All Investment Briefing articles – Page 13
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FeaturesClimate change: The two degree dilemma
The Paris climate summit has pointed the way towards a low-carbon future. But what can investors do to move beyond simply measuring their carbon footprint?
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Make cash pay
Cash holders do not have to settle for low yields from traditional cash management vehicles. Enhanced cash vehicles offer higher yields
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Brazil’s trapped potential
Brazil’s huge market and competitive global companies hold out promise for investors but its economic recovery is being fettered by a political impasse
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Age spectre haunts Japan
Abenomics is faring in the battle to bring Japan’s ecomomy out of the doldrums to cope with a rapidly ageing population
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Equity Earnings: Burning the furniture
Many companies with strong balance sheets are using that position to bolster weak income statements
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Alternative Credit: Portfolio role for alternative credit
Alternative credit provides a breadth of diversity that can help investors create better risk-adjusted portfolios for outperformance in a tough market, writes Nimisha Srivastava
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African Private Equity: The bright continent
Carolyn Campbell describes how Africa’s expanding middle class, rising GDP and government policies are fuelling opportunities for private equity
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High-Yield Bonds: Uncharted waters
Is the sell-off in high-yield bonds an indicator of broader weakness, or an opportunity for contrarians to pick up yield?
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Assessing AIFMD
Kai Braun considers the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and finds that operating models have stabilised
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US Illiquid Credit: Bankers by default
Structural changes in banking, regulation and low interest rates are transforming the illiquid loans market
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Demographics: Global Growth - Doldrums ahead
Niels Jensen argues that an ageing population and lower productivity are the biggest threats to global economic growth
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Briefing: Growing importance of the renminbi
Despite recent volatility, the Chinese currency’s role in international trade is growing fast
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Smart beta bonds: Not so fast
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo looks at the reasons behind the dearth of smart beta fixed-income products
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Investment Solutions Survey: A wide constellation
IPE’s 2015 investment solutions survey explained
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Trade Finance Briefing: Doors open to trade
Greater liquidity and capital constraints have forced many banks to scale back or close down their trade finance operations, creating opportunities for non-bank lenders, says Luigi La Ferla
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China Briefing: Foreigners eye Chinese shares
Access to China A-shares, one of the largest equity markets, is becoming easier for overseas investors
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European Loan Markets: Lending expertise
The European loan market is back in business. 2014 was the first year of net growth – about €30bn worth – since the financial crisis
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Mezzanine Finance: Mezzanine’s brief hour in the sun
Mezzanine lenders stepped into the breach during the darkest days of the credit crunch, and were paid handsomely for their trouble
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Corporate bonds for the long run
The post-crisis world of bond investing is favouring the ‘new’ old-fashioned approach known as buy-and-maintain credit
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ECB exercise to beef up ABS
The ECB hopes its plans to invest heavily in the asset-backed securitisation market will encourage other investors and ultimately help boost real economy lending, writes Anthony Harrington
