All White papers articles – Page 42
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White papersAllview: Market Risk Monitor - December 2023
Each month, Allspring’s Investment Analytics team assembles a top 10 list of market risks that it believes have the potential to influence investment portfolios.
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White papersFOMC on Hold — Rate Cuts by May 2024?
As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to keep its key interest rate, the federal funds rate, unchanged at 5.25%–5.50%.
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White papers2024 Outlook: Global Real Estate
Against a hazy backdrop, our real estate debt and equity experts bring today’s biggest challenges into focus—while also weighing in on where opportunities are emerging across the U.S., Europe, and Australia.
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White papersCan You Protect the Environment and Your Yield?
Reducing carbon intensity doesn’t mean sacrificing yields. Issue selection in high-emitting sectors can help insurers stay on track with their liabilities.
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White papersIntegrating biodiversity into portfolios: a bespoke framework
Biodiversity losses may have a material effect on some companies, but companies also erode biodiversity through their activities and practices.
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White papersESG Thema – Special COP28: Main outcomes and implications for investors
A significant win for climate diplomacy on the back of strong technological tailwinds, daunting challenges ahead
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White papersSwiss bonds: out of the comfort zone
When it comes to asset allocation, many investors rely on passive and low-cost building blocks, justifying this with the cliche that active approaches do not fulfill their promise anyway and have exorbitant fees.
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White papersAssessing the U.S. Economy’s Evolving Sensitivity to Interest Rates
Our research series reveals that a varied adjustment process across certain sectors lowered the broader economy’s sensitivity to interest rates.
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White papersISA Outlook 2024: Asia Pacific – a tale of three realms
In this final chapter of ISA Outlook 2024, we discuss how our global themes for the coming year translate to the Asia Pacific region, arguably the world’s largest and most complex real estate market.
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White papersWhat does 2024 hold for markets?
It is time to look ahead to 2024. This year has been marked by expectations of recession in the developed world and of China re-opening to positive effect. Both have proved to be the wrong horses to bet on. In this weekly edition of Simply put, we analyse the likely shape of next year and evaluate which asset classes stand to benefit.
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White papersTackling Key Asset-Allocation Controversies
As investors prepare to turn the calendar to 2024, we explore notable issues that run the gamut from private allocations to the prognosis for active equity management.
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White papersIndia outperforming in H2 so far
”India is a long-term story supported by structural factors, domestic demand, and stable policymaking that should offer opportunities in 2024 and beyond.”
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White papersEmerging Markets Outlook 2024 charts and views: Opportunities in a fragmented world
“Next year, EM growth is expected to decelerate on average to 3.6% from around 4% this year. Importantly, the growth premium in favour of Emerging Markets over Developed Markets is projected to continue widening.”
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White papersThe TNFD: harmonising standards for stewardship on nature
In this third Q&A of a series with LOIM experts, our stewardship team considers what the Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework means for our engagement actions. The first insight gave investors the big picture of the framework while the second insight delved into implications for companies and asset allocation.
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White papers2024 Investment Outlook and Asset Allocation
US stocks look set to trail European and Swiss equities in a year that will also see bonds gain in response to slower growth.
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White papersConsider This: Is India the new China?
India appears to be facing an unprecedented window of opportunity right now, and international investors are asking: Is this the new China? Thoughts from Franklin Templeton Institute’s Kim Catechis.
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White papers2024 Investment Perspectives
As we approach the end of 2023, financial markets are at a critical junction. Major developed market central banks have hit pause on rate rises, prompting considerable uncertainty about what happens next.
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White papers2024 Outlook: Pushing On
In 2024, global markets face uncertainty given ongoing geopolitical and macroeconomic challenges—but challenges can create opportunities. We see value in portfolio diversification, especially within fixed income.
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White papersWhere next for the European rooftop solar market?
Despite macro headwinds, we see significant growth potential - but how transferable is the American model?
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White papersTracking the Transition from Tighter Policy to Corporate Spreads
We explore the historical transmission from tighter monetary policy to corporate bond spreads and the respective investment implications under our “weakflation” scenario.
