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Midyear fixed-income outlook: Strategic scenarios for bond investors
How will policy uncertainty and macro headwinds shape opportunities in fixed income?
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Midyear equity outlook: Staying selective amid volatility
A year that began with a rosy outlook for equities was soon jolted by tariff announcements, sending markets reeling. Looking out for the remainder of 2025, we remain constructive in our outlook on equities. Tariff tumult and a challenging macroeconomic environment remain acute in many regions.
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Midyear macro outlook: A new dawn of uncertainty
Geopolitical tensions, tariff uncertainty and global economic slowdown look set to define the second half of 2025. Our global CIO looks at why active management and research-led investing are the way to navigate this global complexity.
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LDI differentiator: the benefits of an integrated solution with credit
This mini-series of short articles shines a light on often under-discussed but important factors to think about when structuring your LDI portfolio framework. Here we look at the benefits of an integrated solution of LDI and credit.
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Asset Allocation Update – May 2025
Headlines remain dominated by tariff discussions, and we have seen significant row back from the more extended and aggressive tariff levies that caused such distress in markets in early April. However, where there have been ‘deals’ the base line of a minimum tariff of 10% from the US remains in place, which suggests that while there is flexibility around the reciprocal tariffs, the tariff environment will still be substantially higher than in recent years.
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Japan: A timely opportunity to seize long-term potential
Year to date we’ve seen significant volatility in equity markets globally – with Japan no different. However, Japan’s fundamental backdrop remains solid – first quarter earnings were healthy, share buybacks tripled year-on-year in April and merger and acquisition activity was widespread.
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European equities: resilience amid global trade tariff turmoil
At the beginning of 2025 we were “all in” for markets. But the bond market bear steepening was a dangerous signal. The meaning became clear: the dollar, which typically benefits from disruptions to global trade, has fallen and the US equity market, usually more insulated from trade shocks than Europe, has underperformed.
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Fixed income update: Bonds reclaim role as a volatility buffer
High-quality bonds are an important portfolio diversifier in uncertain markets
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Democracy in decline: the impact on financial markets
World leaders are getting older and global democracy scores are falling. What are the potential outcomes for global markets?
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Tariffs and credit markets
In the US, the Trump administration’s imposition of tariffs on imports from trading partners across the world has seen markets plunge. Here is what we are thinking as a credit desk and how we are approaching portfolios
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How artificial intelligence is reshaping financial services
AI is helping enhance efficiency, reduce costs and improve decision-making
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Germany cuts the debt brakes with defence spending set to soar
The market reaction to European military defence plans has been enormous, with more volatility expected in bond yields, curves, cross-market spreads and currencies.