All Global articles – Page 15
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White papersThe power of co-investment
Roundtable with Thomas Roche-Toussaint and other industry experts on secondaries with Private Equity International
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White papersInnovation in infrastructure investment models to help close investor allocation gaps
As the private infrastructure asset class continues to expand at a faster rate than all but private credit across alternatives, institutional investors are re-upping their target allocations. Meeting these expanding targets can be a challenge when fund commitments can take some years to be fully called.
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WebinarWebinar: Unlocking value in battery storage
As the global energy transition accelerates, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are emerging as a cornerstone of grid stability, renewable integration, and energy market flexibility. Watch our webinar which explores the macro landscape shaping the BESS sector and the strategies driving revenue and investment returns in this fast-evolving market.
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Asset Manager NewsMetLife Investment Management and PineBridge Investments
MetLife Investment Management and PineBridge Investments now have more to offer; broader reach, deep insights and specialized capabilities— forming a top-tier global investment platform.
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PodcastThe Great Bond Divergence: Opportunities Across Curves, Countries, and Credit
Global bond markets are starting to diverge again. After years of moving in near lockstep, correlations are breaking down as political and fiscal paths split across regions. The balance for investors is pursuing income, diversification, and flexibility without making an all-or-nothing “sell the U.S.” call.
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White papersThe good news and the bad news
Lowering return expectations even while ’macro’ looks solid.
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White papersEquity Opportunities Through Sector Rotation. Where to Find Them
Since November 2025, global equities have rotated decisively from long‑favoured growth into value sectors, with materials and energy leading amidst a sharp technology sell-off. Underpinned by expectations for a cyclical growth upswing plus Fed easing, structural themes like onshoring, higher defence and infrastructure spending has further pushed investors to reallocate toward “real-world”, asset-heavy and value, business.
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White papersFixed Income: The Calm Before the Storm?
Fixed income markets have shown relative calm versus other risk assets since the start of the year. That is unlikely to last, creating challenges and opportunities.
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White papersGlobal infrastructure: Listed securities offer opportunities
As global infrastructure needs continue to grow, private funding has become an increasingly important complement to government investment. Roads, utilities, telecommunications, and energy systems may offer investment characteristics including relatively stable cash flows and potential inflation-hedging properties. Various approaches to infrastructure investing, including direct investment, private equity, and listed securities, present different considerations for investors evaluating this asset class. Read the full analysis.
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PodcastSustainability agenda – Capital and solutions for real-world issues
Increasingly, investors want to see real-world outcomes resulting from asset managers’ sustainability-related efforts. These could range from engagement and stewardship to ensuring corporate transition plans are credible. Simultaneously, demographic shifts and innovations such as AI are emerging as social investment themes that require capital and solutions to tackle them.
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White papersGlobal High Yield – 2025 in Review and 2026 Outlook
GHY delivered a standout 2025, supported by resilient growth, low defaults and strong demand. What comes next? Our latest outlook explores whether today’s tight spreads can remain justified in 2026 and where opportunities still lie.
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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 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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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.
