All White papers articles – Page 220
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ECB Policy and Bunds Are Set to Move
Ahead of the key European Central Bank policy meeting on September 9, we offer our views on what will likely change, what may not, and what it could mean for the Bund yield.
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ESG and Shareholder Value: Why Link Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) Metrics to Executive Compensation?
With mounting evidence pointing to the materiality of ESG issues and potential ties to financial performance, we have seen investors asking for more companies to incorporate relevant and material sustainability / ESG metrics into their executive compensation plans.
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Case study: Trade the When Issued (WI) security a month in advance using Micro Treasury Yield futures
Learn how investors can use smaller-sized, yield-based Treasury futures contracts to roll when-issue in advance, less expensively than previously possible.
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On Central Bank Tapering and European Fixed Income
As markets try to look past the COVID-19 pandemic, the question of when central bank support will be withdrawn is a critical one.
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Keeping Real Estate Portfolios Above Water Amid Rising Sea Levels
As investors increasingly turn their attention to climate risks, concerns about global sea level rise are more frequently influencing investment decisions in real estate markets. The Barings Real Estate team discusses how to measure, analyze and mitigate such risks.
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Global Investment Views - September 2021
Equities have remained buoyant over the past weeks despite some challenges (China regulation, Afghanistan crisis), primarily due to the exceptional earnings seasons in the US and Europe. Looking ahead, we identify three main themes: the spread of the Delta Covid variant, the deceleration of economic growth from its peak, and divergences in policies.
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Australia - a market awaiting a strong return
The covid-19 pandemic derailed a generation’s economic progress by sending the Australian economy into a technical recession in 2020. A renewed lockdown in New South Wales this year may produce another quarter of falling GDP.
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Plugging into electric vehicle opportunities
The electrification of transport is now one of the major trends in the auto industry, directly impacting key manufacturers and suppliers in the electric vehicle ecosystem.
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Costs, margins, labor are key
What are the major issues or trends you think investors should watch most closely for the rest of 2021 and why?
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European investors lead search for innovative investments amid changing market dynamics
Nuveen has seen significant growth from European clients over the past five years. As investors come to terms with the new normal amid the global pandemic, we are now seeing new opportunities to meet European clients’ changing investment needs.
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Historic IMF SDR Allocation: What Does It Mean for Emerging Market Debt?
The recent IMF allocation to member countries will look to build confidence and foster the resilience and stability of the global economy.
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Decoupling from China? Not really – Just a shift in Asian supply-chains
Since the Sino-US trade war in 2018, some large developed countries have been pushing to reshore their global production, in effect seeking to ‘decouple from China’. Chatter about such a trend has raised concerns that Asian supply chains, which underpin China’s role in global trade, could break apart. This in turn would bring into question the rationale for investing in Asia, including China.
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All for One, One for All
Available data suggests that a balanced risk allocation to real assets may be the most robust way to mitigate the impact of upticks in inflation.
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Infrastructure debt – Opportunities in the post-COVID recovery
As the global economy recovers from the COVID pandemic, companies and governments are re-thinking how economies operate and focusing on rebuilding in a more sustainable way. Recovery efforts are being supported by ambitious government spending plans that focus strongly on infrastructure.
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Eurovision: Scores of Return Potential
Mutual Series Portfolio Managers Katrina Dudley and Mandana Hormozi discuss why Europe deserves renewed attention.
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Deep Water Waves
Join the discussion with our strategists and explore the interplay between the long-term drivers that face investors over the coming decade.
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How Big Data Casts New Light on Reopening Stocks
Our recent work on the COVID-19 Delta variant not only reminds us that data science can give us insights into the pandemic, but also about the ways alternative data need to be marshaled to provide actionable information for our investment views.
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Pricing carbon: Taxing polluters is the only way forward
Nearly three decades after it first agreed to tackle climate change, the world has failed miserably to curb the growth in CO2 emissions. To succeed, it urgently needs to establish an effective price for carbon.
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What does heightened China risk mean for investors?
In July, China’s equity market suffered one of its worst monthly declines in a decade amid escalating regulatory pressures. The steep fall has raised concerns about the risks and outlook for investing in Chinese equities.
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Are emerging markets on the cusp of a dividend boom?
EM dividends have remained steady even as global pay-outs were decimated by the pandemic. Here are the factors driving EM’s strong dividend growth potential.