All Asset allocation articles
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White papersAn Uneven Energy Transition Creates Opportunity for Investors
Clean energy investment is outpacing fossil fuels — yet the overall momentum of the transition stagnated in 2025. Neuberger’s 2026 State of Decarbonization Report examines why, and what it means for investors.
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White papersUnderstanding retail investors: a clustering approach
The Amundi Investment Institute, in partnership with Crédit Agricole du Languedoc, the University of Montpellier, and Montpellier Business School (MBS), has forged a unique collaboration dedicated to advancing our understanding of individual investors’ financial preferences and needs. This partnership combines academic rigor with practical insights from the financial industry, creating a rich foundation for exploring the evolving landscape of retail investment behavior.
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White papersPlatform depth will define real estate capital opportunities in Europe
European real estate capital markets are entering a new phase. After a prolonged period of price discovery, we are now seeing a shift toward selective, conviction-led deployment.
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White papersAfter the Annuity: Managing the Effects of Pension Lift-Outs
Annuity purchases are popular and effective ways for U.S. corporate pensions to derisk balance sheets through a pension risk transfer (PRT). The average corporate pension has been fully funded since 2022, and plans have taken advantage of their improved funded status and higher interest rates to engage in record levels of PRTs.
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White papersIncome-generating real estate strategies in an uncertain world
In a risk-averse macro environment, investors are prioritising income stability. LaSalle Investment Management’s debt and core equity leaders across Europe and North America discuss where and how capital can be deployed to target reliable returns.
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White papersOut of distress comes opportunity: The return to office credit
We believe significant dislocation in office lending has created compelling opportunities for investors. Today’s market presents the potential to achieve income-driven, equity-like returns by primarily investing in senior first mortgage loans secured by quality U.S. office properties and supported by robust credit metrics.
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VideoPrivate Credit: From Niche Holding to Portfolio Pillar
Private credit’s been on quite a journey over the past 15 to 20 years. If I look back around on the GFC, it was really a niche asset class. You fast forward to today, it has gone from a niche allocation in investor portfolios to a core part of their portfolio.
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White papersPrivate assets: a new return architecture
In the 2010s, private equity returns were largely driven by multiple expansion and financial leverage — both of which are likely to be structurally impaired going forward. The 2026–2035 decade requires a return architecture to be built on several pillars: income yield (contractual coupons, regulated returns, rental income), real earnings and cash flow growth (operational value creation, sector tailwinds), and selective illiquidity and complexity premia over liquid equivalents.
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White papers2026 Europe - Specialty Residential, Sector Update
Residential performance in 2025 remained robust in 2026. The sector continues to be characterised by strong operational performance, with occupancy remaining high and positive rental growth across key target markets.
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White papersChina’s Blueprint: What the 15th Five-Year Plan Means for Global Investors
The Trump-Xi summit will dominate the news. China’s 15th Five-Year Plan could prove the more consequential signal for global investors.
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White papersConsider currency correlation
Currency can bring diversification, but not if the countries react similarly to events.
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White papersSeizing the European Prime Office Opportunity
Prime office properties in supply-constrained, centrally located European submarkets could offer a compelling outlook for rent growth.
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VideoGlobal REITs Update – Q1 2026
In our video update for the 1st quarter of the 2026 calendar year, Portfolio Manager, Macro Colantonio covers key developments in the Global REIT sector and market insights…
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White papersEQuilibrium 2026 Global Institutional Investor Survey
Eight hundred institutional investors. One clear message: the rules of portfolio construction are being rewritten. Nuveen’s 2026 EQuilibrium survey reveals how institutions worldwide are responding to deglobalization, expanding their private market allocations and approaching AI with measured conviction. All while keeping a firm eye on long-term stability. Explore the full survey to see what your peers are doing and what it could mean for your own strategy.
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White papersMedical Technology Stocks: Innovation Endures as Valuations Reset
How can medical technology companies diversify an equity allocation to healthcare?
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White papersLooking Inside Today’s High Yield Market
High yield investors are navigating a more complex backdrop, but fundamentals remain resilient and income continues to look compelling. Markets have absorbed a steady stream of risk events, but the environment calls for discipline rather than complacency.
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White papersPension Funds Letter 26 - Funding autonomy & accelerating reform in a ruptured world
While the world faces another international geopolitical crisis, the global Economy is moving through a structural shift. The many, continued ruptures we are seeing in trade and policy coordination, together with the fragmented approaches to the Energy transition and AI deployment, have led to persistent volatility. Volatility has become embedded in this new regime. Rupture has become the system.
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White papersCharting a Distinct Course to Asia’s Awakening Equity Markets
Asian equities offer hidden value in dynamic companies across fast-growing economies.
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White papersEurope’s pension transition: from retirement challenge to capital-market opportunity
Europe’s pension systems are undergoing a structural change. Demographic ageing, tighter public finances and the evolution of retirement provision are reshaping the way pensions are financed and how savings are allocated. What is emerging is not only a pension challenge, but also a significant opportunity: as Europe adapts its retirement systems, it can mobilise more long-term capital to support investment, productivity and competitiveness.
