All Asset allocation articles – Page 10
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WebinarWebinar replay: How global macro factors and geopolitical events are feeding through to debt markets
Lloyd Harris, Head of Fixed Income at Premier Miton, looks at the key forces shaping debt markets today, from global macro trends to geopolitical developments, and how these influences feed into the team’s strategic investment approach. He also outlines his outlook for the months ahead and highlights where he sees the most compelling opportunities across fixed income.
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White papersLeveraged Finance Asset Allocation Insights: Markets Hit an AI Inflection Point.
The leveraged finance market is currently grappling with an “AI inflection point,” where the early promise of greater efficiency is giving way to a more uncertain outlook, with potential AI-related pressures on revenues and margins. This shift has introduced a sense of anxiety as investors increasingly scrutinize the actual cost of adoption on an issuer-by-issuer basis.
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VideoInvestor takeaways from today’s volatile and rapidly shifting private markets environment
Private Markets 700 research shows that institutional investor return expectations are increasing, regulation, geopolitics, and megatrends are reshaping infrastructure allocations and value add infrastructure opportunities are growing, as infrastructure appetite trends upwards.
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White papersFive reasons to consider an allocation to farmland
With markets still volatile and inflation never far from mind, investors are increasingly looking beyond traditional asset classes for stability and steady returns. Farmland has quietly delivered both for decades, offering income, capital appreciation, and inflation protection while holding steady through recessions. If you’ve been curious about what agricultural land could bring to a portfolio, the data might surprise you. Explore the full piece to see why farmland deserves a closer look.
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White papersInfrastructure: The times they are a-changin’
Essential assets are evolving, linking conventional services with emerging technologies and security needs. Bob Dylan’s enduring classic “The Times They Are a-Changin’” wasn’t just about politics or culture—it was about recognising when a new era is breaking over the horizon.
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White papersFrom Transition to Physical Risk: Rethinking Portfolio Management
Over the past fifteen years, responsible investment has evolved, shifting from broad ESG scores to more granular climate risk management. Transition risk has dominated, with portfolio decarbonization anchored in standardized carbon intensity metrics and, more recently, complemented by measures of green intensity.
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White papersGeopolitical Risk and Asset Pricing Across Market Regimes
This paper examines how geopolitical risk (GPR) is transmitted across global financial markets by analyzing its effects on equities, sovereign bonds, foreign exchange, and commodities. Moving beyond single-regime and single-dimension approaches, the study adopts a two-regime Markov-switching framework to capture the state-dependent pricing of geopolitical shocks under low- and high-volatility market conditions.
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White papersLet your bonds work smarter
Active management can turn fixed income into a more purposeful allocation
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White papersThree asset classes for European insurers to watch in 2026
As insurers enter 2026, the investment landscape remains challenging. Sovereign yield curves have steepened, credit spreads continue to trade near historical tights, and inflation uncertainty persists. At the same time, equity valuations remain elevated, while geopolitical and macro risks add further uncertainty.
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White papersImplications of US-Israel strikes on Iran
What is the nature of the attack on Iran and how could the situation evolve?
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - March 2026
Since the start of the year, several of the key convictions we highlighted in our outlook have been playing out, and some trends have clearly accelerated. Markets have remained well supported, with significant rotations at country, sector and stock levels.
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White papersUS earnings stay strong
The US earnings season reinforces our view of a broadening rally into real‑economy, signalling an ongoing — albeit non-linear — rotation towards these sectors.
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White papersIs the UK market at a turning point?
Recent developments across private and public markets suggest the UK may be moving toward a period of greater alignment between capital, policy and fundamentals. We reflect on where selective opportunities are beginning to form and what they could signal for long‑term allocators.
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White papersRethinking institutional cash: The role of public debt money market funds
The focus of attention in institutional cash management has shifted from operational efficiency to strategy. Market volatility, a changing interest rate environment, greater counterparty awareness and evolving regulation have led to renewed scrutiny of how professional investors manage liquidity. For many, the objective remains capital preservation and immediate access to cash, but the tools to achieve it are evolving.
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PodcastThe Great Bond Divergence: Opportunities Across Curves, Countries, and Credit
Global bond markets are starting to diverge again. After years of moving in near lockstep, correlations are breaking down as political and fiscal paths split across regions. The balance for investors is pursuing income, diversification, and flexibility without making an all-or-nothing “sell the U.S.” call.
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White papersMaking portfolio optimisation understandable for humans
Outside of the small circle of quantitatively minded portfolio managers, portfolio optimisation remains largely underused in practice because of one big obstacle: optimisers are still seen as black boxes. They help produce the final portfolio, but how the result comes about is a mystery.
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White papersCharter Hall Group 2026 Half Year Results
Earnings guidance upgrade following high equity inflows and an elevated level of transactions
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White papers2026 Hedge fund investor barometer
At Amundi Alternative and Real Assets, we are dedicated to building long-term relationships with our clients and partners, which are rooted in proximity and authenticity. Guided by the belief that tomorrow’s economy must unlock new opportunities, we act as facilitators, bringing the right solutions and experts at the right time.
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VideoPortfolio Design as Gesamtkunstwerk: The Total Portfolio Approach
In this video I discuss an increasingly important framework for institutional investing: the Total Portfolio Approach, or TPA which is the subject of our latest paper.
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White papersRisk Assets: Navigating the Crosscurrents
Under a resilient macro surface, risk markets are being shaped by powerful crosscurrents, driving rapid rotation across factors, sectors and regions.
