All White papers articles – Page 276
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White papersAsset allocation – A fat (real) tail in 2022
2021 was an awkward ’steady state’ year for financial markets: bonds delivered the worst returns in a quarter of a century except for one year (1999), while equities secured top-quartile (or better) returns over the same period.[1]
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White papersCentral banks: a successful hawkish turn
The three major central banks issued restrictive signals last week. The banks have succeeded in changing the course of their monetary policies without harming the markets.
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White papersMarket Scenarios and Risks - January 2022
We are making no change to the narrative and the probabilities of the scenarios. The central scenario assumes that Covid will become endemic with multiple, albeit manageable waves, that fiscal levers will remain significant and tied to monetary policy, and that growth will come back to potential in 2023. We assume the Omicron variant will temporarily impact the recovery in Europe.
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White papersLatAm’s political pendulum takes a hard swing to the left in 2021
2021 Covid surging in 1H and inflation swelling in 2H have contributed to the political pendulum swinging hard left in LatAm. More structurally, the commodity super cycle unwind mid last decade and the political discontent likely set the entire shift in motion. Against the general trend, some elections cycles moved in the other direction as well.
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White papersYou asked, we answer - January 2022
A number of scheduled country-level elections will carry moderate uncertainty. However, while they could bring new faces, they are unlikely to result in abrupt changes from the current generally pro-European and market-friendly stance of large EU countries’ governments.
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White papersChina’s growth cycle is turning
Senior market strategist APAC Chi Lo discusses how Beijing has shifted to a pro-growth policy and away from painful economic restructuring as growth momentum slows to levels below what is tolerable to Chinese policymakers.
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White papersPortfolio Construction with Climate Risk Measures
Because of the 2015 Paris Agreement, the development of ESG investing and the emergence of net zero emission policies, climate risk is certainly the most important topic and challenge for asset owners and managers now and will remain so over the next five years.
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White papersOutlook 2022
The heads of our investment platforms welcome the New Year with their views for 2022.
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White papersPro-invest Group Annual Sustainability Report - FYE 2021
We are pleased to present to you Pro-invest International Asset Management’s (“Pro-invest”, “Pro-invest Group”, “Group”) Annual Sustainability Report for the Financial Year Ending (FYE) 2021 which discloses our efforts, impacts and progress in relation to various areas of sustainability.
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White papersSeeing More Clearly Through the “Value Chain Lens”
We focus on the solar energy market to show how a Value Chain Lens helps us to identify the business models and companies most likely to thrive in tomorrow’s economy.
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White papersThe Most Important Rate in the Whole Wide World
Markets may be missing the importance of record-low real rates, and the potential impact if they start to rise.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - January 2022
The resurgence of the virus cycle, central banks’ reactions to high inflation figures, and Evergrande’s unavoidable default have led to some volatility in the market, but these issues have not caused any major disruption. In the battle between growth and inflation narratives, the mantra that bad news is good news for markets continues to prevail.
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White papersEngagement Spotlight: Seeking Improved Disclosure in Japan
This week, Neuberger Berman has announced that the firm is seeking improved disclosure from Daibiru Corporation regarding its decision to support its parent company and controlling shareholder, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines’ tender offer.
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White papersPrivate markets: focus on ESG and transformation
According to our 2022 Investment Outlook, next year will feature growth deceleration, persistent inflation pressure and asynchronised central bank action. 2022 will also be a pivotal year for the transition to carbon neutrality and the development of a more inclusive growth model.
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White papersTapping into China’s accelerating investment management expertise
Contrary to what some people might think, there is continued appetite among many global asset owners for Chinese securities – despite market noise and dynamic policymaking over recent months.
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White papersAnalyzing global cities in the 2020s
Post-pandemic life is on the horizon, but which global markets are best positioned to benefit over the next decade?
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White papersReal estate: why diversification is more than a buzzword
The pandemic has shown the value of a broad asset range and flexible allocation
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White papersBitcoin, A Cornerstone Digital Asset: Part 3
Our Option Group believes that Bitcoin is the most likely of all the cryptocurrencies to emerge as a durable new asset—and the difficulty of pinning down exactly what kind of asset it is could be a big reason why.
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White papersOmicron Soon to Be the Dominant Variant in the U.S…Is This Strain the Way Out of the Pandemic?
We thought it might be helpful to frame our latest thinking on the SARS-CoV2 Omicron variant now that we have seen more data out of South Africa on the evolution of this viral variant.
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White papersInflation: What if they are wrong?
Although we share the view that current inflation is transitory, we are - in this edition of Spectrum - asking investors to think the unthinkable and consider their portfolios from the point of view of the worst case scenario.
