Episdode 265 of the InsuranceAUM Podcast + 8 New Articles!

Episode 265: The Cyclical Nature of Real Estate Debt

Join host Stewart Foley , on the InsuranceAUM.com Podcast as he explores the dynamic world of commercial real estate debt with Jack Gay , Global Head of Commercial Real Estate Debt, and Jason Hernandez , Head of Real Estate Debt in the Americas at Nuveen, a TIAA company Real Estate. In this engaging conversation, Jack and Jason share their unique perspectives on the evolving CRE debt market, highlighting areas of opportunity and caution in today’s economic landscape. From the surging demand for housing and logistics to the ongoing challenges in the office sector, they unpack the factors driving investment decisions and risk management strategies.

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The ABC of MAC: how multi-asset credit strategies can offer dynamic performance across the economic cycle

In today's uncertain market environment, we believe a multi-asset credit (MAC) strategy has the potential to provide institutional investors with a dynamic solution for their income needs.

Key takeaways

• A multi-asset credit (MAC) strategy can invest opportunistically across multiple credit sectors and instruments.
• We believe a MAC strategy has the potential to provide investors a dynamic solution for their income needs and requirements for portfolio growth across the economic cycle.
• By taking an ABC approach, flexible but disciplined MAC managers can be fundamentally selective when seeking income, access higher-yielding asset classes, and pivot allocations to capture changes in relative value and market dislocation.

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Private Credit Insights 3Q24: What People Get Wrong about Private Credit

Myths and misapprehensions about private credit often seem to get more airtime than facts. Here’s a look beyond the headlines at what the market’s really like

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Investment Grade Private Credit Overview

Key Takeaways

• Institutional investors can generate additional yield and potentially higher risk-adjusted returns with Investment Grade Private Credit (IGPC)
• IGPC is a growing and attractive asset class that often offers financial covenants and bespoke maturities that can better match an investor’s long-term liabilities, particularly pensions

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SPDR? ETFs Chart Pack - Dec 2024

All the charts you need to help you navigate the market. From macro and market trends to ETF flows, fundamentals, and more.

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A thematic framework for investing in the nature and climate transition

Key takeaways

• We believe the urgency of the nature and climate transition will continue to present a broad and deep investment opportunity set, which we’ve categorized into five distinct themes.
• We view these five themes as being truly global in scope, collectively extending to virtually every asset type, market sector, investment style, and geographic region.

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Private Credit Insights 4Q24: The Year Ahead

All we want for Christmas is a great 2025 for alts. Looking at the factors in play, we may just get it—more (and bigger) deals, attractive spreads, and a little “Trump bump” here and there.

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M&A in 2025: Opportunity, with a side of Scrutiny

Looking ahead, ‘debt overhang’ may act as an ongoing economic headwind to GDP and productive capacity. As government debt servicing costs rise as a percentage of GDP, political tensions could rise further, especially given the rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape. The shift in the cost of capital may also impact business decisions, R&D, social spending, government deficits, supply and demand for securities, the shape of the yield curve and central bank policy decision making.

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Central and Eastern Europe (CEE): Back on the EM radar

We expect CEE countries to embark on fiscal consolidation paths, albeit at a slow pace, which will require multiple years of fiscal adjustment. All of these countries may face some ratings pressure but will we believe maintain their investment grade status throughout this transition period. Meanwhile, we view elevated issuance as a rare opportunity for investors to gain exposure to the CEE region and across the respective sovereign curves.?

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