All Asset Class Reports articles – Page 8
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Credit: Interest grows in Chinese bonds
Foreign investors are finding Chinese government bonds increasingly attractive
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Credit: PGGM - A partnership approach
PGGM has taken its credit-risk-sharing strategy a step further by forging a partnership with Sweden’s Alecta
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Portfolio strategy – Equities in the time of the pandemic
The speed and impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have thrown up challenges for investors that will not be clear for decades
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Portfolio strategy – The history of crises in US equities
The current US equity crisis conjures up shades of previous crashes
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Emerging market equities – Quant strategies closing the gap
Quant strategies in emerging markets are still behind those in the developed world but they are catching up
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Emerging market equities – India & China
India and China offer a template to understand future perspectives in light of COVID-19
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Fixed Income – European investment grade: No sign of end for negative yields
Negative interest rates look set for a lengthy run in Europe, raising concerns about the long-term effects
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US investment grade: A year for not living dangerously
Geopolitical uncertainties are pushing investors away from longer-term strategies
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Building ABS confidence
European regulators are promoting a ‘gold standard’ for asset-backed securities
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Private Equity: Finding the right metric
It is hard to compare the performance of private equity investments
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Liquidity Solutions: Facing the illiquidity challenge
The deepening of capital markets should benefit investors in private equity
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Intangible assets – Dealing with intangibles
The global growth of companies with relatively limited physical assets presents challenges for investors
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Market Access: Barriers to entry
Smaller pension schemes have to overcome hurdles if they are to invest in private equity
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Emerging market debt – Global view: A mixed picture
Although emerging markets are in aggregate enjoying structural improvements, there are stark differences between regions
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Credit: In the eye of the storm
What are the prospects for the credit markets as central bank turn dovish and economic activity slows down?
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Emerging market debt – ESG: Taking centre stage
ESG considerations are increasingly embodied in investment in emerging market debt
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Speciality Credit: Where the cash flows
Niche credit strategies such as shipping and aviation are gaining attention in the persistent low-yield environment
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Small & mid-cap equities: Public or private markets?
Public markets are shrinking while private markets are attracting huge amounts of capital. But it is still not clear which is the better bet
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The small-cap conundrum
Academic studies have cast doubt on the existence of a premium for investing in small-cap stocks
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ESG awareness grows
Smaller companies are realising they must keep up with ESG and impact-investing standards to remain successful