All White papers articles – Page 236
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2021 Global Outlook - A Crisis Brings Opportunity
Out of a crisis comes opportunity. Given our assessment of the outlook for global and regional real estate markets, we identify the following opportunities as being among the most attractive on a risk-adjusted basis over the next 12 months.
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U.S. Agriculture & Timber Market Update 2021
The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries, or NCREIF, Farmland Index (NFI) ended 2020 with a total market value of $12.3 billion — an increase of 7.9% over year-end 2019. The farm properties comprise 904 row crop properties with a market value of $7.4 billion and 280 permanent planting properties with a market value of $4.9 billion.
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Shifts & Narratives #3 - The ‘make it or break it moment’: why investors should care about COP26?
The Conference of the Parties (COP)26 in Glasgow has been hailed as a turning point in the global fight regarding climate change amid a new US administration and a long and strenuous exit from the Covid-19 pandemic. Six years on from the Paris agreement, the objective is clear: limit the temperature rise to 1.5°C above preindustrial averages, which means reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050, and cutting them by half this decade.
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Global corporate bonds Q&A with Damir Bettini: selectivity remains key
A year on from the height of the COVID-19 crisis, credit spreads have returned to their pre-pandemic tight levels. Does this present an asymmetric return profile for corporate bonds?
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Shining a spotlight on solar in China
Advancements in technology and innovation are allowing more sunlight to be converted into energy, and the scope for future growth is considerable.
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Mid-Year 2021 Outlook
Covid-19 negatively impacted 2020 European growth to various degrees. Regardless of its precise speed, the 2021-22 recovery is expected to be solid. But, this strength is also raising concerns on inflation.
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Europe’s Big Bang moment: How COVID-19 could reshape real estate portfolios
After great disruption often comes great reform. Multilateralism was pursued after World War II to safeguard international security, while the Global Financial Crisis gave rise to regulations designed to improve the stability of the banking system.
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Adapting to a new growth reality in European logistics
As the surge in e-commerce amid Covid-19 reshapes the logistics real estate market, an increasing volume of capital from around the world is finding a welcome home.
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Pan-European warehouse opportunity amidst accelerating online sales
Omnichannel retail continues to drive rapid transformation in worldwide supply chains and logistics real estate. Recently, the global COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically accelerated e-commerce penetration rates and sales growth.
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The growth of European Life Sciences Real Estate
COVID-19 has magnified the importance of life sciences by highlighting the need for the critical innovation life sciences firms are using to solve the current health crisis and to assist with solutions to other long-term health challenges.
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A new era for impact investing
The global health crisis is prompting investors to consider social and environmental outcomes along with financial objectives.
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Why the real estate debt market just keeps on growing
The rapid growth of real estate debt has been driven by a number of factors which we think are here to stay. This is what investors need to know about how it works, and what it can offer.
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Emerging Markets Charts & Views - Navigate the cyclical recovery and ride the long-term opportunities in energy transition and Asia
The global economy should rebound strongly this year from its worst economic slump since the 1930s. However, the growth pattern is expected to be uneven across advanced and emerging economies, hinging critically on the virus cycle and the success of vaccine campaigns.
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Amundi Pension Funds Letter n°11
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, a lot of discussion has focused on the worsening of the retirement prospects of savers around the world. Indeed, exceptional policies, such as the possibility of raiding retirement pots in advance and the low interest rate environment supported by dovish monetary policies, could potentially have dramatic impacts on the availability of pensions in the long run.
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UK set to launch world’s second-largest carbon market
The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) is among the hottest commodity markets in the world so far this year with European carbon allowances (EUAs) having broken above EUR 56 per tonne last week for a new all-time high, trading up by 70% since 1 January and by 195% over the last 12 months (see Exhibit 1).
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A sneak peek into the second half – What to expect for equities?
As economies recover from last year’s collapse in demand, partly on the back of large-scale government budget spending and amid ultra-low interest rates, investors can expect inflation to bounce higher as well, especially in sectors that were hit hard in the COVID-induced slump.
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Emerging Market Debt: Opportunities Monthly Review
Perspective from Franklin Emerging Market Debt Opportunities team.
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Stewardship in a pandemic
The pandemic has starkly illustrated the links between different sustainability issues. We have explored these links, and the challenges for companies, employees, investors, and wider society in a series of articles highlighting our stewardship work.
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Running Out of People
Understanding the forces that will one day fuel persistent price increases helps clarify why inflation is less of a problem now.
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How to talk to clients about Bitcoin
Fear of missing out is a powerful force in investing. And it’s difficult to ignore an asset that has gained more than 500,000% in just a few years, eliciting headline-grabbing commentary from Elon Musk and Warren Buffett, among others.