All Asset Class Reports articles – Page 9
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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
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Defining the EM universe
A rising number of wealthy developed countries are still considered emerging market economies. Does this make sense?
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Trade war: The silver lining in the clouds of trade war
Smaller emerging market players could benefit from the US-China trade war
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Emerging market equities: ESG in Latin America
An anti-corruption drive by Latin American companies is creating opportunities for responsible investors
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Trade war minefield for investors
High-quality companies are most likely to withstand the ravages of a prolonged US-China trade war
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US equities: Past, present and future
Are US equity valuations in bubble territory?
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Powerful currents transforming energy
Rapidly improving renewable energy technologies and global warming concerns are fuelling radical changes in the US energy sector
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Are the FAANGs losing their bite?
Growth has slowed in the maturing US tech sector but deep-value investors are showing more interest in the stocks
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US Treasuries – still safe?
Rising US government debt levels are posing a conundrum for bond investors
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Government Bonds - Euro-zone: Turning Japanese
The euro-zone appears to be in a low-growth liquidity trap redolent of Japan
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Hedge Funds - Technology: The next generation
Advances in artificial technology and computing power are opening paths to new hedge funds strategies