Episodes 258 & 259 of the InsuranceAUM.com Podcast + 8 New Articles!
Episode 258: Fixed Income Deep Dive: Understanding Private Placement Investments
In this episode of the InsuranceAUM.com podcast, host Stewart Foley welcomes Nelson Correa, Head of Private Placements at New England Asset Management, Inc. (NEAM, Inc.) . Nelson discusses what makes private placements an attractive asset class for insurers, offering higher spreads than public bonds while maintaining strong covenant protections. He addresses liquidity misconceptions, explains how private placements are structured, and highlights their role in helping insurers achieve long-term investment goals.
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Episode 259: Demystifying Real Estate Credit
How is the $6 trillion commercial real estate debt market evolving in the face of rising rates and shifting market dynamics? On the latest episode of the InsuranceAUM.com Podcast, host Stewart Foley, CFA, sits down with Nailah Flake, Managing Partner at Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust , to explore real estate credit strategies, sector trends, and the opportunities emerging for alternative lenders.
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U.S. Commercial Real Estate Chartbook November 2024
Our latest commercial real estate chartbook offers a compelling overview and outlook for the U.S. real estate market. Some of the takeaways include: Real estate prices are now past the trough, apartment construction starts are at recessionary-level lows, and appraisal-lag is narrowing. Looking forward, some of the best opportunities may be in the medical office, net-lease retail, and self-storage sectors. Sectors where pricing may be too high include grocery anchored retail, student housing, and 55+ housing.
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PPM Quarterly: Weighing What Matters
The conflict in the Middle East, the ongoing war in Ukraine, the outcome of the US Presidential election and the progression of the Fed’s easing cycle – these are some of the events that present risks but also opportunities for investors. In this newsletter, we try to determine how these events are likely to affect investment outcomes for our clients.
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US credit: The critical role of valuations
A look at the importance of valuation metrics in credit investing in the current market environment.
With US corporate credit spreads at their tightest levels in 19 years, investors are at a crucial juncture.?
This calls for a renewed focus on valuations.
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Election Economics
MetLife Investment Management’s Macro Strategists share the positives and negatives of the 2025 U.S. outlook under a new Trump Administration, including potential risks to our forecast. See it all in our latest Economic Monthly.
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StepStone Real Estate Fall 2024 House Views
Conditions remain attractive for non-core investments, higher interest rates continue to drive an element of market dislocation. The jump in interest rates since 2022 pushed down property values, causing properties to become over-levered, creating the need to fund the gaps between loan payoff levels and refinancing proceeds. Though it’s been welcome and a boost to sentiment, central bank easing mainly affects short rates. It is likely that mid- and longer-term rates will remain higher, with more overall uncertainty amid greater than usual geopolitical risk.
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Three strategies for a changing-rate environment
A look at how fixed income strategies may help stabilize portfolios and enhance returns even in uncertain times.
In today’s financial landscape, market volatility has become a significant concern for investors.
10 Themes - #1: Changing demographics
The aging trend in the coming years poses massive challenges for society. How will this affect the capital markets?
The aging global population inevitably has consequences for the economy and financial markets. A smaller workforce will have to care for more retired people. As life expectancy continues to rise, the growing needs of the elderly population will not only be in the area of healthcare and nursing. As today’s elderly are fitter than their predecessors, sectors such as the leisure and travel industry must also adapt and focus their offerings more on this new target group.
10 Themes - #2: Inverted yield curves finally end. What now?
The historically longest inversion of the U.S. yield curve, which lasted 793 days, is now behind us. The spread between two- and ten-year U.S. Treasury yields is back in positive territory. We expect the curve to steepen further as the Federal Reserve (Fed) continues to cut interest rates. Similarly, in the case of German government bonds (Bundesanleihen or “Bunds”), the yield spread between these two maturities has also recently returned to positive territory – some two weeks later than U.S. Treasuries. Future developments on this side of the Atlantic should be similar to those for U.S. Treasuries, although we expect the steepening of the Bund curve to be somewhat more moderate than for its U.S. counterparts.?
2025 Investment Outlook: After the landing
Many of the world’s central banks, having largely succeeded in curbing inflation, are now easing monetary policies with the aim of stimulating growth. In 2025, we anticipate signs of economic deceleration to be counteracted by the supportive impact of the global rate-cutting cycle — in other words, we think we are seeing a soft landing. We expect growth to continue to slow in the near term, followed by a reacceleration through 2025, which should foster a favorable environment for risk assets globally.
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