioned to benefit from structural trends.
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White papersChina: The unloved trade
Whisper it quietly but, despite a sea of negative sentiment, equities in the world’s second largest economy have held their ground in recent months. Could the contrarians be onto something?
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White papersSDG Engagement High Yield Credit: 2023 Annual Report
In the four years since the launch of the SDG Engagement High Yield Credit strategy, the investment and engagement team has built strong relationships with companies all around the world, in sectors that are key to achieving the SDGs.
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White papersServicing debt from the top of the cash waterfall
The structure of the US$275m senior-secured term loan is illustrative of how the Federated Hermes Trade Finance Strategy can generate competitive yield, while at the same time mitigating risks, and using top-line cash revenue to repay investors.
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White papersPhysical Climate Risks and Underwriting Practices in Assets and Portfolios
Physical climate risk data can be a powerful tool for managing asset and portfolio risk and returns. Learn what strategies leading firms are using to manage physical climate risks and navigate market challenges. The latest report from the Urban Land Institute and LaSalle Investment Management builds on their previous report, How to Choose, Use, and Better Understand Climate Risk Analytics, to describe how leading firms are leveraging physical climate-risk data in underwriting practices. With insight into asset- and portfolio-level risk becoming increasingly easy to obtain, new challenges lie in effective interpretation and integration of information into investment practices. Relying on research and interviews with industry leaders, this report provides a nuanced exploration of this emergent issue.
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White papersPEI Keynote Interview: Private Markets in Japan Continue to Accelerate
In a keynote interview conducted by PEI, Jonathan Shofet and Yoshi Yagisawa discuss how active primary fund investing and increasing LP appetite for co-investments, secondaries, and direct lending are indicative of Japan’s maturing private market landscape.
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White papersThe Changing Asian Landscape: Japan Enters a New Era
We explore Japan’s revival, corporate reforms and where its equity opportunities may emerge next.
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White papersEuropean Hotel Sector: Choosing the optimal operating structure and partner
The profitable outcome of a hotel investment depends on many factors. Macroeconomics, market, and location determine value potential; demand-driven transformation determines realisation of that potential. But even the best-laid plans are dependent on the operating structure and partner to help manage risk and look for return opportunities.
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White papersFamily Offices 2024: Adjusting to Post-Inflation Markets
Optimizing Family Office portfolios for the road ahead.
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White papersBroaden Your Investment Horizons
It may be time to look beyond the U.S. for equity market performance, especially if early signs of a cyclical economic recovery persist.
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White papersBreadth and Balance
The economic outlook may have improved, but large parts of the credit and equity markets are fully valued.
