All White papers articles – Page 85
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White papersFixed-Income Outlook 2025: Fertile Ground
Continued volatility, falling yields, and other expectations for the year ahead, plus seven strategies to take advantage.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - January 2025
A semblance of a goldilocks ahead of Trump’s inauguration
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White papersAlt+Shift: Expanding Options In Alternative Property Types
Two to three decades ago, access to alternative property types was largely limited to indirect investments through the public REIT market.
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White papersThe Diversification Edition: The art of understanding asset correlations
The relevance of this question has arguably never been greater. Diversification is a central tenet of investment theory; from Markowitz, to Sharpe, to Scholes, Black and Merton, measuring and pricing risk consistently entails factoring in diversification. Yet, as the saying goes, “In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.”
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White papersEM Local Debt: Time to Shift the Perspective?
EM local debt has historically offered higher yields than the comparable U.S. risk-free rate, and recently has begun to exhibit more stability as well—which presents a compelling case for investors.
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White papersThought paper on light industrial as a real estate asset class 2024
During the last 10-15 years, there have been a number of macro trends driving the growth in the logistics and industrial markets from both a capital and occupier markets perspective. The first big tailwind for the sector was the rise of E-commerce, which was boosted further by the recent COVID pandemic and respective lock downs that reinforced the online shopping trend.
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White papersThought paper on European private real estate debt 2024
More than a year has passed since we published our first Thought Paper on the European Private Real Estate Debt Market in June 2023. In that paper, we explained the general market environment for commercial real estate lending, its growth drivers and our investment beliefs for private real estate debt investments considering the structural changes and the dislocations in European property and financing markets.
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White papersShort Duration Q4 2024 Recap, Portfolio Actions & Outlook
Our latest Short Duration Quarterly Commentary recaps Q4 2024 and shares our sector outlook for short duration bonds.
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White papersQ4 2024 Emerging Markets Review and Outlook
Our current Emerging Markets Review and Outlook recaps Q4 in emerging market debt and looks ahead to 2025, with the Federal Reserve’s path forward unclear and markets bracing for the uncertainty of Trump administration policy changes.
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White papersSDG Engagement Equity, Q4 2024 case study
Ansell is domiciled and listed in Australia but is a genuinely global producer of personal protective equipment (PPE) for workers within healthcare and industrial settings.
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White papersQ4 2024 Investment Grade Private Credit Review & Outlook
Our current “Investment Grade Private Credit Review & Outlook” recaps 2024 in the corporate private placement, global infrastructure debt and private structured credit markets. We highlight origination and activity in each IG market and look ahead to 2025.
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White papers4Q24 Investment Grade Corporate Market Review and Outlook
Our “Q4 Investment Grade Corporate Market Review & Outlook” examines how Treasury yields and corporate spreads reacted to a busy quarter of market-moving events, highlighted by President Trump’s election. We chart portfolio attribution for Q4 and 2024, then look ahead to catalysts that could push credit spreads wider in 2025.
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White papers2024 recap: Resilient despite risks
Markets defied challenges in 2024, delivering strong gains across equities and bonds, supported by investor optimism and resilient economic fundamentals. Entering 2025, a mix of policy clarity and elevated equity valuations suggests a cautious but optimistic outlook for U.S. growth. Key risks—including trade policy and the Federal Reserve’s evolving ...
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White papersPensions find new sources of long-term cash flows
An upside of higher rates for pension schemes is a reduction in the value of future liabilities. Many defined benefit (DB) pensions in Europe are taking advantage of this to derisk portfolios by locking-in higher-yielding, public investment grade fixed income assets, according to Nuveen’s 2024 EQuilibrium survey. This is freeing them up to explore more private investments and, in some instances, these investments are also playing into schemes’ environmental and social objectives.
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White papersThe value of vehicles: ETFs vs. index funds and segregated mandates
ETFs are a relatively newcomer to the investment world but have recorded spectacular growth since their launch in 1990. Total AUM in ETFs have now reached USD 14 trillion globally, and exceed AUM in hedge funds. Given ETFs’ increasing share of overall index assets, we believe investors need to be aware of their specifics when selecting an investment vehicle for their index portfolio.
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White papersA short guide to index selection: A multi-step process requiring both quantitative and qualitative inputs.
The indexing industry has changed and evolved significantly since the first indexed equity portfolio was launched in 1971. More than USD 24 trillion is now invested on a passive basis globally – tracking a wide range of benchmarks across different asset classes in a variety of investment vehicles.
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White papersFinding opportunity on the horizon
Will deal activity return to more typical levels and what is the value proposition for middle market direct lending in 2025?
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White papersFed and ECB cut rates, BoJ and BOE on hold
“The Fed’s hawkish tone signals that the Central Bank is incorporating a more uncertain outlook. This calls for keeping a tactical approach to bond investing.”
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White papersGlobal Risks 2025: Turning Points?
As the dust from the U.S. election settles, the new year brings new challenges. Tariffs are likely to be the dominant theme early in 2025. Our base case is for the incoming Trump administration to impose substantial — albeit not universal — tariffs on most countries.
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White papersHFS Bulletin: Monthly hedge fund update – November 2024
Risk assets were broadly higher in November, more than offsetting weaker prices from the prior month, as market caution ahead of the US election gave way to a more constructive outlook around the incoming administration. In Equity Hedged, US Equity Hedged strategies generally produced positive returns.
