All White papers articles – Page 3
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Costing the Earth: measuring corporations’ impact on biodiversity loss
Investors can no longer afford to ignore the devastating economic effects of biodiversity loss, but they need better tools to assess and manage the risks. We introduce the new scientific research by our academic partners at the MISTRA FinBio programme which should help guide investors.
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Taking action! Join us on our journey through sustainable investing in private markets
We believe sustainability is a key driver of value. Sustainability has been part of Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM)’s DNA for decades. Today, it forms an integral part of client discussions and investment decision across our business, grounded in our belief that sustainability is a key driver of value and must be considered to both protect and enhance our clients’ capital. And the sustainability topic is only increasing in importance.
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Macroeconomic and financial market forecasts - March 2024
Macroeconomic forecasts as of 7 March 2024
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Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, and Strategy - March 2024
”European PMI data diverge not only in terms of sectors, but also in terms of countries and sub-components.”
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6 questions concerning the weakness behind US resiliency
Do you see recent US data pointing to stubborn inflation? In January we had some upside surprises, encompassing import prices, producer prices, both headline and core CPI, and the PCE deflator. We think prices were in part boosted by seasonal factors which are not fully accounted for in the usual seasonal adjustment, something that also happened last year.
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Cross Asset Investment Strategy - March 2024
“While we expect the Fed, Bank of England and ECB to start rate cuts around June, we will keep an eye on the pace of disinflation for any surprises.”
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Illiquidity premia in private debt: Q4 2023
In our latest real assets deep dive, our research team crunches the data to see how evolving macro conditions are reflected in private debt returns.
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The Economic Cost of the Carbon Tax
The choice of the optimal environmental policy is an important question in the current climate change context. While the carbon tax was the preferred policy of economists in the 1970s and 1980s, governments have implemented both quantity-based policies, such as emissions trading schemes, and price-based policies, such as fossil fuel taxes and renewable energy subsidies.
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Super Tuesday points to a super-charged battle
“A Trump-Biden rematch looks likely in November. As we move closer to the elections, market uncertainty will rise given the candidates’ divergent approach to foreign policy and geopolitics.”
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German residential - Attractive entry point and strong fundamentals
Due to its size and liquidity, the German residential market plays a special role for investors, also because the residential real estate market in Germany ₋ in contrast to many other countries ₋ has been an institutionalized and professionalized asset class for some time.
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The Credit Opportunity in M&A
In an environment of tight spreads and low volatility, we believe the reemergence of mergers and acquisitions can be a source of idiosyncratic alpha in credit markets.
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Adapting to higher interest rates while optimizing prudential capital
As we enter 2024, the financial terrain remains shaped by high interest rates likely to persist at least through the first half of the year.
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2024 Private Markets Outlook: Compelling opportunities amid a liquidity crunch
After a challenging 2023, we think that institutions who can be a provider of liquidity to others or have the flexibility to deploy additional capital will be able to take advantage of some unique and compelling risk-return opportunities in 2024.
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Postcard from India
Fiona Manning, co-fund manager of the Premier Miton Emerging Markets Sustainable Fund, hits the road and shares notes from the team’s company research trip to India.
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Q4 2023 Seniors Housing Research Perspective
It’s difficult not to be excited about the prospects for seniors housing in 2024. While capital market dynamics continue to weigh on assets and portfolios that were constructed at peak valuations with variable rate debt when borrowing costs reflected a different rate environment, the strength of the underlying fundamentals driving top-line revenue growth are difficult to ignore
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Schroders Capital Investment Outlook: Real Estate H1 2024
Schroders Capital Investment Outlook for real estate provides a summary of conviction themes, the investment strategies benefitting from them, and how we are seeking to position portfolios for medium- to long-term outperformance.
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Redevco aims to grow its residential development pipeline to 10,000+ units to enter top ranks of European residential managers
One of the biggest challenges facing European societies is the severe shortage of modern, affordable, and sustainable housing supply in our cities in the face of soaring demand.
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Coming of age: student accommodation across Europe
The European student accommodation sector is experiencing solid expansion. This surge is driven by rising enrolments and an influx of international students seeking quality accommodation in the UK. Simultaneously, demand in continental Europe is spurred by rising domestic attendance and growing internationalisation, amidst sustained growth in English Language Programmes.
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Self-storage: creating its own market
With retail and more recently offices falling out of favour with many investors, all eyes are on alternative property types. Among the most popular is self-storage, though as with any opportunity, a key consideration should be to separate the hype from the substance – or at least cyclical from structural drivers.