Emerging markets debt hard currency offers unrivalled scale, compelling diversification and attractive return potential but myths pervade the asset class which detach perception from reality around defaults, leverage to the developed market cycle and ESG risks, argues Janus Henderson´s Thomas Haugaard.....
Do standard definitions of the metaverse underplay its disruptive and transformative potential? By seamlessly integrating “real” life and digital worlds, it creates a new level of interconnectivity – and major new opportunities for investors.........
Heightened market volatility has led to misconceptions about credit, in Pimco´s view. They dispel four of them here......
Zombie companies are the talk of the town. Will they limp on forever, storing up potential trouble for investors’ portfolios, or can they revive and thrive after the COVID crisis.......?
Bottom-up thinking is not a typical hallmark of multi-asset investing. However, Aviva´s Francois de Bruin believes the granularity that comes from this approach offers useful diversification and risk benefits....
Wellington´s Dáire Dunne on the forces behind structural change in Emerging Markets and how a thematic approach will help identify opportunities going forward...
How expected returns can be enhanced without increasing risks - can cutting-edge visualisation tools and a first-principles approach secure the predictable benefits of a diversified portfolio?
Can ESG ratings on sovereign credit help manage long-term risks?
In the past few years, many institutional investors have increased their exposure to illiquid assets. This raises the question of how much illiquidity an investor can handle without letting its risk profile change substantially after a financial shock.....
For risk averse investors, low volatility equity strategies have offered the chance for investors to moderate the volatility. But have they worked?....
