EM Multi-Sector

Schroders' Head of Emerging Market Equities Tom Wilson delivers the Team's outlook on the GEMS universe in what has already been a dynamic first half of 2019.

Please join us as we provide our views on where we are sourcing the best ideas in buyouts, venture capital, and more.   
 
Hosted by Schroder Adveq’s Lee Gardella, and joined by Ethan Vogelhut, Head of Buyouts, Americas, and Steve Yang, Head of Global Venture, this webinar will focus on the features and benefits of several key areas within the current global private equity market.

Corporate governance is a well-practices component of ESG analysis. But what about a company's social and/or environmental footprint on society. This is a much more difficult arena of analysis to do with any consistency or success.

In this edition of our quarterly series, Jessica Ground and Andy Howard discuss SustainEx, a new proprietary tool that provides quantitative analysis of these factors across companies and sectors, so that investors can better understand the financial impact of doing good, or continuing unethical business practices.

Nick Field delivers the Team's latest thematic research on the global emerging market equity markets.

Ron Insana, Senior Advisor to Schroders, sits down with Andy Chorlton of Schroders US Multi-Sector Fixed Income team to discuss the US fixed income market.

Ron Insana, Senior Advisor to Schroders, sits down with Bob Kaynor of Schroders US Small & Mid Cap Equities team to discuss small- and mid-cap stocks.

Ron Insana, Senior Advisor to Schroders, sits down with Jim Barrineau of Schroders EMD Relative team to discuss the state of play in emerging markets.

Ron Insana, Senior Advisor to Schroders, sits down with Michael O’Brien of Schroders QEP team to discuss International Value equity investing.

Emerging market debt has had a remarkable run so far in 2019, but is this just a tactical play in the wake of a challenged year for risk assets? We think it’s more than that. EMD remains a strategic asset class play, and Schroders’ Head of EMD Relative Jim Barrineau will explore the ways in which EMD is attractive as the risk-free rate peaks.

He will also discuss where he sees the best opportunities among both hard- and local-currency debt, and how investors can be strategic with their EMD allocations in 2019.

In this edition of Credit Insights, David looks at the explosion of triple-B bonds in the IG universe, the recent high yield retracement, and what the Year of the Pig may have in store regarding China’s economic growth & the trade war dispute.

Watch our Schroders ILS experts, Dirk Lohmann, Daniel Ineichen and Beat Holliger review the all-important January renewal season.

An 18-minute look at the US Small Cap asset class, what drove returns in 2018, and what we think will be key drivers and themes in 2019.

Sarah Bratton hosts the Sustainable Investment team as they kick off the New Year with several timely topics including the relevance of ESG factors in managing both trade wars risk and the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the global economy. They will also touch on divestment practices and trends among several ‘sin sectors’.

Schroders' longest-standing webinar series, with our Head of EME Tom Wilson offering his outlook on the Emerging Markets in 2019.

On this All Hallows' Eve edition of Schroders’ Sustainability Quarterly webinar, we look at ESG-indexing, and ESG within the Emerging Markets, both areas that can potentially offer tricks & treats.

The combination of rising demand for index-based investment products and an increasing appetite for strategies based on ESG criteria has led to a sharp increase in ESG-branded products. We highlight a number of reasons why these simple, low-cost solutions may not provide either the financial or sustainability outcomes investors are likely to expect.

EM have tended to exhibit greater volatility than developed markets. Less stringent regulation, rapidly changing demographics and evolving policy environments can add to the uncertainty for EM investors. These
issues are less likely to impact better managed, more sustainably run companies, in our view.

As investors contemplate the lower return environment, the potential for rising interest rates and rich valuations, many rely on traditional fixed-income credit strategies, or leveraged loans, as a way to generate return or income. These markets have become crowded, and the crowds pushing into risk by the global liquidity glut are, in our view, concernedly complacent.
 
Now is the time to avoid these very crowded parts of the market through an alternative that’s been here in place sight all along - Securitized Credit. In this webcast we will explore the broad range of alternatives, from defensive to opportunistic, that can be found in Securitized Credit and lending. We will also demonstrate how these traditional credit replacements can consist of a hybrid of private debt and public securities to provide an attractive return profile, and offer better diversification with the most commonly held portfolio allocations. 

Schroders recently held its Quarterly Fixed Income Investment Forum, and for this webinar David Knutson will give a glimpse into this 3-day discussion by recapping several debates that went on, including the state of the USD, and inflation. He will also offer a research analyst's perspective on another current debate sparked by recent tweets - quarterly reporting.

Emerging market equities remain an attractive area to find growth. While liquidity and FX remain powerful drivers of EM asset prices, for those with a longer-term view, we think the fundamentals are strong and there remains compelling alpha to be had across region, sector, and market cap. So where are we seeing value?

Join Dr Michael O’Brien and Derek Power from Schroders QEP team as they look at the secular changes that are transforming this dynamic and diverse asset class -- and where they see opportunities.

Please join Jessica Ground and the Sustainable Investment team as they dive into the ESG topics currently making waves.

No one wants to vacation on a beach full of plastic. With more regions talking about banning some plastic items, what is the impact for the plastics supply chain, and end users. Meanwhile, as summer temperatures reach record highs, we will revisit our Schroders Climate Progress Dashboard a year on from launch and see how the thermostat is re-calibrating. Finally, as you pack up the car for your big summer trip, is there a residual risk that is not being captured within the auto loan industry, despite banks tighten up their consumer protection rules and processes?