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Demystifying Capital Solutions Strategies
Michael Searles, Head of North America – Capital Solutions, explains why capital solutions strategies are garnering increased interest from institutional investors looking to diversify their private credit allocations and gain access to potentially uncorrelated returns.
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Shifting Institutional Property Portfolios: Evolution or Revolution?
From shifting demographics to the adoption of new innovations, long-term societal changes provide strong clues to how institutional property portfolios will likely restructure over the next decade.
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Infrastructure Debt: ‘A Critical Part of the Capital Solution’
In this podcast with Infrastructure Investor, Pieter Welman participated in a lively conversation on how infrastructure debt is a core part of the capital solution in the transition to a cleaner and more digital-dependant world. Listen to the full episode to hear his latest insights on the infrastructure debt market, including where he and the Barings team are seeing opportunities today.
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APAC Private Credit
We started senior lending in the Asia Pacific private credit market in 2011—and together with our 30+ years of managing private credit globally, our global scale, and a disciplined approach, we have become one of the most active lenders in APAC today.
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All to Play for in 2024
In this PDI Q&A, Bryan High discusses the trends and dynamics likely to shape direct lending through the remainder of 2024.
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High Yield: Scaling the Maturity Wall
The maturity wall facing high yield bond issuers has garnered much attention. But given the market’s short duration profile, lower prices and higher-quality relative to history, the reality facing issuers is less daunting.
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Real Estate House View: United Kingdom - Second half-vear 2024
Economic discourse shifted over the second quarter, following the announcement of an early UK general election on 4 July. Polls were largely suggestive of a landslide victory for Labour. Consequently, the announcement of a Labour win had little impact on financial markets, with sterling, equity markets, and gilt yields broadly unchanged.
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Real Estate House View: Europe - Second half-year 2024
The sharp surge in inflation prompted central banks to implement the most aggressive monetary policy tightening for at least four decades.
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Real Estate House View: Switzerland - Second half-year 2024
The second kev interest rate cut by the SNB in June will enable the downward trend in debt financing costs to continue, although we are not expecting any further cut in interest rates before the end of 2024.
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Only 11% of asset owners see ESG regulation as hindrance to sustainability
Investors happiest with jurisdictions that take a double materiality approach, according to FTSE survey
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Swedish pensions industry calls for more from 2025 budget
Clear rules of the game are crucial for sustainable investments, says Insurance Sweden
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PensionDanmark invests in quantum computing startup Atom
Labour-market pension fund backs Atom Computing with DKK70m after California-based tech firm pledges to set up European HQ in Denmark
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Second pillar reform falls short of expectations, says aba
Aba calls for improvements in the bill relating to severance payments and for a reduction in bureaucracy
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Mandate roundup: Compenswiss tenders direct lending mandates
Plus: APK issues $300m EM debt brief; Italian journalists scheme award €100m corporate bond mandate
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German actuaries back reform to set stable discount rates on pension liabilities
German Institute of Pension Actuaries believes a discount rate should reflect long-term inflation expectations and real interest rates
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Viewpoint: From fragmentation to integration
Over the past few decades, Europe’s financial system has grown in size and complexity but remains largely bank-centric compared with more market-oriented systems
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IPE DACH Briefing: Swiss pension funds contemplate low interest rate scenarios
Plus: Swiss vote on second pillar reform; Germany’s own reform; ESMA’s guidance
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
Investors often associate space with large corporations and government agencies such as SpaceX, NASA, JAXA or, more recently, Blue Origin and Amazon’s Project Kuiper. These entities evoke images of rockets, moon missions and high-risk ventures. However, the reality is that the space ecosystem plays a significant role in our daily earth-bound lives, a fact that is frequently underappreciated by the general public and even by seasoned investors.
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The Fifth Stage of Pocketbook Grief
Economic data has been resilient, but everyone seems unhappy—will the consumer cheer up in time to avoid triggering a recession?
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Technology Runs Through Asia
Across the “Golden Triangle” and beyond, Asian companies are forming a foundation for global technological growth and development.