All White papers articles – Page 38
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White papersGlobal Risks 2025 Midyear Update
In our Global Risks 2025 Midyear Update, our Macro Strategy team outlines four key topics that could shape investment conditions ahead—from tariffs and trade tensions to monetary policy shifts and the U.S.-China relationship. The update provides key macroeconomic forecasts across the U.S., Eurozone, UK, Japan and China—plus timely insights on fiscal stimulus, inflation risks and geopolitical fragilities.
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White papersJapanese equities: Learning to navigate a new equilibrium
The Japanese equity market has largely drifted sideways over the past 12 months, following a powerful run in 2023 and early 2024.
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White papersLDI H2 Outlook
In the current market phase, one common feature within LDI players has been to adopt a cautious approach towards the long end of the curve. In fact, the magnitude of the global yield curve steepening trend seen across major developed markets, driven by monetary policy, growth, and fiscal sustainability, coupled with supply/demand, has proved to be a fundamental disincentive to buy long dated assets, and this trend is expected to continue.
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White papersBuilding advantage: Finding a competitive edge in European high yield real estate debt
While opportunities in European high yield real estate debt remain, growing competition underscores the need for deep market expertise, a robust underwriting framework, and disciplined deal selection to identify and capture resilient value.
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White papersA Weaker Dollar? It May Be Time to Get Used to It
Policy shifts may create an incentive to diversify.
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White papersGlobal Corporate Bonds: A good time to bolster defensive allocations
This year, financial markets have often seemed like a rollercoaster. Prices have whipsawed as investors have attempted to price heightened geopolitical risk and President Donald Trump’s America first approach to global trade.
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White papersReal estate: an intrinsic ‘productive finance’ asset
UK real estate is well positioned to deliver positive outcomes – measured against both fiduciary duty to financial performance and the government’s agenda to promote assets that contribute positively to long-term economic growth.
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White papersPositioning for tomorrow: Top 10 with… Interview with Edoardo Rulli
The hedge fund industry has entered a new chapter. Against a backdrop of elevated volatility, macroeconomic divergence, and shifting liquidity conditions, investors are increasingly turning to hedge funds as a potential source of resilience and return.
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White papersGlobal equities rally despite major headwinds
Global equities delivered strong results in the second quarter of 2025. Non-U.S. benchmarks generated double-digit gains, led by emerging markets (EM), with returns amplified by a weakening U.S. dollar. U.S. equities overcame a steep decline in early April following the Trump administration’s Liberation Day announcement of tariffs on U.S. trading partners.
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White papersEnvisioning a post-Powell Fed: What comes next?
With characteristic directness, President Trump has expressed dissatisfaction in recent weeks with the job performance of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Serious or not, this kind of talk has investors speculating on what’s next for the US central bank and what a changing of the guard could mean for the economy and markets — whether that change comes at the end of Powell’s term as chair in May 2026 or sooner.
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White papers2025 Alternative Credit insights: Advancing diversification
The alternative credit market has seen significant growth since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), and the increasing appetite for asset classes beyond direct lending demonstrates investors looking for similar growth stories in other markets.
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White papersRedefining Dividend Dynamics for Equity Income Investors
Income-seeking equity investors don’t need to sacrifice growth to capture the power of dividends.
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White papersGlobal retail in the age of convenience culture
Beyond the headlines: retail’s revival: The necessity retail sector continues to demonstrate resilience in today’s dynamic market environment.
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White papersChina’s growth set to hit target in 2025
“Resilient China’s growth highlights the economy’s ongoing efforts to adjust trade partnerships and manage tariff-related challenges, keeping it on track to reach its growth target for 2025.”
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White papersEuropean Bonds – Still More to Give
Benign inflation, a dovish central bank and healthy yields have helped boost the global attraction of European government bond and credit markets. With further monetary easing expected, European fixed income continues to look selectively compelling.
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White papersCurtailment and Constraints: Understanding the Grid’s Role in Renewable Energy Integration
Rosheen McGuckian, CEO OF NTR, EU grid curtailment, how the industry is responding, and the major considerations for investors.
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White papersO’Connor Global Multi-Strategy Alpha Monthly Letter: Positioning beyond the US
In June, global markets navigated a complex web of economic and geopolitical developments, creating a striking paradox: rising trade barriers and the ensuing risk of rising inflation on the one hand, and record-high equity performance on the other. Despite these tensions, recent data reveal a resilience in market sentiment.
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White papersAnnual Stewardship Report 2024: Consistency and resilience through change
Consistency and resilience through change
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White papersGEMs ESG Materiality, H1 2025
In the latest issue, we provide an update on our voting and engagement activity over the last 12 months, while also shining the spotlight on our GEMs biodiversity risk framework.
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White papersThe strategic value of allocating to high yield
Financial markets have navigated an exceptionally turbulent period over the past five years. Severe shocks have included the global pandemic in 2020, aggressive rate hikes by central banks in 2022 and the imposition of tariffs in 2025. Despite these significant disruptions, the high-yield (HY) market has demonstrated remarkable resilience, emerging as the best-performing fixed income sector by a substantial margin.
