All Global articles – Page 13
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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 papersRisk Assets: Navigating the Crosscurrents
Under a resilient macro surface, risk markets are being shaped by powerful crosscurrents, driving rapid rotation across factors, sectors and regions.
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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 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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White papersWhy Emerging Market Equities now?
Emerging market (EM) equities were among 2025’s most successful investments, outperforming developed markets (DM). In this Q&A, Michael Bourke, Head of Emerging Market Equities, explores the factors driving this rally and explains why strengthening fundamentals and supportive macroeconomic conditions are fuelling optimism about the outlook for emerging markets. He also discusses the advantage of an active, long-term approach to investing in emerging markets and shares where he sees promising opportunities.
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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 papersIndia’s Clean Energy Moment
Will India’s policy push create the de risked clean energy opportunities of the decade?
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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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White papersEmerging Markets. Starting the year on a strong footing
Emerging Markets are proving resilient despite tariff-related headlines and geopolitical uncertainty. As inflows return to EM fixed income and real yields remain attractive in select local markets, we see opportunities—while remaining highly selective across credits and countries.
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White papersHarnessing Yield—and Growth—in Multi-Asset Income
Multi-asset investors should use a diversified toolkit to generate income efficiently.
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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
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White papersA healthy correction underway
Market broadening accelerates as software gets its ‘DeepSeek’ moment.
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White papersDancing Through the Lightning Strikes? The Ongoing Case for Gold
The extraordinary return from gold in recent months, followed by an abrupt spike in volatility, ensures that questions about gold allocations come up in every single client meeting. But investors worry whether, after such a rally, there is still a case to own gold. We maintain our recommendation for a strategic allocation as part of an allocation to non-fiat, zero-duration assets.
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White papersEmerging Markets: Uncovering Key Alpha Drivers Amid Shifting Global Dynamics
Emerging Markets (EM) enter 2026 on the heels of an exceptional 2025 — a year defined by strong total returns and resilient fundamentals despite global volatility. The EMBI Global Diversified returned 14.3%, the GBI-EM Global Diversified returned 19.3%, and the CEMBI Broad Diversified returned 8.7%.
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White papersDebts, deficits and disruptors: Revisiting the opportunity in government bonds
Focus over the past decade has been heavily concentrated on credit markets, however, we believe there is an often overlooked opportunity in the government bond market that may warrant further attention. As much as 2022 bruised investors, with the big correction seen in government bond markets as interest rates rose rapidly, we believe now may be a good time to revisit the asset class in both developed and emerging markets, particularly as credit markets become less exciting.
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White papersPlugging water network leaks with smart technologies
Ageing and leaky water systems are in urgent need of an upgrade, presenting opportunities for innovative solution providers and utilities alike.1
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White papers2026 inflation outlook: Navigating uncertainty
The year ahead looks set for a more balanced, although not necessarily benign, inflationary backdrop, even as the full impact of the US trade tariffs has yet to materialise in prices. For investors returns are more likely to come from income carry and specific exposure to inflation risk.
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White papersAI Meets EMD: Short-Term Match, Longer-Term Friction?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to provide a tailwind for commodity and manufacturing exporters in emerging markets. That said, the emerging market (EM) service sector’s lower contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), as well as a lack of research and development, and the presence of infrastructure and AI private investment bottlenecks, could cap productivity gains over time versus developed markets. We explore the dynamics in this article.
