As we settle back in following a summer of volatility, the markets have struck a note of cautious optimism. This uptick promises to be more than a fleeting relief rally. There are nascent indications that the recovery in equity prices and Treasury yields are justified by fundamentals, and that investors have been too slow to adjust to a more positive narrative.
By Dec Mullarkey, Managing Director, Investment Strategic Research & Initiatives, SLC Management A tumultuous year for geopolitics in 2019, but risky assets held up. Expect more of the same in 2020.
By Peter Cramer, Senior Portfolio Manager, Insurance Asset Management After years of modest price rises, investors have become immune to inflation risk and are increasingly unwilling to pay the insurance premium to protect their portfolios. A return of above-target inflation could cause a sudden spur of volatility.
Read Canadian Investment Review’s summary of SLC Management’s Plan Sponsor Exchange fireside chat on corporate bonds. We discuss the potential benefits of a global approach and dig deeper into how these investments can be swapped back to Canadian dollars to mitigate currency and yield curve risks.
Investment grade private credit is a capital efficient asset class that can offer investors the potential for excess returns, lower downgrades and defaults and provide a natural hedge for long-term liabilities.
Market inefficiencies are amplified during periods of increased market volatility. This gives active managers the opportunity to exploit inconsistent pricing between individual issuers, industry sectors or even geographies, to construct attractive portfolios.
While the outlook for the pandemic remains unclear, demand has been strong as investors remain attracted to the incremental yield and structural protections offered by investment grade private credit.
Yield and income remain critical components for U.S. insurers, and a reconsideration of their core fixed income portfolio should include serious conversations about investment grade private credit. In short, we believe it’s where the yield is.
A global pandemic, massive wildfires and an unprecedented hurricane season: 2020 has demonstrated time and time again, the cost of ignoring material ESG risks is becoming untenable for insurers.
In today’s “lower for longer” environment, P&C insurers now have an opportunity to review their asset mix to ensure their portfolio continues to drive value for their business. Here are four ideas P&C insurers can consider to enhance their investment portfolio.
Investment grade private credit continues to be seen as an attractive asset class. Year-in and year-out, throughout business cycles, and even pandemics. It can be a great diversifier in a portfolio, can demonstrate solid relative value and can benefit from covenants and structural protections.
Listen to Insurance AUM’s latest podcast, where SLC Management’s Andrew Kleeman and Crescent Capital Group’s Chris Wright and John Bowman discuss opportunities for insurers across the private credit spectrum.
Learn how the asset class performed in Q1, the outlook for Q2 and the three reasons why investment grade private credit can be more liquid than you might have assumed.
Investment grade private credit has been a major investment theme for U.S. insurers of all types. The asset class can offer additional yield, diversification and risk charges similar to that of a public corporate bond.
Candy Shaw, Senior Managing Director, Deputy Chief Investment Officer at SLC Management, discusses diversity, equity and inclusion challenges in the asset management industry and what can be done to make meaningful progress.
Learn how the asset class performed in Q3, the outlook for Q4 and the three reasons why intermediate duration private credit is an overlooked opportunity.
After spending most of 2021 wondering if inflation would be transitory or persistent, consensus thinking as we begin 2022 is that it is here to stay. With insurers likely to feel the pain on both sides of their balance sheets if inflation remains elevated, it’s no surprise that this topic is top of mind for insurance investment staff as they assess how to position their portfolios in preparation of this growing threat.
Learn how the asset class performed in Q4 2021, the outlook for Q1 2022 and how issuance and new buyers were key trends in 2021, and our thoughts on the market in 2022.
In the midst of economic transition, investors continue to seek out private credit for its attractive risk-return profile, consistent yield premium to public fixed income markets, and low default rates. What does this period of change and volatility mean for a private credit manager? And what should investors be on the lookout for when evaluating private credit opportunities in today’s market?
BentallGreenOak discusses the decline of the pandemic and resultant economic expansion; digitization and technological disruption; demographics, labor, and housing affordability; and how all these forces are driving and disrupting the real estate space.
We are pleased to present SLC Management’s investment outlook for 2023. This report reflects the diverse viewpoints of our investment teams and solutions providers, with analyses of public and private fixed income, real estate, infrastructure, insurance asset management and retirement plans.
Successfully integrating ESG factors throughout a portfolio is even more critical as insurers and investors seek to sustainably achieve their risk-adjusted return and income objectives in today’s persistent low-rate environment.
On March 28, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the federal budget in the House of Commons. The budget contained an unexpected new tax measure for dividends that directly impacts financial institutions, including insurance companies.
