Why invest in trade finance?
Fast reading Global merchandise trade volumes reached US$25tn in 2022 – up from approximately US$14tn in 20071 – bolstered by rapid growth in so-called south-south trade (between developing countries), which is forecast to represent 40% of global trade by 20302. Among the factors that makes trade finance a unique investment proposition is that it sits […]
Various tailwinds support private markets
2025 Outlook
Financing Europe’s push for energy security
Trade finance case study
Private Equity insight: The art of the exit
Fast reading The dormancy of the exit market is leaving investors without cash to commit to new opportunities, stagnating private equity allocations within investor portfolios. Against this challenging backdrop, we believe managers that prepare for exits and are able to offer creative liquidity solutions will be among the most successful. A core tenet of our […]
Next-generation private equity: The art of partnership
Private Markets Insight
Locating the sweet spot in direct lending
Private Markets Insight
The Power of Diversification
Portfolio composition in Real Estate and Private Debt
Beyond the façade
Real estate debt
Real estate research collaboration launched for healthier urban places
Federated Hermes Real Estate, a responsible real estate investment manager, has joined forces with TRUUD to examine and deliver health as an element of the built urban environment. TRUUD (Tackling Root causes upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development) is a £10m research project, based at the University of Bristol, looking at how urban centres can be […]
Servicing debt from the top of the cash waterfall
Trade finance case study
