All White papers articles – Page 277
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White papersShooting the rapids in 2022 – Our investment outlook in an infographic
What can investors expect after a year marked by new phases of the pandemic and given the prospect of another year that could see further outbreaks, renewed restrictions on mobility and activity, and a slowing economic recovery?
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White papersESG Thema #6 - Carbon-efficient technologies in the race to Net Zero
Although its decarbonisation has been under way for several years now, as highlighted by the strong growth in renewable power capacities, the power sector still accounts for 38% of global energy- and industry-related CO2 emissions.
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White papersThe Opportunity in Wind
As the fossil fuel industry, coal in particular, may suffer job losses, it is important to ensure that a low carbon energy transition can work for everyone.
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White papersEuropean long-income real estate: Seeking resilience in an uncertain world
As the trajectory of COVID-19 continues to evolve, Isabel Gossling looks at the implications for European real estate and long-lease strategies.
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White papersThe wheels of a Circular Economy go round and round - N°3 The construction sectors: road work ahead
As one of the main contributor in terms of waste and in terms of CO2 emissions, the construction sectors is well aware of the necessity to reinvent itself. Besides, the sector faces strict legislations at the EU level and more specifically in France
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White papersThe Fight Against Inflation Has Begun
We think that inflation, central bank policy and real rates will define the battlefield for markets in 2022—but will the most volatile skirmishes come sooner or later in the year?
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White papersHow investing in biotech can help achieve the SDGs
From pioneering therapies to renewable food sources, biotechnology has the potential to address many of humanity’s greatest challenges, as aligned to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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White papersThe Decarbonizarion Challenge & Path Toward Green Steel
The global steel industry is presented with a number of challenges to reduce its carbon footprint, and this is especially true in emerging markets.
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White papersOutlook 2022 - Bye-bye beta
Despite a fifth coronavirus wave rising as we enter the third year of the pandemic, there are reasons to be optimistic for the economic recovery, explain the Generali Insurance Asset Management Macro Research Team. In fact, a global 60-40 portfolio would have risen nearly 40% since the lows of March 2020.
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White papersGlobal Insights Outlook 2022: Past The Peak
Heading into 2022, investors face an entirely new set of challenges than they did at this time last year. Global growth has likely plateaued, central banks are starting to remove stimulative support, and for the first time in nearly three decades, portfolios are facing inflationary pressures brought on by supply shortages.
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White papersKey Investment Themes for 2022 - Views from around Generali Investments
2021 saw investors contend with pivotal changes in the macro environment, big developments in ESG policy, and the shifting uncertainties of the pandemic.
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White papersCentral Bank Palooza
The FOMC showed a hawkish shift but Fed Chair Jerome Powell successfully unwound some to suggest policy normalization won’t derail the recovery.
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White papersU.S. Industrial: Will the Outperformance Continue?
U.S. industrial property has continued to be the best- performing commercial real estate (CRE) sector amidst historically robust demand. Institutional-quality industrial investments have significantly outpaced the overall NCREIF property Index (NPI) index since 2011, as well as the other core CRE property types over recent years.
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White papersRe-entanglement: why debt and reality must reconnect
The long-term relationship between credit quality and the global unemployment rate appears to have broken down of late. But why? Fiorino once again probes the debt universe in search of deeper meaning…
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White papersSurging Construction Costs: Implications for Commercial Real Estate
In the year that followed the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic, there was an unprecedented surge in construction costs. Nationwide, building materials rose at the fastest pace in a decade from March 2020 to September 2021 (Figure 1). Many key construction material prices climbed rapidly, in particular, lumber, metals, and plastic products (Figure 2).1
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White papersFactor investing: understanding your performance!
Multifactor strategies are based on investable portfolios, benchmarked against market capitalisation indices and tilted towards stocks with given characteristics (factors): they should be cheaper (value), more profitable (quality), less risky (low risk), and have outperformed in the past (momentum).
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White papersClimate Change Roundtable
Investors everywhere are facing the reality and urgency of climate change.
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White papersInfrastructure in the post-pandemic world - Infrastructure outlook for 2022
The infrastructure sector continues to be resilient with robust performance across debt and equity. The sub-sectors worst hit by the pandemic are showing green shoots, recovering in line with the macro environment.
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White papersRecovery, risks and relationships
While interest rates are likely to creep up in the short term, the long-term structural impacts that have kept rates so low for so long are still in place.
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White papersThe wheels of a Circular Economy go round and round - N°2 The automotive sector: ready to step up a gear
The automotive sector has known a deep transformation over the last two decades. First, because the EU legislation has pushed automakers to better treat end-of-life vehicles by imposing high recycling, reusing and recovering rates. Secondly, because the fight against climate change and the rise of electrification are questioning the whole business-model and thus, companies have to reinvent themselves.
