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Guide to ESG Investing
Even through the downturn in early 2020, you may have noticed clients still considering investments in line with their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) values. Our four-step guide provides a framework for discussing sustainable investing as part of your financial planning process.
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Understanding Gold: An Expensive Insurance Policy?
One of the most significant investment winners year-to-date in 2020 has been gold. What is behind the sudden interest in the yellow metal? We look at the history of gold as an investment and what may have been driving the rise in the price of gold in 2020.
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Ask the PMs: Outlook and Positioning in Our Asset Allocation Portfolios
Senior Portfolio Manager/Co-Head of Target Risk Strategies Dan McNeela and Portfolio Manager, Active Asset Allocation, Michelle Ward will talk about positioning in our Asset Allocation series and their outlook for key asset classes.
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Ask the PM: Dividend Strategies
Join Portfolio Manager George Metrou, who will discuss where he's seeing opportunities in the current market and how the economic slowdown has affected how he manages our Dividend portfolios today.
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Beyond the Index – European Real Estate: Where the Opportunities are Today
Barings Real Estate’s Valeria Falcone describes how COVID-19 has changed the competitive dynamics across European property markets, and highlights where the team is finding and creating value today.
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Real Estate: The Critical Role of Asset Management in a Crisis
Asset management is vital to long-term value creation in real estate debt and equity markets—particularly when it comes to navigating crises like COVID-19.
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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.
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The SECURE Act: 4 Key Changes Advisors Need to Know About
At the end of last year, Congress passed the SECURE Act as part of the year-end appropriations bill and introduced some big changes to the retirement system in the U.S.
Many people saving for retirement probably will not notice anything all that different. However, financial advisors need to be aware of four key changes, particularly for clients near retirement.