All White papers articles – Page 93
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White papersInvestment Outlook 2025 – Opportunities in a volatile world
The widespread expectation of the global economy heading for a soft landing will be put to the test amid major political change and the risk this creates for economic stability.
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White papersData centers
Data centers are growing rapidly across the world. How can we manage their sustainability impacts?
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White papersISA Outlook 2025: Asia Pacific – The dawn of a new real estate cycle
The current real estate cycle in Asia Pacific is not a simple repetition of a typical cycle. While Asia Pacific economies have not been immune to supply chain disruptions and elevated inflation, interest rates and construction cots, real estate capital market liquidity in the region (with the exception of China and Hong Kong) has fared much better than in other parts of the world. In our view, the varying and sometimes contrasting cyclical patters among major real estate sectors within each country set the region apart from global trends.
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White papers2025 Equity Outlook: Will lower rates and strong earnings be enough to keep markets up?
Going into 2025, strong company fundamentals and trends in innovation could be outweighed by increased geopolitical risk and policy uncertainty.
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White papersISA Outlook 2025: Global – The dawn of a new real estate cycle
Almost three years after interest rates began to spike leading into the Great Tightening Cycle, the first light of a new real estate cycle is clearly visible on the horizon. As with the start of every new day, however, opportunities and challenges lie ahead.
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White papersThe extraordinary US cycle is becoming more balanced
“Progressively softer labour market conditions and positive inflation developments support gradual rate cuts, allowing the Fed to bring policy rates closer to neutral levels.”
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White papersThe rise of regional connectivity in Emerging Asia
Asian economies continue to demonstrate robust growth, albeit at varying rates, influenced by sectoral and industrial dynamics (value chain participation) and policy stimulus measures.
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White papersTransitioning to a riskier, messier and diversifying world
Our analysis suggests that the level of geopolitical risk will rise over the next few years. The trends that lead us to this conclusion are likely to also play out in 2025. Our Geopolitical Sentiment Tracker shows that more countries now have poor bilateral relations, while Russia’s ties with Iran, North Korea and China are deepening.
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White papersInflation trend is falling
“With ongoing inflation swings, central banks will be increasingly data-dependent.”
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White papersKorean wave: build-to-rent opportunities in Seoul
What lies ahead for housing in Seoul? We discuss the evolving opportunities for renters and landlords.
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White papersLifestyling: the Achilles heel in DC pensions
Why too much derisking – the accepted orthodoxy in UK defined contribution pensions – is a bad thing
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White papersUnlocking the Full Potential of Global Fixed Income
Allspring’s Plus Fixed Income team explains why they believe now is the time to utilise an unconstrained multi-sector approach to uncover opportunities in global fixed income.
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White papersSpotting opportunities in a reconfigured world
Halfway through the decade, new forces are reconfiguring the post-pandemic global economy. The big shocks that hit labour markets, supply chains, and energy prices in the past five years have largely worked their way through the system. But geopolitics and national policy choices are creating a more fragmented world that may bring new surprises.
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White papers2025 Fixed Income Outlook: A year of opportunity amid economic uncertainty?
With inflation cooling and the US Federal Reserve transitioning from rate hikes to a cycle of rate cuts, bonds are poised to perform well in 2025.
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White papersElection Economics
A resounding victory sweeps President (and President-Elect) Trump back to the White House. The substantial-for-modern-times majority in the Senate along with the popular vote means that the second Trump administration has more of a mandate than the first one.
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White papersInvestor Concerns and the Pricing of Physical Climate Risk
We study how global equity markets price the physical climate risk associated with tropical cyclones. To assess firms’ exposure to this risk, we use a bottom-up, forward-looking measure of firms’ expected losses to their geolocalized physical assets based on simulated cyclone tracks under different climate scenarios (RCP 2.6, 4.5, and 6.0).
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White papersReturn Predictability, Expectations, and Investments: Experimental Evidence
The empirical finance literature documents a puzzling phenomenon: investors tend to adjust their portfolios insufficiently in response to changes in their own forecasts of asset returns. This paper proposes an investment experiment with information treatments to better understand the mechanisms behind this puzzle.
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White papersBond yields in Trump 2.0
“The Federal Reserve is continuing its cut-rate path, but it will be increasingly vigilant towards any inflation risks. We expect volatility in bond markets to persist.”
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White papersVenture capital landscape
A closer look at key innovation hubs, Swiss Valley and Silicon Canals
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White papersA thematic framework for investing in the nature and climate transition
We’ve identified five broad investment themes that comprehensively address the challenges of climate change and nature loss.
