All Commentary articles – Page 12
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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 papersHousing crisis: Understanding the UK residential market gap
The UK residential housing market faces a structurally challenging outlook shaped by a decade of macroeconomic shocks and demographic shifts. Brexit, COVID-19, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict have driven inflation and interest rate hikes, with the Bank of England’s rate peaking at 5.25% in 2023. These pressures have eroded affordability, especially in London, where indexed sale and rent prices have nearly doubled since 2010, while real wages for low earners have declined by 9% since 2008.
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White papersAI world of opportunities
Highlights how AI is reshaping global markets, creating investment opportunities across multiple sectors.
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White papersUS high-yield: Embracing credit divergence, unlocking opportunities
The US high-yield bond market has moved up in quality. We believe healthy fundamental and technical factors in 2026 will continue to underpin it in 2026. Carry should again drive returns, but there is likely to be more variety in returns across sectors, credit ratings and bond issuers, writes Jack Stephenson, Investment Specialist for US High-Yield.
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White papersRob Lovelace on the year ahead
As 2026 unfolds, markets are once again climbing a proverbial wall of worry. Trade wars, geopolitical conflicts and fears of a bubble in AI stocks have shaken investor confidence at times, but markets have managed to look past these daunting events and forge ahead. Can this remarkable resilience continue?
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VideoAI optimism, not exuberance
In our latest video, Steven Chiavarone, Deputy CIO of Global Equities, outlines why we see rational optimism – and not irrational exuberance – driving the artificial intelligence (AI) theme. Elsewhere, he revisits our market predictions for the year ahead and shares our latest thinking on the ‘broadening out’ trade.
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PodcastPodcast: Green energy investors brush off geopolitical turmoil
Listen above to Infrastructure Investor’s latest podcast with Joost Bergsma, Global Head of Clean Energy at Nuveen Infrastructure, where he discusses how European investors are remaining committed to the energy transition despite US policy uncertainty impacting global sentiment. He also emphasizes the compelling economics of battery storage across the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and Italy, as well as the need for policy support for European offshore wind.
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Asset Manager NewsNTR and Almac Group agree supply of additional localised clean power from Murley Wind Farm, Northern Ireland
NTR and Almac increase clean volume offtake by over 20% of the project’s production as Almac expands its operations
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White papersGlobal Emerging Markets Equity: Outlook 2026
Emerging markets (EM) outperformed developed markets (DM) last year on the back of a variety of tailwinds. We believe the EM rally has the potential to be prolonged and significant as we outline in this report.
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White papersChina: The year of the fire horse
Improving earnings, an ongoing economic transformation and benign valuations all add up to a positive outlook for the year ahead.
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White papersThe Ultimate ‘GPT’: Is AI Game-Changing for the Macro Picture?
We anticipate moderate impacts in the near term, but will look for more profound shifts—albeit with some delay—as the years unfold.
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White papersWhy choose euro fixed income?
Euro fixed income has a wide range of performance drivers that can enhance portfolio diversification. Credit spreads are tight, but there are still opportunities to capture historically absolute high yields. With eurozone inflation at target, growth resilient, and a positive fiscal profile relative to other developed economies, fundamentals are solid.
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PodcastIncorporating inclusive growth as a stock selection factor
Is inclusive growth an underappreciated investment criterion when investing sustainably? Amid geopolitical tensions, rising populism and growing inequalities, assessing a business’s inclusivity matters when selecting investments. Shazaan Gaffoor, Investment Specialist for the Global Equity team, explains why to Andy Craig, Co-Head of the Investment Insights Centre.
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy - February 2026
Gold, silver, copper, oil: forces shaping the market - January’s end brought a bout of extreme volatility across commodity markets. Several commodities appear to have been hit by a correction after short-term euphoria, likely prompting the unwinding of speculative positions at month-end in silver, platinum, tin, US natural gas (NG) and the euro.
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White papersMegatrends are driving infrastructure debt into the mainstream
In a new interview, Emaad Sami explains why, as volatility reshapes global markets, infrastructure debt is emerging as the understated source of stability, income and structural growth.
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Asset Manager NewsCharter Hall partners with Mitsubishi Estate Asia to develop 40,000sqm state-of-the-art industrial & logistics facility in Melbourne’s core inner-west
Charter Hall Group (Charter Hall or the Group) is pleased to announce that it has established a joint venture (JV) partnership between its $14 billion flagship industrial & logistics fund, CPIF, and Mitsubishi Estate Asia (MEA), investing through its affiliated entity, MEC Oceania Investment Pty Ltd.
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White papersThe infrastructure growth engine: Creating tomorrow’s core infrastructure today
Long-term structural trends – including deglobalisation, decarbonisation and digitalisation – are broadening the infrastructure asset class. Core infrastructure assets increasingly attract networks of essential businesses that provide mission-critical equipment and services. Meanwhile other businesses have also entered the market to plug crucial gaps in supply chains and capitalise on opportunities created by new technologies, changing demographics and aging infrastructure.
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White papersArcmont outlook 2026: Market trends and investment opportunities
The European private credit landscape enters 2026 with continued investor interest amid evolving market conditions. Our European Private Credit Outlook for 2026 examines four themes that may shape the market’s direction: the opportunity set in European private credit, the importance of manager selection in a maturing market, the role of private credit as an established allocation for investors, and the ongoing evolution of the private credit ecosystem. Read Arcmont’s outlook.
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WebinarWorld in chaos after Davos? Impact on Markets
During this webinar, our experts Philippe d’Orgeval, Deputy Group Chief Investment Officer, and Monica Defend, Head of Amundi Investment Institute & Chief Strategist, moderated by Danae Quek, Senior PR Manager, explored how the latest surge in geopolitical tensions, renewed tariff threats, and mounting concerns over public finances are shaping market behaviour and influencing investor positioning.
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White papersThe ‘inverted pyramid’: winners from new US food guidelines
The US government’s move to shift the national diet provides tailwinds for companies in ‘real food’ supply chains and reformulation. Its revised guidelines emphasise high-quality proteins, dairy and fats, raise nutritional standards for school meals and reshape how ‘food stamps’ can be spent.1
