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How to woo your workers: The changing demand for office buildings
How to woo your workers: The changing demand for office buildings
Don’t settle for excellent: how Fidelity International created one of France's greenest buildings
Don’t settle for excellent: how Fidelity International created one of the greenest buildings in France
The art of the possible - why real estate will lead the way in the energy transition
Our built environment may be energy inefficient, but the technology already exists to vastly reduce its power consumption.
Winning the argument on sustainable investing in Asia
Growth in Asia’s sustainable assets has stalled in recent years. But as net-zero deadlines edge closer, the case for investing in those assets will strengthen.
A change will do you good: Ways forward for the hardest to abate sectors
Climate targets require every industry to reduce energy use . But for certain sectors it really is a case of easier said than done.
Repowering the wind industry
A project on Spain’s southern coast puts hard numbers on how the replacement of turbines will improve the efficiency of wind farms.
Back to the future with hybrid EVs
Consumers are warming to hybrid electric vehicles (EVs), but that demand could dissolve once battery technology catches up in the next few years.
European real estate market on cusp of a change
European real estate market on cusp of a change
Chart Room: Occupier demand strengthens even as UK office values fall
Chart Room: Occupier demand strengthens even as UK office values fall
Unlocking alpha: How global investors can play China’s onshore bonds
There's room for alpha in China’s top-rated bonds, which account for a significant part of global fixed income indexes and benefit from macro headwinds.
An office renovation where nothing goes to waste
An office renovation where nothing goes to waste
Chart Room: New European indices reveal CLO secrets
Chart Room: New European indices reveal CLO secrets
Field Notes: An in-depth dental examination
Field Notes: An in-depth dental examination
Private Credit Quarterly: Strengthening backdrop drives outlook for M&A
Private Credit Quarterly: Strengthening backdrop drives outlook for M&A
What’s Up? Docs: the growing divide in direct lending terms
What’s Up? Docs: the growing divide in direct lending terms
Chart room: Demand drives performance in European loan market
Chart room: Demand drives performance in European loan market
Think like private equity: the pick-and-mix approach to leveraged finance
Think like private equity: the pick-and-mix approach to leveraged finance
Think like private equity: the pick-and- mix approach to leveraged finance
Think like private equity: the pick-and- mix approach to leveraged finance
What to watch in 2024 for real estate investing
What to watch in 2024 for real estate investing
Private Credit Quarterly: markets resilient and investors realistic going into 2024
Private Credit Quarterly Outlook: markets resilient and investors realistic going into 2024
Axing the ‘ex-Japan’: a new era for Japanese bonds
Tailwinds from index reform to rate-hike expectations are lifting Japan's bond market from the doldrums, breathing new life into what was a dull backwater.
Chart Room: Solid foundations support stable outlook for German real estate
Solid foundations support stable outlook for German real estate
Direct lending is about to get harder
Direct lending is about to get harder
These real estate investments promise real climate impact
These real estate investments promise real climate impact
Private Credit Quarterly Outlook: a fork in the road
Private Credit Market Outlook: a fork in the road
Chart Room: Taking stock of warehouse rents
Chart Room: Taking stock of warehouse rents
Chart Room: The return of 60/40?
Chart Room: The return of 60/40?
Gabon shows how to make blue bonds work
Gabon shows how to make blue bonds work
Chart Room: Why real estate location is only part of the answer to diversifying investments
Chart Room: Why real estate location is only part of the answer to diversifying investments
European real estate on road to recovery as US lags behind
European real estate on road to recovery as US lags behind
Chart Room: Leveraged borrowers feel the squeeze as debt costs rise
Chart Room: Leveraged borrowers feel the squeeze as debt costs rise interest cost ratios
Selling like hot chilli crab: a look at Singapore’s local bond boom
While debt issuance has slowed around the world, the Singapore dollar bond market is in a pocket of growth driven by policy tailwinds and an influx of funds.
China + 1 = ASEAN: A winning formula
A pandemic, a war and geopolitical tensions have caused global firms to rethink their supply chains, and many are eyeing the ASEAN region.
Chart Room: Is ‘higher for longer’ the new normal for funding costs?
Chart Room: Is ‘higher for longer’ the new normal for funding costs?
Direct lending: finding a niche beyond the hype
Direct lending: finding a niche beyond the hype
Warehouses are stockpiling a real estate value play
Warehouses are stockpiling a real estate value play
Chart Room: Utilities less useful as bond proxies
Rising interest rates in the US are testing the notion of utility stocks as bond proxies, as ties between their P/E ratios and corporate bond yields weaken.
Leveraged loans hold steady through Fed pivots: a story in three charts
Leveraged loans hold steady through Fed pivots: a story in three charts
Chart Room: Will the renminbi’s stable attraction woo Asian partners?
While the market traditionally focuses on the renminbi’s performance against the US dollar, we think its relationship with Asian peers deserves more attention.
Private credit offers alternative as banking pressure rises
Private credit offers alternative as banking pressure rises
Chart Room: Technical bid buoys loan market as buyouts dry up
Chart Room: Technical bid buoys loan market as buyouts dry up
China’s banks have seen this show before
China’s banks have seen this show before
Regime change comes into focus for private markets
Regime change comes into focus for private markets
The phone is mightier than the pen: direct lending opens the line to engagement
The phone is mightier than the pen: direct lending opens the line to engagement
Leveraged loan market looks to inspire real change with amendment spree
Leveraged loan market looks to inspire real change with amendment spree
A new golden age for China’s investment sector
China’s investment and wealth management industry is embracing a golden age. The onshore markets will remain an attractive long-term investment destination.
