This report reviews the evolution and scale of the emissions problem during the fossil fuel era and the current energy supply picture in Canada; examines the CER net-zero energy supply projections as well as their assumptions and policy implications; and makes recommendations for modifications and policy emphasis that would…
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AFME
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- 19 Mar 2024|
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38 Pages
The Report contains European leveraged finance end-of-year market trends for 2023. In particular, it includes issuance and credit performance data for the high yield and leveraged loan markets.
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Isio
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- 19 Mar 2024|
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8 Pages
Private equity (‘PE’) has enjoyed a long period of success; however, higher rates, difficult exit markets, and a challenging growth environment mean that market conditions have changed. Portfolio construction becomes even more critical in this environment. We like strategies that focus on the mid-market as the exit…
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Citi
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- 19 Mar 2024|
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60 Pages
The quantum sensing market is burgeoning, with $80 million invested by venture capital in quantum sensing companies in 2023. Quantum sensors rely on quantum particles to make measurements. They have the potential to be many orders of magnitude more sensitive to their environment than traditional sensors, opening a huge range…
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GMO
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- 19 Mar 2024|
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6 Pages
Well, the U.S. is really enjoying itself if you go by stock prices. A Shiller P/E of 34 (as of March 1st) is in the top 1% of history. Total profits (as a percent of almost anything) are at near-record levels as well. Remember, if margins and multiples are both at record levels at the same time, it really is double counting…
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This report is the Brookings USMCA initiative’s third annual flagship publication. It takes stock of the state of the North American trade relationship and looks at how the three parties to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), including business and civil society, can further leverage USMCA to strengthen…
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Credit markets in 2024 will be dominated by the path of central bank interest rates. Markets have priced in cuts from major central banks, but the timing and depth of those reductions is hotly debated. So, in this pivotal year for the cost of borrowing, what will be the best opportunities in credit?
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An interesting paper, Global Macro and Managed Futures Hedge Fund Strategies: Portfolio Differentiators?, compares three major hedge fund strategies, global macro, managed futures, and long/short equity. All three generate alpha, but the alpha is different for each strategy when we look at returns through different factor…
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Companies are increasingly looking for faster and easier routes than traditional underwritten offerings to market their debt securities. With an annual deal flow of over US$100 billion, the debt private placement market is an attractive alternative to underwritten offerings, although nascent in the context of European high-…
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Executives reveal mismatch between reality of climate risks and corporate reputation. In September to November 2023, Market Forces conducted an online survey of 150 investors at some of the world’s biggest financial institutions across the UK, USA, Singapore, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong and Belgium, delivered in partnership…
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The Treasury cash-futures basis trade exploits the difference in prices between a Treasury security and a related Treasury futures contract – the so-called cash-futures basis – by purchasing the asset that is relatively undervalued and selling the other in a bet that the prices will converge. However, the basis trade is…
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Forever chemicals', the snappier name given to per and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, can be found in countless products, ranging from semiconductors to fast food packaging. They’re also polluting our food and water and are associated with a variety of health issues. The FT’s Peggy Hollinger explores the new…
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Our H1 2024 State of the Markets report finds that, two years into the most significant contraction of the innovation economy since the dot-com crash, signs of normalization — and even recovery — are emerging.
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Firms that allocate assets are, for a second year in a row, more interested in hedge funds that invest in credit than in any other hedge fund strategy.
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This paper seeks to provide a high-level overview of the most recent era of artificial intelligence (i.e., generative artificial intelligence) and potential implications as it pertains to global capital markets.
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In this conversation we learn about the shifting sands of supply and demand. We discuss global climate impact and some of its advantages for the wine industry. We discuss wealth creation and the continued thirst for luxury wines, champagnes and whiskies.
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Netspar
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- 19 Mar 2024|
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74 Pages
Pension funds rely on interest rate swaps to hedge the interest rate risk arising from their liabilities. Analyzing unique data on Dutch pension funds, we show that this hedging behavior exposes pension funds to liquidity risk due to margin calls, which can be as large as 15% of their total assets. Our analysis uncovers…
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BBH presents its 2024 Fund Distribution Outlook, which discusses how asset managers around the world are adapting their distribution efforts to a challenging fundraising environment, regulatory changes, and technological advancements.
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The Taskforce on Social Factors has produced this guide to support pension trustees in assessing the social risks and opportunities of their scheme’s investments.
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For enterprise content marketers, 2024 is all about efficiency and results. That’s what 333 enterprise marketers (in companies with 1,000-plus employees) told us during CMI’s latest annual content marketing survey.
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