All Asset Class Reports articles – Page 8
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Global Equities – Social inequality concerns matter
The pandemic has revealed the short-term contradiction of companies taking from the public purse while continuing to pay or reinstating dividends. Investors are only just getting to grips with the long-term cost of social inequalities
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Global equities – The COVID-19 effect
The pandemic has clearly shaken up the equity markets but which trends are likely to persist in the long term?
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Private markets – Private equity: the impact of COVID-19
The pandemic has devastated some sectors while boosting others
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Emerging Market Debt: Downgrade deluge
COVID-19 has hit many emerging markets (EMs) hard. In addition to the growth shock, many have suffered capital outflows, collapsing commodity prices, falling revenue from tourism and a depreciation of their currencies against the dollar.
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Emerging Market Debt: EM future remains uncertain
The durability of the recovery of emerging markets in recent months remain unclear
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Emerging Market Debt: Covid delivers a booster shot
The pandemic has reinforced the view that ESG-compliant businesses are better able to cope with market shocks
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Equities – Pandemic winners and losers
COVID-19 is proving a powerful catalyst for social and technological change
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Small caps: All is not lost
Some small-cap companies have not only survived effects of the pandemic but are even thriving
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Credit: Investment grade credit markets in a pandemic
The COVID crisis has brought profound changes to the credit markets
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Credit: High yield managers embrace uncertainty
Managers are constructive about high yield, loans and alternative credit despite the volatile outlook
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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