As banks retreat, the mid-market taps direct lenders
As banks retreat, the mid-market taps direct lenders
Le Prélude: Introducing the office of the future
Le Prélude: introducing the office of the future
Chart room: Leveraged loan market relatively resilient as downturn looms
Chart room: Leveraged loan market relatively resilient as downturn looms
The glory of the grey stuff: the technology changing real estate’s carbon future
The glory of the grey stuff: the technology changing real estate’s carbon future
Real estate 2023: Challenges ahead but with potential opportunities
A more difficult backdrop could herald a return to rational pricing, while sustainability only likely to become more important
Private credit may prove a defensive option in 2023
Although not immune to the wider market volatility, private credit's defensive features and positioning may prove key in 2023
Multi asset 2023: Defensive until volatility subsides
Volatility will remain high for some time given the complicated investment backdrop
Bonds are back in town
For over a decade, one of the main cards in investors’ pack - solid and steadily yielding government bonds - has been off the table. That era has ended.
Structured credit: a bogeyman of the GFC could now play a different role
Structured credit: a bogeyman of the GFC could now play a different role
Beyond the ratchets; how leveraged loans can truly embrace ESG
Beyond the ratchets; how leveraged loans can truly embrace ESG
A new spark in a long-term relationship: insurers in the private markets
A new spark in a long-term relationship: insurers in the private markets
Green or bust: The future of real estate
Green or bust: The future of real estate
Chart Room: A tricky market for CLOs prompts innovation
Chart Room: A tricky market for CLOs prompts innovation
Private debt: from dinosaur to dynamic funding model
Private debt: from dinosaur to dynamic funding model
Chart Room: Valuations look more reasonable but there may be more to come
Chart Room: Valuations look more reasonable but there may be more to come
Sunflowers and scarcity: The Ukraine war’s impact on private debt
Sunflowers and scarcity: The Ukraine war’s impact on private debt
Private debt does some heavy lifting in Twitter buyout
Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter is one of the most talked about leveraged buyouts of the decade, utilising both public and private debt markets.
The Investor's Guide to China podcast: Supply Chains
Now over two years into this pandemic and the world is still battling some serious supply chain disruptions.
Re-globalisation in the age of Asia's supply chain crunch
Even the best-laid plans across the global manufacturing industry haven’t kept pace with a swiftly evolving siege of pressures on supply chains.
China as a new safe haven?
Looming stagflation and war effects have global investors searching for havens. China represents a less conventional option with diversification benefits.
Direct lenders take a larger chunk of smaller loan deals
Direct lenders are funding a growing proportion of the European mid-market, with the smallest deals seeing the biggest rise.
A time for cool heads as the world order shifts
Russia’s war in Ukraine has raised fears of profound fissures in the global economic and geopolitical balance, while casting scrutiny on China’s stance.
Tuning in to private markets
The flood of money into private assets has been one of the most significant investment trends of the past decade.
Chart Room: The REIT way to invest as private real estate evolves
The way we use buildings is changing. Publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) show how private property funds may be set to evolve in response.
Chart Room: An inflection point for Chinese equities?
There may be pressure on valuations as international investors adopt a wait-and-see approach, but the long-term outlook continues to be positive.
A podium moment for Japan’s markets, too?
Japan stocks have long been consigned to tactical trading by global investors, but positive catalysts are emerging in a post-Covid inflationary world.
Chart Room: Why stock-bond correlations are turning positive
In the wake of Covid-19, US tech and consumer discretionary firms are leading a departure from the negative correlation between equities and bonds.
Flows vs friction
Growth opportunities in post-pandemic Asia are set to propel a long-term boom in equity capital markets, as the region draws in ever greater inflows.
The hidden dragon of 2020
As global investors scramble to digest paradigm shifts, another change of seismic scale has gone under-noticed in a year full of twists and turns.
China property: Built for the long run
Facing challenges in their core business of building and selling new homes, Chinese real estate developers have found an alternative source of revenue.
A heavy outlook for the US Dollar
The relentless spread of Covid-19 across the US and improving risk sentiment elsewhere is crimping demand for the safe-haven reserve currency.
Using gold to hedge an extreme world
Gold can act as a useful hedge against future financial distress and potential selloffs in risk assets
Infrastructure: A broad universe with diverse benefits and risks
Real assets and infrastructure can offer stable, inflation-linked returns, relatively high yield and diversification of risk.
Finding genuinely defensive ways to diversify portfolios
What constitutes a defensive asset in the time of Covid-19?
Fidelity CIO: Thinking differently about diversification
Portfolios may need to encompass a broader range of assets than in the past.
A Goldilocks moment for China’s monetary policy, but watch for more easing and bond index inclusion
Two events are driving the outlook for China fixed income- easing monetary conditions and the expected inclusion of Chinese bonds in benchmark indexes.
Investing for income: Why a higher headline yield isn't always better
When investing for income, a higher headline yield isn't always better.
Building a portfolio: why picking good stocks isn't enough
The discipline of ‘stock picking’ is the bread and butter of most active portfolio managers. However, it’s only one part of the investment process.
The complete downside protection toolkit
Downside protection tools assist the investor in managing risks, but it's important to master how and when to use them.
Exit door scenarios: how to guard against rising correlations
In a downturn, uncorrelated asset classes can become highly correlated. See how our investors prepare for those scenarios.
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