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White papersCan Asia’s AI frontrunners stay the course?
Taiwan and South Korea have set the pace but the growth trade has become a crowded one.
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VideoAre small caps set for a U-turn?
After an earnings recession, small caps’ fortune is set for a positive pivot.
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White papersPrivate markets: The Red Thread – Alternatives, mid-year edition 2026
Active portfolio management in uncertain times
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White papersIn an Unsettled World, Value Investing Can Add a Layer of Defense
Why have value stocks been more durable than expected in today’s uncertain market environment?
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White papersDirect Lending: What’s Changed — and What Hasn’t
Welcome to this month’s edition of Where Credit is Due — a newsletter from Barings recognizing value across the people and portfolios shaping credit markets today.
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White papersCIO Weekly: To Infinity and Beyond…SpaceX’s IPO
The SpaceX IPO is without precedent in scale and structure. Its implications for markets, indices and portfolios extend well beyond the deal itself.
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White papersThe Great Rotation: Why the Recent Value Rally Is Ready to Resume
Barring a protracted stalemate in Iran, we believe value stocks are poised to resume their pre-conflict rally.
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White papersImplementation Alpha Across the Fixed Income Spectrum
Disciplined implementation can reduce costs drag and capture inefficiencies across the fixed income spectrum from indexing to enhanced and active strategies.
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White papersWhat Are Investors Really Getting from Private Markets?
Private markets have become integral to modern portfolios, with many investors searching for higher returns and diversification, including from public markets. But recent fund redemptions have reinforced that illiquidity isn’t theoretical, raising questions about the benefits of giving up liquidity. We see several—but investors must understand the trade-offs.
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VideoHow does MDT’s investment approach respond to geopolitical risk events?
MDT chooses discipline over reaction in the face of market shocks.
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White papersWhy positive surprise matters in small-cap growth
In small-cap growth, returns are driven less by current earnings and more by shifts in long-term expectations. Because valuations hinge on those expectations, when a company delivers results or provides signals that exceed consensus expectations, even small upward revisions can have an outsized impact on both earnings and valuations. For investors, recognizing these inflections early is critical in a segment where markets often underreact.
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VideoSustainable Global Equity: Where does a longer-term strategy see opportunity?
With markets pulled in multiple directions in 2026, looking beyond near-term noise is uncovering compelling opportunities in emerging markets, capital-intensive firms and commodity exposed names, says our Sustainable Global Equity team in a new video.
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White papersAgentic AI Is Rebuilding the Information Racetrack
As the AI story moves from training large language models to delivering myriad “agentic” applications, we believe investors have an opportunity to capitalize on this crucial shift.
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BlogIt’s time to include listed companies in your impact strategy
Our investment landscapes are changing. New risks like social unrest, extreme weather events, and geoeconomic stress have officially moved into the mainstream. One in two experts polled by the World Economic Forum expects risk levels to increase sharply this year and to continue climbing. The top five risks identified are geoeconomic confrontation (18% of votes), state-based armed conflict (14%), extreme weather events (8%), social polarisation (7%) as well as misinformation and disinformation (7%). These trends reflect a world where ethical foundations are eroding, amplifying instability and risk.
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White papersWhy private equity matters: Navigating the PE capital structure
Private equity is not a single investment, it is a spectrum, and knowing where each strategy sits in the capital structure can make all the difference in matching clients to the right risk and return profile. In this installment of The Lead Left, Churchill’s Randy Schwimmer walks through the full landscape of leveraged buyout investing, from senior secured direct lending to lower middle market equity, giving financial professionals a clear and practical framework for client conversations about private capital. If you’re helping clients navigate alternatives exposure, this is a useful place to start. Explore the full piece here.
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White papersInvesting in technology and AI: Opportunities in a rapidly evolving landscape
BNP Paribas Asset Management portfolio managers, Pamela Hegarty and Derek Glynn, answer key questions regarding the future of artificial intelligence and investing in the technology sector.
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White papersClimate Action – two years on
Two years ago, L&G and AP7 partnered to invest in high emissions* companies and engaged with them to drive their emissions down over time, in an effort to combine climate impact with shareholder value creation. In this article, we reflect on successes and challenges over two years of engagement by the L&G team.
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White papersListed equity returns don’t just materialise. Why true active management matters more than ever
The debate on the value – or otherwise – of active management has existed since Jack Bogle of Vanguard first invented the passive fund in the 1970s. Incumbents with vested interests on both sides make their own self-serving arguments.
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White papersCapturing Consistent Return Streams in Capricious Equity Markets
For much of the past decade, equity investing has been defined by abundance. Strong beta, sustained momentum and a narrow group of market leaders meant that returns often came easily, just by being invested.
