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Navigating Change in China
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Barings’ Global Head of Equities, Ghadir Cooper, assesses the transformation of China’s economy, and explains why investors should be encouraged by the country’s decisive policy actions.
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Streaming Income - Private Equity: Emerging, Women & Diverse Managers
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Amid increased competition and rich valuations, PE returns have continued to trend downward. In this interview, Barings’ Mina Nazemi discusses how allocations to emerging, women and diverse managers can potentially help combat this trend.
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Streaming Income - EM Debt: A Brightening Picture?
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After a rocky 2018, the picture may be brightening for emerging markets debt. From rising rates to trade wars, some of last year’s headwinds look to be receding, at least for now. Barings’ Ricardo Adroguè and Omotunde Lawal highlight opportunities they’re seeing from Mexico and Brazil to more challenged geographies like Turkey and Argentina—and provide insight into how they’re thinking about political hotspots like Venezuela.
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Streaming Income - Assessing Today’s Private Credit Landscape
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Private credit markets have seen an exponential increase in investor demand over the last 10 years. But with competition fierce and the cycle maturing, what’s next? Barings’ Eric Lloyd talks about where he sees value today and how risks from Brexit to rate hikes are impacting the asset class.
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Streaming Income - CLOs & Leveraged Loans: Perception vs. Reality
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Leveraged loans and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) are back in the headlines with the market’s recent bout of volatility. How prepared are these credit instruments to weather the next economic storm? Barings’ Matthew Natcharian and Adrienne Butler weigh in.
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Streaming Income - Investment Grade Credit: Rates, BBBs and ABS
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IG investors today are grappling with mixed signals from the yield curve, a bulging BBB-rated universe and the continued expansion of ABS markets. David Nagle, a 30+ year veteran of fixed income markets helps to put today’s most recent developments in perspective.
Behavioral Finance
Keeping Emotions in Check – A Historical Guide to Market Volatility
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One of the biggest challenges in investing is to stay focused and on course. Investors must look at the markets from a historical perspective for broader context, and to better understand why it is important to stay the course during both calm and perilous markets.
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Streaming Income - Climbing High Yield’s Wall of Worry
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Global high yield markets face a number of risks, from trade wars to rising rates. Yet, these markets have continued to scale such a ‘wall of worry’ for the last decade. Should we expect more of the same, or are we nearing a turning point in the cycle?
Client Relationships
Advisor2Advisor: William Schiffman & Jason Ray
Advisors William Schiffman & Jason Ray talk about what they are hearing from clients in this quick 2-minute interview.
Leveraging Technology & Data
Changes Ahead: How Technology Integration Can Scale Your Business
Advisory firms who leverage advanced tech integration, have a bigger book-of-business, generate more financial plans, and have more time to spend with clients. John Yackel of Envestnet and Michael Wilson of First Citizen Bank sit down to discuss.
Business Development
Integrating Social Media Into Your Digital Marketing Strategy
Learn how you can fit social into your marketing plan and use it effectively.
Investing Ideas
Building Your Practice by Serving Foundations and Endowments
Nuveen provides a comprehensive look at foundations and endowments and how they can affect an advisor's business.