Whitepapers | 25 October 2021
The Role of Private Alternatives in Hedging Inflation
A Closer Look at Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Agriculture. Investors have given little thought to inflation until recently as it has remained largely in check even though the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic prompted some central banks to engage in quantitative easing — buying longer-term securities to increase the supply of money and lower interest rates. The central banks’ approach has kept borrowing costs low and helped keep economies afloat through the pandemic. However, the prevalence of this “cheap” money now may contribute to rising commodity prices and bubbles appearing in certain asset classes.
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Single-Family Housing: Why Scotland? Why Now?
The Scottish residential market is facing a pivotal moment. With pressure on housing supply, rental demand rising and a national housing emergency declared, new solutions are urgently needed. In our latest whitepaper, Fiera explores the growing opportunity for single-family housing in Scotland and how it can deliver high-quality, energy efficient rental homes in suburban areas.
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The Open-Ended Question
Demand for fund structures that facilitate dynamically managed allocations to private markets has intensified in recent years. Consequently, investment managers have sought to provide greater optionality, both in respect of portfolio customisation, but also by offering ‘evergreen’ open-ended funds in the semiliquid and illiquid asset space – structures that Fiera Capital has provided for two decades across real estate, natural capital, infrastructure, private equity and private credit asset classes.
