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LATEST ARTICLES
Private markets: three ideas for 2023
An increasingly varied universe, private markets may offer interesting entry points for investors amid volatility in public markets and demand for capital. We highlight three areas to consider.....
Global real estate and banking sector turmoil: Have the storm clouds passed?
The turmoil in the banking sector which erupted in March sparked a degree of panic lasting into April. In this mid-year view, M&G ask: is the worst of the banking turmoil over, and how concerned should we be about any impact on the property market that may lie ahead?
The case for a market neutral Absolute Return Government Bond fund
The unfolding environment has never been better for an active manager in the sovereign bond space, argues Craig Inches of Royal London Asset Management. He sees several strategic and tactical opportunities persisting for several years and he outlines them here.........
Frontier Market Focus: Ukraine
If Russian stocks may be some of the cheapest in emerging markets, certain equities in neighbouring Ukraine may have some of the lowest valuations in the frontier market universe.
What extreme weather is revealing about regenerative farming
For years, portfolio design focused on growth, liquidity and diversification across markets. These remain important, but they no longer describe the full picture. A run of environmental shocks, disrupted supply chains and resource constraints has reminded investors that real economic systems have a direct bearing on long-term value......
Keeping it real
Kåpan´s Mikael Falck on the pension giants search of real alternatives and the managers that can help him find them
Frontier Market Focus: Pakistan
With a very young population of over 200 million people, a middle class of 80 million and a brand new Prime Minister; Is Pakistan set to be the new Asian success story?
Find Your Niche
With growing pressures in the direct lending market, is the asset class still a viable alternative for investors seeking higher yields?
A Core with a Conscience – Integrating Smart Beta and ESG
Cracking the code for a socially conscious, diversified investment solution with the potential to provide additional premia over the long term...
Rev up: engineering an emerging market debt portfolio
LGIM´s Uday Patnaik examines the nuts and bolts of putting an EMD portfolio together...
Alternative Risk Premia (ARP) focus: Trend Following
Trend-following, or the momentum style or factor, is one building block for many alternative risk premia strategies....
Infrastructure, inflation and other risks
The potential for infrastructure investments to protect against inflation is well understood, but there are many important caveats: valuation, revenue risks, weather, safety, and politics....
Meeting the capital challenge within impact growth equity
Private equity investors increasingly are seeking to make a positive impact with their investments. However, for the businesses involved, the reduction in availability of late-stage funding is proving a serious obstacle. This article explores the reasons why....
Navigating stewardship: a case study
Private markets have developed into a global, highly diversified and heterogenous universe where some sub-sectors offer investors relative and absolute value. But deployment has slowed down and we have reached a crossroads: it takes (more) time to agree on value in this new context - argues Allianz GI´s Emmanuel Leblanc
European private debt adapts to the new economic and ESG climate
An increasingly varied universe, private markets may offer interesting entry points for investors amid volatility in public markets and demand for capital. We highlight three areas to consider.....
Where data drives decisions in farmland investing
For years, portfolio design focused on growth, liquidity and diversification across markets. These remain important, but they no longer describe the full picture. A run of environmental shocks, disrupted supply chains and resource constraints has reminded investors that real economic systems have a direct bearing on long-term value......
Frontier Market Focus: Argentina
Argentina’s equity market hit an all-time high in January 2018, and its currency marked a new all-time low of 27.7 per dollar as of June 21st 2018. Should investors cry for Argentina?
A New Regime in European Credit
As volatility rises and the beta rally draws to a close, how can investors seek to strike a balance between return maximisation and drawdown protection?
Time for contrarians to be rewarded?
The odds are massively stacked against short-sellers, from multiple angles. But irrational optimism and bubbles could meant that mid 2018 is an opportune juncture according to Jupiter´s head of alternatives...
Smart Beta for Bond and Credit markets
The growing menu of smart beta credit products will be useful for those who allocate externally – and indeed those who want to negotiate bespoke strategies. We touch on a handful of examples....
Frontier Market Focus: Kuwait
Argentina’s departure from the MSCI Frontier index, will leave Kuwait as the largest member of that index - but maybe not for long...
Inside the European boardroom: commitment to sustainable investments
The rapidly spreading use of artificial intelligence is even further and more dramatically intensifying the demand for powerful semiconductor chips. But how does the increased use of artificial intelligence impact the semiconductor sector and what risks and opportunities does it provide to small-cap companies in particular?
Aktia’s Ville Toivakainen sees strong demand for alternative credit
Ville Toivakainen shares his views on why Aktia has had a long-term focus on emerging market debt and alternative credit, what he looks for on the alternative side and how he selects managers to Aktia’s fund-of-hedge funds portfolio.
Frontier Markets Focus: Bangladesh
A microbrew beer made by Brooklyn’s Sixpoint Brewery is called Bengali Tiger. Craft brewing and Bangladesh are both impressive growth stories: a growth market and a “Tiger” economy.
EM local currency bonds for USD investors
Mike Biggs explains how skipping the USD can bring down volatility and enhance returns when investing in EM local currency debt
A Growing Investment Universe Still Demands Discerning Analysis
Since 1988, Jupiter Ecology’s investment universe has ballooned from under 100 to over 1,200 companies. Regulation and subsidies have spawned new industries and firms, and awareness of climate change is now global.
What does ‘ESG integration’ really mean?
Today a large number of investors and asset managers use “ESG integration” to describe their overall approach to responsible investing but what does that really mean?
Single-Factor Products Gather Most Assets
“Smart beta” assets have reached $658.4 billion at the end of 2017, up 32.3% year on year, per Morningstar. Much of this resides in products that are based on only one factor concept.