All Asset allocation articles – Page 4
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White papersIn the public versus private debate, who’s winning?
Private markets have increasingly captured investor attention over recent years. However, public markets still dominate most portfolios. Here, the chief investment officers (CIOs) of M&G Investments debate the merits and drawbacks from choosing one over the other.
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White papersHow to construct an alternatives portfolio - Beyond 60/40: Building resilience through diversified alternatives
For decades, the 60/40 portfolio – 60% equities and 40% bonds – was the cornerstone of wealth management. Yet, the traditional model is facing significant headwinds. Changing macroeconomic conditions, inflation uncertainty, and shifting equity-bond correlations have all eroded the reliability of this approach. In this context, alternative investments are gaining attention as a potential complement to traditional strategies.
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White papersImproving Fixed Income Portfolio Resilience with Leveraged Loans
We discuss key considerations for investors allocating to leveraged loans, and explain how loans may serve as powerful diversifiers to most other fixed income sectors. Included are assessments of recent performance and current loan fundamentals, as well as strategic asset allocation considerations.
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White papersEurope Edition: A crossroads
Henry Kissinger famously asked, “Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?”. While Europe has clearly made strides since Kissinger’s provocative jibe, many of the underlying challenges remain. One currency, but 27 underlying markets across a whole swathe of industries and sectors – with fragmented infrastructure, regulation and legal structures.
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White papersPrivate Debt at a Turning Point: Risks and Opportunities as the Industry Scales up
Private Debt typically offers higher yields than public credit, partly due to the illiquidity premium investors receive for committing capital to less liquid loans, as well as a complexity premium for the expertise required to access, source and structure these loans.
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White papersSub-Saharan Africa: The Resurgence
Over the last decade, private capital investors have focused almost exclusively on the developed world, particularly the US. As these markets become increasingly saturated with capital, leading to falling lending standards and returns, it is time for private investors to look further afield. One region which has been overlooked by private credit allocators is Sub-Saharan Africa, a vast region of 48 countries which has a host of positive tailwinds that we believe make it an exciting proposition.
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White papersSolvency II: Opening New Securitization Lanes for Insurers
Revamped insurance regulations could bring securitized investments back into play.
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White papersWhy US Dollar-Based Bond Investors Should Look to Europe
As investors re-evaluate their allocations to US assets, we think they should consider euro-denominated bonds.
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White papersRelative-Value Macro: Finding Friends Outside the Trend
Trend-following may struggle in range-bound markets, but it’s not the only macro approach.
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White papersResearch Agenda 2025/26: Paving the Way for Continued Innovation in the AB UK Target Date Funds
Every year AB’s DC team sets out its research priorities for the coming 12 months. The research findings pave the way for enhancements to our DC TDF ranges across investments, product development and client reporting. What’s new for 2026?
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White papersIn Conversation – Real assets: shaping a greener future for Europe
Investment in real assets – from renewable energy projects and energy-efficient buildings to battery storage and forests – plays a vital role in the energy transition. Here, our experts examine how macroeconomic uncertainty is affecting this area and look at the trends supporting growth in private financing.
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White papersWhy the construction of a Cashflow Driven Investment strategy is key
Within any portfolio, getting the construction right is an important element to ensuring that the objectives and aims are met. For Cashflow Driven Investment (CDI) strategies, this is particularly true given their long-term horizons and often tailored fixed income allocation.
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White papersRemaking the case for US SMID caps
Over the past 10 and even 30 years, SMID cap companies have quietly outpaced large caps in earnings growth. Yet, large cap indices have dominated headlines, driven not by superior growth, but by soaring PE ratios. In this note Hugh Grieves, Fund Manager of the Premier Miton US Opportunities Fund, takes a look at the overlooked power of SMID caps.
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PodcastFrom Forecasts to Facts: Revisiting 2025’s Investment Themes
With 2025 marked by heightened uncertainty, shifting fiscal policies, and volatile market swings, investors are eager to understand which trends have held up—and which have not. As we cross the year’s midpoint, Neuberger Berman’s senior investment leaders reconvene to assess the predictions made in our annual “Solving for 2025” outlook.
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White papersUK Real Estate: Talking Points July 2025
Welcome to our quarterly snapshot of real estate market trends, using transparent capital and occupational market data points to summarise key implications for asset allocation and performance prospects.
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White papersThe changing world of institutional credit
The traditional boundaries between public and private lending are rapidly dissolving, creating new opportunities – and new challenges – for investors.
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White papersLDI H2 Outlook
In the current market phase, one common feature within LDI players has been to adopt a cautious approach towards the long end of the curve. In fact, the magnitude of the global yield curve steepening trend seen across major developed markets, driven by monetary policy, growth, and fiscal sustainability, coupled with supply/demand, has proved to be a fundamental disincentive to buy long dated assets, and this trend is expected to continue.
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White papersGlobal Corporate Bonds: A good time to bolster defensive allocations
This year, financial markets have often seemed like a rollercoaster. Prices have whipsawed as investors have attempted to price heightened geopolitical risk and President Donald Trump’s America first approach to global trade.
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White papersThe strategic value of allocating to high yield
Financial markets have navigated an exceptionally turbulent period over the past five years. Severe shocks have included the global pandemic in 2020, aggressive rate hikes by central banks in 2022 and the imposition of tariffs in 2025. Despite these significant disruptions, the high-yield (HY) market has demonstrated remarkable resilience, emerging as the best-performing fixed income sector by a substantial margin.
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VideoTalking Markets – US Opportunities
“The One Big Beautiful Bill” – is it good for the US economy? In this edition of Talking Markets, Premier Miton US Opportunities Fund Manager, Hugh Grieves, breaks down Trump’s policies on trade, tariffs and broader economic shifts, exploring what they could mean for US investors.
