Sentences with phrase «as attractive assets»

But experts say the sector could experience a mild slowdown this year, as attractive assets become harder to find and investors revise their return expectations.

According to the latest research from CBRE, global real estate continues to serve as an attractive asset class for investors, with Asian outbound investment into the sector posting significant year - on - year gains in the first half of 2017.

Not exact matches

CPPIB says farmland is an «attractive asset class» for the board because it delivers historically «stable, risk - adjusted returns» as demand for agricultural products continue to grow.

Several regional grocers fit the traditional profile of an attractive target, but Shoppers Drug Mart stood out as a uniquely strategic asset in a less familiar but complementary space.

Last May, Sears announced it was putting Craftsman, along with other iconic brands like Kenmore and DieHard, as well as its Sears Home Services repair business, up for sale, in an effort to sell off other attractive assets to maintain financial liquidity.

«Humana is potentially an attractive asset for Walmart as it would help diversify its revenue stream,» Cantor Fitzgerald health insurance analyst Steven Halper wrote in a recent report, noting that the retailer and insurer already partner on a co-branded Medicare prescription drug plan.

For governments, achieving this will likely demand greater flexibility, as well as allowances for less attractive assets and exploration prospects.

In recent years, Sears has sold off many other attractive assets, such as the Lands» End clothing brand and its stake in Sears Canada.

HCI believes farmland is a real return asset class as it has historically been effective in protecting capital from inflation while generating an attractive income stream that grows over time.

With the exception of the Indian market, these «secondary» sales were soft in 2013 but should provide an attractive win - win alternative as GPs on both sides of the transaction look to buy and sell assets.

Higher - yielding risk assets such as local emerging market (EM) bonds look relatively attractive.

The BlackRock ® Diversified Income Portfolio is flexible in nature, meaning the investment managers have the ability to adjust or shift its asset allocation as market conditions change in order to find attractive income opportunities with an appropriate amount of risk.

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They consider a range of arguments for owning gold, such as: (1) gold hedges inflation; (2) gold hedges currency decline; (3) gold is attractive when other assets are not; (4) gold is a safe haven in times of crisis; (5) gold is a de facto world currency; and, (6) central banks and investors in aggregate are still underweighting gold.

Chinese officials said in January that the government is considering slowing or halting purchases of US Treasuries as they have become less attractive relative to other assets.

Overall, we believe equities remain attractive as an asset class, especially in comparison to other alternatives.

The big takeaway for those seeking to buy into market weakness: Be wary of buying notionally cheap assets that face challenges (e.g. domestically - focused European assets like U.K. real estate and European banks), and instead focus on assets with relatively attractive valuations and positive fundamental drivers, such as quality stocks, dividend - growth stocks and investment - grade bonds.

Investors need to be nimble, however, if they see signs of fixed income asset classes becoming more attractive as interest rates rise.1

Getting assets off the balance sheets of banks is particularly attractive in the current economic climate, as banks are restricting their lending due to stricter regulation.

It makes risk assets such as equities and local EM bonds look attractive on a relative basis.

The potential of PV solar as an asset class is especially attractive for investors who are looking for long - term, stable returns.

Historically, it has been normal for such periods to be associated with firming commodity prices and, as a result, a tendency for international capital markets to find Australian - dollar assets attractive.

As U.S. Interest rates rose, American assets became more attractive to investors abroad.

We are watching all of this play out real - time as fixed - income fund flows are broadly shunning sectors with embedded credit and / or duration risks, in favor of freshly attractive, and lower risk, high - carry assets.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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The Boston Celtics have been rumored as a possible trade suitor for Westbrook, and they have quality assets at their disposal to make an attractive offer.

A recent survey of 97 sovereign investors — which include sovereign wealth funds, state pension funds, central banks and government ministries collectively holding # 9 trillion of assets - by Invesco found they see the UK as a less attractive destination for investment.

«This paper shows that ecosystems are best thought of as portfolios of natural capital assets and the wealth held in the ecosystem provides an attractive headline index for ecosystem - based management,» said Seong Do Yun, a postdoctoral fellow at F&ES and lead author of the paper.

Furthermore, the relatively quick process of converting coal - fired plants to biomass - fired generation is an attractive benefit for power generators whose generation assets are no longer viable as coal plants due to the expiration of operating permits.

Furthermore, the relatively quick process of converting coal - fired plants to biomass - fired generation is an attractive benefit for power generators whose generation assets are no longer viable as coal plants due to the expiration of operating permits or the introduction of taxes or other restrictions on fossil fuel usage or emissions of GHGs and other pollutants.

The burgeoning carbon trade market, and it's related REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degredation) mechanism, could very well make land more attractive as an asset for foreign investors.

We are watching all of this play out real - time as fixed - income fund flows are broadly shunning sectors with embedded credit and / or duration risks, in favor of freshly attractive, and lower risk, high - carry assets.

«In today's environment, the fund's asset mix has shifted toward equities as they offer not just attractive current dividends, but also prospects for dividend growth over time.

As computing power has increased while data and trading costs have fallen quantitative asset management has become more attractive.

Similarly when switching between ETFs, conducting a NAV trade may prove an attractive and efficient consideration to ensure seamless exposure to the desired assets, as long as the methodologies used to calculate the value are broadly similar or if the two funds share a significant amount of common holdings.

The big takeaway for those seeking to buy into market weakness: Be wary of buying notionally cheap assets that face challenges (e.g. domestically - focused European assets like U.K. real estate and European banks), and instead focus on assets with relatively attractive valuations and positive fundamental drivers, such as quality stocks, dividend - growth stocks and investment - grade bonds.

U.S. preferred stocks are perceived to be an attractive investment, as they have historically offered higher yields than other asset classes, especially when the global rates remain low.

Infrastructure has also become crowded, but offers good inflation protection, as well as stable yields both of which makes it an attractive asset class for endowment funds.

The remaining 20 % -30 % in cash equivalents continues to provide value as a buffer against downside volatility, as well as serve as a storage place until it is time to acquire assets at more attractive prices.

But not - so - easy point to get is that businesses with enduring moats are more attractive as investments than those which don't have enduring moats even at relatively higher prices in relation to assets, recent earnings and cash flows.

Accordingly, at Research Affiliates we focus on gauging which assets and currencies are priced to deliver attractive returns over longer horizons, all while using shorter - term price and economic momentum as a barometer for the conviction in our expectations of future returns.

Attractive Valuations The investment community seems largely unaware of just how cheap emerging market (EM) assets have become as a result of a multi-year bear market that appears to have ended in early 2016.

As such, Peer to Peer Lending offers one of the most attractive risk / return profiles of any asset class in today's market environment.

In our view, rate - hedged municipal bonds are still attractive in a balanced portfolio for carry (after - tax) as are securitized assets, which are largely impervious to rate and beta volatility.

We see renewables — and more broadly real assets — as a potentially attractive investment option, and more investors are beginning to see the opportunity.

Or else he will be partial to such as reveal other attractive statistical features besides their liquid - asset position, e.g., satisfactory current earnings and dividends, or a high average earning power in the past.

As I've highlighted, (alternative) asset managers have an attractive business model, strong balance sheets, and are generally undervalued.

I remain just as bullish on the stock, long - term — the discount to NAV is still ridiculously large in terms of TFG's liquidity, lack of debt, value - enhancing tender offers & medium - term NAV performance... not to mention its increasingly attractive alternative asset management biz / platform that continues to grow by leaps & bounds.

It also looks like a potentially attractive development of EIIB's new focus on private equity / asset management, as I previously highlighted.