All Asset allocation articles – Page 5
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White papersThe power of private real assets
Navigating today’s unpredictable markets means rethinking what belongs in a portfolio. Private real assets like farmland, timberland, infrastructure, and commercial real estate have quietly demonstrated staying power across decades and shifting economic cycles. Nuveen’s latest research draws on more than 30 years of data to show how these assets may improve portfolio resilience, hedge inflation, and reduce correlation to traditional investments. Explore the full paper to see what the data reveals.
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White papersIlliquidity premia in private debt: Q1 2026
In our Q1 2026 deep dive, our research team crunched the data to explore how evolving macro conditions are reflected in private debt returns
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White papersCIO Weekly: In Search of Breadth
The equity risk premium has effectively vanished. While it is a signal worth heeding, it is not cause for immediate alarm, particularly for portfolios that are genuinely diversified.
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White papersHow constraints are shaping data infrastructure
In data infrastructure, connectivity—and the constraints around it—is increasingly determining which assets can be built, scaled and able to deliver durable returns
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White papersMulti-Asset Investments Views: Don’t look back in anger
From a financial market perspective, the Iran war closely resembles previous geopolitical shocks: a sharp but short‑lived sell‑off followed by a rapid and near‑complete recovery in risk asset prices.
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White papersFive dynamics shaping today’s investment landscape
Geopolitical risk, consumer strain, AI, policy limits, and the changing role of the United States are all shaping global markets. Markets are adapting to a regime shift in which macro, policy, and technology are colliding more directly—and more quickly—than investors have been used to. This set of five articles draws on Seema Shah’s (Chief Global Strategist at Principal Asset Management) discussion of the “five dynamics” shaping today’s investment landscape, translating those dynamics into practical frameworks for portfolio decision-making.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - June 2026
Over the past month, stock and bond markets have been driven by diverging forces. Bond yields have risen at the short end due to inflation pressures and more hawkish central banks, while long-end yields have climbed on higher term premiums amid Middle East uncertainty and ongoing high fiscal deficits.
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PodcastEuropean small caps offer income and growth
European small cap stocks have outperformed their large cap peers so far this year. Among the drivers of better performance are their exposure to industrial onshoring trends, the tailwind from merger and acquisition activity on cheaper valuations, and the opportunity to ride on the infrastructure spending wave.
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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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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 papersFrom pledges to portfolio insight: why climate ambition alone is no longer enough
Net-zero commitments have become a familiar feature of corporate climate disclosures. Across markets and sectors, companies increasingly articulate long-term decarbonization goals, often framed around 2050 targets and interim milestones.
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White papersThe case is no longer if. It’s how.
Regulatory clarity and institutional adoption have transformed digital assets into a legitimate asset class. Major financial players are deploying capital into blockchain, stablecoin, and tokenization infrastructure at scale.
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White papersRethinking global diversification
The Russia-Ukraine war, the rise of tariffs and, most recently, the energy crisis are all triggers of a new geo-economic regime, where the forces shaping markets are broader and more structural.
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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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PodcastChina: Tech self-sufficiency drive bodes well for growth
China’s policy for growth from hi-tech industry development is a state-organised – but not state-led – strategic effort that combines top-down industrial planning with bottom-up competition among local players. Chi Lo, Senior Market Strategist in Hong Kong, tells Daniel Morris, Chief Market Strategist, that investment value in China is created through aligning private incentives with state goals of high-quality growth, technological self-reliance, digitalisation and national security.
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White papersIslamic Global Listed Infrastructure Equities
Infrastructure equities can be play the role of “defensive engine” inside a diversified portfolio: they provide exposure to essential services—keeping the lights on, clean water flowing, goods and people moving, and data connected—often supported by resilient demand, predictable cashflows and above-average income potential.
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White papersInfrastructure outsourcing: Unlocking returns via scaled leasing
Infrastructure operators are increasingly separating ownership from operations to enhance flexibility and support long-term growth, unlocking attractive opportunities for institutional investors in scaled infrastructure leasing platforms.
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White papersPan European Real Estate Equities: An Investment Solution for Structural Market Trends Ahead
Pan European real‑estate equities have been largely avoided by investors, despite asset values having materially adjusted since 2022.
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White papersInflation is back. Where next for investors?
The sudden Iran-led energy shock has clouded the macroeconomic outlook. However, this inflation spike is part of a wider post-pandemic inflation cycle and investors need to be aware high inflation is now structural, not transitory. Supply shocks, not global demand, are fuelling inflation, a backdrop compounded by geopolitics and a lack of fiscal levers available to governments.
