Real Estate: Preserving Value
There was a definite air of positivity in European real estate markets in January and February 2022.
Solutions Enhanced: Capital Market Assumptions 2022 Making a transition
The end of 2021 saw a continuing reminder of the impact of coronavirus, inflation occurring in major economies, and the world waking up to the stark choices presented by the climate emergency. We set out the expectations for what all this could mean for investors over the next five years and in the longer run. These capital market assumptions form the base case we use when constructing strategic asset allocations for clients.
UK Real Estate: how to follow a record 2021?
James Coke looks at how the UK market might follow a record 2021, and while we don’t expect next year to deliver comparable capital value growth, it is likely to witness similar positive supply and demand dynamics which should maintain market momentum
UK real estate embraces carbon neutrality
Huge cuts in emissions from real estate assets will be essential to reach net zero carbon by 2050.
Committing to zero carbon real estate
Our UK Real Estate strategy to reach net zero by 2050 addresses a major source of risk for commercial property investors and aims to deliver better outcomes for all stakeholders
Is the bond broken?
An allocation to government bonds within a multi-asset portfolio has traditionally played a vital role in terms of risk management and diversification. But with a decade-long bull era in both government bonds and equities, is this assumption still valid?
Asset allocation update: standing pat
Maya Bhandari looks at how the team has managed its asset allocations over the past couple of months and where they believe the best risk-adjusted returns will come from.
Office-working: long-term symptoms or full recovery?
With the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of office workers worldwide were forced to work from home (WFH) for the majority of 2020.
Summer slumber soothes markets
Our fixed income team provide their weekly snapshot of market events.
Tracking the pandemic – the challenges of interpreting fast-changing data
“The Covid-19 pandemic is generating huge quantities of case count data as the
disease advances around the world. We have seen countries and regions that were hit earliest move through the initial peak and into a period of declining incidence, while those affected more recently are still recording rapid rises in infections and fatalities. But the data raises as many questions as it answers.”