The ability of private debt strategies to provide a significant yield premium to traditional assets with a higher level of covenant protection will be discussed when Russell Investments introduces its new Private Markets Income Fund at the virtual Campden Wealth Corporate Member Grill on 20 April. Majid Khan, a director within the Alternative Investments team at Russell Investments, will join the virtual forum and answer questions from global family principals about the fund, as well as the benefits of private debt versus traditional debt assets. With almost 20 years of investment experience across research and portfolio management, Khan told
CampdenFB the demand for income generating assets has led to compressed levels of yield from traditional assets due to central bank policies over the past decade.
Russell Investments has a long history of highlighting the role of environment, social and governance (ESG) factors in adding value to an investment practice (1). In this post, we share three proof points of the value-add associated with ESG awareness and integration, and analyse the importance of considering ESG risks both in the security selection process and the asset manager selection process. Ultimately, we believe that investors who are unaware of ESG and do not integrate ESG into their investment processes may be exposing themselves to additional, unnecessary and possibly unrewarded risks.
Proof point #1: Selecting securities without considering ESG may be risky business
What is the role of private markets in the midst of the coronavirus? As the investment environment continues to evolve while investors adapt to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, we believe that private assets will play an increasingly important strategic role in fortifying portfolios over the long term, and that the current landscape provides compelling opportunities. Obtaining private markets exposure through a multi-manager, multi-asset approach can provide investors with effective access and risk controls, in addition to operational and reporting efficiencies.
Why private markets? An increasing number of investors are broadening their asset allocation across private markets with the objective of obtaining exposures that can complement listed assets and have the potential to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns.