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The Evolving Opportunity in Distressed Debt
As the pandemic recedes, some companies may have a harder time managing higher debt levels than others—and as weaker issuers undergo restructurings or other stressed situations, there may be opportunities for investors to deploy more capital into distressed debt strategies.
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Weekly Macro Update: The Impact of COVID-19 on Commercial Real Estate Capital Markets
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While the Global Financial Crisis indiscriminately impacted volumes and pricing across commercial property types, the impact of the pandemic on capital markets, has been more selective, widening the gulf between “winner” and “loser” property types.
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Weekly Macro Update: The Pandemic’s Unexpected Upside
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Hurricane Laura and Typhoon Bavi left heartbreaking trails of destruction last week, triggering fresh headlines around the connection between severe weather and climate change—and fresh debate about the right climate policy in the midst of a pandemic.
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Barings Investment Institute Webinar - What Can Korea Teach the World about the Path to Recovery?
As an export powerhouse, Korea’s trade volumes remain an important leading indicator of global demand. Korean authorities have also been successful in containing the early outburst of the coronavirus.
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Weekly Macro Update: Keep Your Eye on the Loser
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In this brief lull between America's two main presidential conventions, the country’s political tectonic plates are shifting even in these freeze-dried, online versions without falling balloons, cheering crowds and silly hats.
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Weekly Macro Update: A Promising Update on the Vaccine we are All Waiting for
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We believe there is good reason to be optimistic. The global effort to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 has progressed at an incredible speed and is breathtaking when put in the context of vaccine development, which typically takes around a decade.
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Weekly Macro Update: TikTok on the Clock, Now Don’t Let Fiscal Stimulus Stop
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TikTok may be the tip of the iceberg as the U.S. recommends tech companies remove Chinese apps from their app stores. Uncertainty around the next stimulus package may continue to weigh on consumer spending as we expect weaker data for July.
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Weekly Macro Update: Taming the Golden Geese (Without Killing Them)
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After rising to the challenge of making lockdowns livable, technology firms and their investors face a trickier future than ever.
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Weekly Macro Update: How Long Can This Go On?
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There is no good time for a pandemic, but for the U.S. economy there are bad times and there are really bad times.
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Weekly Macro Update: ESG in Mining: A Quiet Revolution is Surfacing
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But the advances underway are rapidly making the industry safer, more efficient and more sustainable.
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EMD: Further Room to Run?
Emerging markets debt rallied strongly in the second quarter—and while risks remain ever-present, the asset class may benefit from continued monetary stimulus and the potential for a sharper economic bounce-back in the second half of the year.
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Investment Grade Credit
Whatever It Takes: After the historic rollercoaster ride IG credit took in the first quarter, U.S. policymakers seem to have won the day, at least for now—with their own version of the phrase made famous by former ECB President Mario Draghi: Whatever it takes.