In Depth – Page 21
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: COVID-19 and short-termism: finding the right balance
Finding a way to meet short-term needs without compromising long-term strategy has never been easy for businesses. The radical uncertainty introduced by COVID-19 has made the task much harder.
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator October 2020
Globally, net equity sentiment is close to record levels, while net bond sentiment is flat or down to near record levels. A scenario explained by a virtual consensus that central banks can continue to pump liquidity into the system and this will eventually kickstart economies. Meanwhile, economists are predicting a long and deep slump.
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Briefing: Timing is everything in distress
After an extended period in the wilderness, distressed debt funds – bereft of opportunities because of ultra-low interest rates and economic buoyancy – are back in the spotlight with large players coming to the market.
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Briefing: The long march to deleveraging
Global debt reached a new record during the first quarter of this year, reaching 331% of GDP, or $258trn (€229trn), according to the Institute of International Finance, the global association of the finance industry.
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InterviewsStrategically speaking: Saker Nusseibeh, Federated Hermes
At first sight, the two sides of Federated Hermes seem culturally distinct. Federated is a staid, family-controlled, and Pittsburgh-based money manager with a history of providing services to bank trust departments. Hardly a hotbed of ESG or shareholder engagement, you might think.
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Still facing anxious times
Developed market government bond yields have spent the summer drifting lower as risk assets traded better. However, this benign climate has not lifted the fog of confusion caused by COVID-19.
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Ahead of the curve: Alternative data offers insight
The measures required to stop the spread of COVID-19 – social distancing and government-mandated lockdowns – mean that, unlike in previous recessions, services have led the economic decline.
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator September 2020
US COVID-19 figures are receding, to the extent that Brazil has taken over as the world’s worst managed country. A number of western European countries are experiencing a minor rebound, likely because of holiday travel. India has suffered a high death toll but this is partly a reflect of its huge population.
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Special ReportSWFs: Never waste a good crisis
Despite pressure on revenues from oil and gas, Arab sovereign wealth funds are taking opportunistic bets in foreign markets in the face of global economic turmoil
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Briefing: The unbearable lightness of investing
Open the newspaper. Any newspaper. Read the front page and then the money pages. Absorb, assimilate, repeat. After half a dozen goes, a pattern is clear.
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FeaturesThe Renminbi: A matter of trust
Only a few years ago, there was much hype about the renminbi becoming the next significant reserve currency and potentially even threatening the dominance of the dollar.
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FeaturesHedge funds: ‘Real life’ portfolio evaluation
Outlining an equal volatility-adjusted approach to hedge fund management
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FeaturesStrategically Speaking: Asoka Woehrmann, DWS
DWS has just unveiled a new, simplified global structure. CEO Asoka Woehrmann explains how the reorganisation will allow the firm to focus on its key business lines
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: Liquidity has been the litmus test for China’s bond market
It is no safe haven, but China has provided bond investors with important shelter through the storm
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Dismay sets in
As lockdowns ease, particularly in the northern hemisphere and the Antipodes, economic recoveries get underway. Given the exceptional circumstances, economic forecasts and predictions may show little consensus, or potentially be wrong, the puzzling US payroll announcements for May being a vivid example.
