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Fixed Income

What's Next for Private Credit?

Now that the proverbial rubber has met the road, many investors are questioning what’s in store for private credit in the months (and years) ahead. In many ways, the current volatility is setting the stage for significant opportunities—but managing the downside is critical.

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Alternatives

Global Real Estate: Cyclical & Structural Impacts of COVID-19

As investors navigate global real estate markets in the months and years ahead, understanding the interplay between near-term cyclical weakness and long-term structural trends will be key.

Insights - 9 min read

Fixed Income

EM Debt: Downturns, Defaults & Diamonds in the Rough

Barings’ Omotunde Lawal and Cem Karacadag explain how COVID-19 is impacting the economies of emerging markets, and how lower oil prices and loose monetary policies may influence the future default picture.

Podcast - 38 min listen

Forecasting the Next Decade: Navigating Uncharted Waters

Barings Multi Asset Group combines the underlying factors that will drive markets over the long term with today’s valuations to produce total return forecasts for major asset classes over the next ten years.

Insights - 32 min read

Equities

Volatility, Tech & ESG: COVID’s Impact on Global Equities

COVID-19 has proved challenging for businesses—but opportunities have emerged, particularly for companies with business models built to capitalize on long-term structural trends. Dr. Ghadir Cooper shares her views on equity markets today and what to expect going forward.

Conversations - 8 min read

Fixed Income

EM Short-dated Debt: A Diamond in the Rough?

COVID-19 and lower oil prices have led to indiscriminate selling across EM corporate debt, creating a potentially compelling opportunity in the shorter-dated, higher-yielding segment of the market.

Insights - 5 min read

Alternatives

Six Considerations for LPs Navigating Private Market Uncertainty

When it comes to finding clarity in an environment mired in uncertainty, an open dialogue between LPs and GPs is as critical as ever.

Insights - 6 min read

Alternatives

Fact-finding and Fortune-telling in U.S. Real Estate

Barings’ John Ockerbloom and Colin Gordon discuss the material consequences of COVID-19 for the real estate markets broadly as well as sector by sector—and predict how real estate portfolios may change in the years ahead.

Podcast - 40 min listen

Equities

Three Reasons to Consider a Long-Term Allocation to Small-Caps

The volatility driven by COVID-19 and the fall in oil prices has created much uncertainty—but it has also provided a potential opportunity to make long-term investments at attractive prices.

Insights - 6 min read

Equities

Equities: Finding Long-term Growth Amid Current Volatility

Barings’ Global Head of Equities, Dr. Ghadir Cooper, discusses the impacts of COVID-19, the opportunity for companies capitalizing on structural growth trends from technology to demographics, and the integral role of ESG in fundamental analysis.

Podcast - 30 min listen

Fixed Income

Taking the Bite Out of High Yield’s Tail Risk

A new buyer has arrived on the scene of U.S. high yield markets, and it happens to be the biggest buyer of them all: the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Short View - 4 min read

Fixed Income

CLOs: Volatility Continues, But Value Opportunities Emerge

As macro volatility continued to pummel markets throughout the first quarter, CLOs felt the effects—with dramatic price moves among tranches as investors clamored for liquidity. But we believe that those who invest with an active manager and take a long-term view will benefit.

Short View - 4 min read

Fixed Income

Investment Grade Credit Markets Make an About-Face

As investment grade markets pivot sharply, with spreads reaching their widest level in over a decade, investors turn disproportionately toward quality and liquidity.

Short View - 4 min read

Fixed Income

High Yield: Finding Value in a Landscape Rife with Risk

Concerns surrounding COVID-19, lower oil prices and a global recession have weighed heavily on markets—including global high yield bonds and leveraged loans. While value opportunities are emerging, the landscape is punctuated with risks that must be carefully navigated.

Insights - 8 min read

Fixed Income

EMD: Finding Fundamental Value Through the Storm

The rapid spread of COVID-19, the precipitous fall in oil prices and the related shock to the global economy have sent markets—including EMD—into a tailspin in recent weeks. In this piece, we explore the resulting challenges and discuss opportunities beginning to emerge.

Insights - 10 min read

Fixed Income

Distressed Debt: Despite Challenges, Opportunities Persist

Recent market and economic volatility may be the trigger that distressed debt investors have been waiting for, but capitalizing on opportunities will require a different playbook than those of past cycles.

Insights - 4 min read

Fixed Income

Private Credit: Why Last Cycle's Playbook Won't Work This Time

Barings’ Jon Bock discusses the recent Insights paper he authored, which describes the mistakes that investors continue to make when allocating to private credit—and, importantly, how to avoid them.

Podcast - 31 min listen

Fixed Income

Four Mistakes Investors Make in Private Credit

Barings’ Jon Bock discusses the biggest mistakes investors make when allocating to private credit—and shares his views on why last cycle’s playbook won’t work this time around.

Insights - 12 min read

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