Spectrum Q3 2022
Have alternatives gone mainstream?
View from Private Markets: Reappraising the value of real estate debt
Fast reading In the years following the global financial crisis, low rates reduced absolute returns for real estate lenders, but that is set to change now that rates are rising. Defensive real estate debt strategies should be largely protected from short-term property value declines, and may actually benefit from the rising rates environment. An allocation […]
UK government woes continue to overshadow markets
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360°, Q3 2022
Rates, recovery, recession
Expectations of Fed pivot begin to gain traction
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Fiorino: Can Europe’s banks withstand high-pressure energy disruption?
As Europe grapples with a gas crisis caused by the war in Ukraine, investors are facing up to a fundamental truth: energy is everything. Russia’s efforts to restrict, or cut off, the flow of natural gas to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, has […]
Markets on edge despite Bank of England intervention
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They’ve got the power? European Utilities and the energy crisis
The threat to European consumers from soaring gas and electricity prices has dominated recent headlines and impacted bond prices, but informed discussion of the implications for Utilities companies has been lacking. The supply squeeze caused by the conflict in Ukraine, exacerbated by existing market design, has created three major potential issues for the Utilities sector, […]
Five questions answered on… Asian equities
Q: Why should investors consider Asia as part of their overall portfolio? A: Asia makes up a huge part of the world, with two billion people in China and India alone. At the same time it’s diverse, comprising different sub-markets each with their own characteristics. The thing about investing in Asia is there’s inevitably one […]
Animal farming and ESG: a sector where some are more equal than others
The animal farming industry entered the pandemic widely regarded as an ESG laggard: a sector noted for its high greenhouse gas emissions, unethical treatment of livestock, and intensive land and water use, and a leading global cause of deforestation. The Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (FAIRR) initiative found the industry has done ‘too little […]
