Does 2021 Look Like a Good Year for Active Equity Managers?
Active equity managers tend to perform better when the average stock within a market capitalization–weighted index outperforms the index itself.
April 2021
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Rising Rates and the Implications for Fixed Income
In this paper, we analyze the drivers behind the recent rise in yields and compare the current bond sell-off to major bond sell-offs of the past to assess whether the rise in yields can continue and the implications for fixed income.
May 2021
Investing in 21st Century Infrastructure: Benefiting from the Digital Revolution
The importance of digitisation has grown during the pandemic, as people have relied more on digital platforms, video streaming, and cloud storage. Investment across the digital infrastructure value chain continues to rise in response, and should increasingly be a priority for real asset investors.
May 2021
Portfolio Protection: Challenges with Equity Put Options
We advise extreme caution in using derivatives to protect portfolios from sharp equity drawdowns. We recommend that investors look to asset allocation to defend against equity risk before buying puts. For those investors who must pursue a tail-risk hedge, we provide a list of potential pitfalls and solutions, in the form of a case study.
May 2021
Crypto Considerations
The polarizing and often misunderstood cryptoasset landscape has grown exponentially in recent years. This paper reviews some of the space’s pressing issues, considers cryptoassets in a portfolio setting, and offers some considerations of different implementation options.
October 2021
Venture Capital Will Continue to Crush It
Globally, the venture capital (VC) industry will continue to evolve as capital floods in seeking compelling returns that can be had for those willing to wait.
December 2021
Don’t Expect EM ex China Performance to Impress
Emerging markets ex China equities have underperformed their DM peers this year due, in part, to greater economic and political challenges, which have weighed on sentiment toward the bloc. We expect these issues to persist into next year and are skeptical that EM ex China equities can outperform DM equivalents.
December 2021
Outlook 2022: Flying at a Lower Altitude
As we peer over the horizon, we anticipate growth will return to a lower altitude. Read more in our compilation of investment views for 2022.
December 2021
Global ex US PE/VC Benchmark Commentary: First Half 2021
In the first six months of 2021, according to Cambridge Associates indexes, private equity and venture capital in the developed markets outperformed those in emerging markets. The Cambridge Associates LLC Developed Markets ex US Private Equity and Venture Capital (PE/VC) Index returned 18.7% in the first half of 2021, in USD terms, with significantly better […]
January 2022
Will Concerns Over "Greenflation" Derail the Energy Transition?
No. The inflation attributed to green initiatives (known as “greenflation”) is part of the current inflation narrative, but we doubt concerns related to it will derail the global energy transition. Net zero pledges and related policy frameworks have been rolled out in nearly 200 countries, underpinning a transition already underway due to climate change and […]
February 2022