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ESG Asset Owner Survey: How Are Investors Changing?
We surveyed 256 investors around the globe with assets in excess of US$7 trillion to discover which approaches they now use and identify today’s key challenges.
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Chinese Bonds: Sector in Brief
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INVESTORS AND COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS)
As pension funds and other asset owners endure ongoing market turmoil relating to COVID-19 and an oil supply war, what are the key issues to watch out for?
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Manager Intelligence and Market Trends - February 2021
Investor Spotlight: Cashflow-generating Alternatives Change the Game at Korea’s POBA
Digging into Diversity Part 1: Infrastructure Managers
Securitised Credit - Sector in Brief
Manager Intelligence and Market Trends - November 2020
Secondaries Surge: Four Questions for Private Market Investors
Real Estate Upheaval Puts Manager Discipline in the Spotlight
Benchmarking Alternative Risk Premia
Investors Eye Trade Finance amid COVID Storm as Banks Ship Out
The Rise of Fixed Income Factor Investing
Mid-year Review: Five Findings on Manager Performance
Asset Owner Survey: Managing through Uncertainty
Will “Fallen Angels” Reveal Fixed Income’s Saints ...
With large volumes of BBB credits either undergoing or set to undergo downgrades which knock them off the investment grade plinth, many investment grade bond managers are expecting “fallen angels” to be the main driver of performance through this downturn. Today, the spotlight is on their ability to monitor and manage those positions.
Rethinking Fixed Income’s ‘Hunt for Yield’
The long-running hunt for yield rolls on into an increasingly volatile 2020, with yields on safer fixed income now at or close to five-year lows. Risk-aware investors are seeking to diversify the sources of return in their more aggressive fixed income investments, in order to mitigate potential losses without sacrificing much-needed income.
The Changing Face of Infrastructure Investment
Infrastructure, as an asset class, is now grappling with something of an identity crisis. Does it offer the same promise that underpinned demand a decade ago?
The Rise of Listed Infrastructure and REITs
The past decade has seen dramatic growth in the listed infrastructure sector, as well as the emergence of hybrid strategies that combine listed infrastructure with REITs. This paper draws on the latest manager research to explore key issues for investors.
Investor Spotlight: Italian Pension Fund Cuts Hidd...
With investors honing in on the potential for greater operational efficiency, external fund hosting services are becoming increasingly popular, with a diverse range of banks, asset managers and platform providers getting in on the act.
Do Listed Infrastructure and REITs Work Better Tog...
Amid the recent rise of Listed Infrastructure and REITs, one particularly notable change is the emergence of strategies that incorporate both of these strategies within one offering.
Direct Lending: to Cycle or Not to Cycle?
The start of 2020 has brought a slew of commentary on cooling appetite for direct lending, with the release of data showing a second year-on-year decline in private debt fundraising.
DNA of a Manager Search: Real Estate Debt
Today, investors in many illiquid asset classes are seeking subsectors and asset managers that can defy the overall yield compression of the last five years.
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