All Commentary articles – Page 9
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White papersWhy Today’s Environment Favors Mortgage-Backed Securities
A strong housing market and supportive federal policy could benefit US mortgage-backed securities.
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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 Global Trends and Tactics
Global private real estate markets have shown signs of stabilization, with transaction activity increasing in recent quarters. Nuveen’s Global Trends and Tactics examines the current real estate environment, including recent performance trends across global markets, evolving transaction dynamics as pricing adjusts from prior peak levels, and opportunities in real estate debt markets as capital values and margins shift. This analysis explores both potential opportunities and risks for investors considering real estate allocations in the current environment. Read the full report.
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White papersIlliquidity premia in private debt
Our private markets research team have crunched the Q4 2025 data. They explain how evolving macro conditions are reflected in private debt returns.
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Asset Manager NewsCharter Hall grows CCRF by $360m to $3 billion
Charter Hall Group (Charter Hall or the Group) today announced that its unlisted institutional fund the Charter Hall Convenience Retail Fund (CCRF or the Fund) has acquired a portfolio of three high-quality metro-located shopping centres…
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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.
