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Financing Food Fast: Take-Aways From COP28
Saturday, December 16, 2023 1:20 AM EDT
I am struck by so many swift moves to bring sustainable food systems change through diversified proteins to the forefront of not just the climate conversation, but the climate strategy and execution conversation.
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Structure Matters: Active Management Has A Place
Sunday, December 10, 2023 6:49 AM EDT
Mutual fund-to-ETF conversions are clearly gaining steam in 2023, and this is led by active funds. Assets held in ETFs that have been converted from mutual funds now total $78 billion, which is almost double the year-end tally in 2022.
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Amidst The Noise Expect Critical Action On Transition Finance From COP28
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 10:01 AM EDT
Aside from the UAE wanting to show it can unite a polarized audience, behind the scenes, intense preparations are afoot across the ecosystem to announce breakthrough actions and pathways on transition finance.
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Not All Yield-Curve Steepenings Are Alike
Saturday, November 25, 2023 3:05 AM EDT
In this weekly installment of Simply Put, we investigate the current outlook for the yield curve.
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Hedged Equity As A Fixed Income Replacement
Sunday, November 19, 2023 3:27 AM EDT
Much attention has been paid of late to the building of diversified portfolios to smooth out performance through the reduction of meaningful drawdown. This analysis looks at asset allocation and the correlations of portfolio assets.
In this article: SPX
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Was 60/40 A Big Head Fake?
Monday, November 13, 2023 3:42 AM EDT
During the mid-t-late 2010s, the S&P 500 was compounding at 10-20% per annum. Bonds generate steady but modest returns as rates went to zero.
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The Short On Shorting Bonds
Thursday, November 9, 2023 11:50 PM EDT
Given that shorting bonds has been an investment pariah until 2022, we revisit some common myths and misconceptions about shorting bonds to help clarify why, when, and how often trend followers may be shorting bonds in the future.
In this article: IEF
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Discover Uncommon Value In The Preferred And Capital Securities Market
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 5:07 AM EDT
With yields highest and spreads widest since the Global Financial Crisis, now may be an attractive entry point into the preferred and capital securities asset class. Opportunities for upside and higher income potential exist for the asset class now.
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What’s It Worth?
Saturday, October 21, 2023 4:04 PM EDT
Perhaps the most frequently asked question in today’s private market realm: How much is it worth? Rather than get caught up in conjecture, let’s turn instead to our trusty data toolkit to shed some light on the topic.
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Why Timing The Market Is Still Attractive
Sunday, October 8, 2023 4:14 AM EDT
Global studies have pointed out that passive investments have generated better returns than active investments in general still an average investor is more likely to enter the (trading) ring rather than cart tail a benchmark.
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Institutions Are 'Choosy' About Their Alternative Investments
Saturday, October 7, 2023 5:10 PM EDT
Allocations to alternatives have increased among investor groups, but perhaps nowhere more than the $3 trillion state pension market, where alternatives increased 10% in just the last five years. However, not all alternative asset classes benefited.
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Structured Credit: Creditworthy Income Solutions For Investors Facing Rising Rates
Monday, October 2, 2023 5:16 AM EDT
Asset-backed securities exposed to secular growth and pandemic recovery trends and those featuring floating interest rates provide compelling opportunities in rising rate/high inflation environments.
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Entering Leveraged Loans? Three Implementation Questions To Answer
Sunday, October 1, 2023 8:01 AM EDT
Rising interest rates and inflationary forecasts continue to underpin strong demand for Leveraged Loans, thanks in large part to their floating rate characteristics.
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Navigating A Higher-For-Longer Interest Rate Environment
Thursday, September 28, 2023 3:15 AM EDT
Fixed-income markets have steadily declined since early 2022 when investors began acknowledging the potential for above-trend inflation and aggressively priced in fed funds rate hikes.
In this article: TLT
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Is India Missing The Sovereign Wealth Fund Trick?
Monday, September 25, 2023 12:01 AM EDT
Indian VC/PE funds rarely have the ability to co-invest in up rounds with valuation reaching $500 million. This leaves the start-up ecosystem to look outward and pivot to the parameters measured by global funds to sustain growth.
In this article: IFN, PIN
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Disentangling Diversification
Sunday, September 24, 2023 1:39 PM EDT
You may hear that "it’s a stock picker’s market." This environment could be characterized as a sector picker’s market. To measure the importance of sectors, this text decomposes total market dispersion into within-sector and cross-sector effects.
In this article: SPX
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