All Global articles – Page 17
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Research ReportInfrastructure Quarterly: Q2 2025
Although the start of 2025 saw rollercoaster market volatility and tense global trade dynamics, infrastructure markets demonstrated resilience and adaptability. The rise in capital inflows and doubling of greenfield deal activity in data centers and renewable energy speaks to the market demand for infrastructure despite pending tariffs and policy uncertainty.
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White papersFinancing the future of food
Current food production models are encountering significant challenges, with modern agricultural practices endangering biodiversity and heightening dependency on finite resources. Amid rapid demographic shifts, we examine how strategic investments and the distinctive capabilities of emerging markets are poised to tackle global food challenges – and drive transformative change across the sector.
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White papersGeopolitics fuels a surge in oil
“A sustained rise in oil prices could complicate central banks’ efforts to tame inflation and manage growth, given the already uncertain environment surrounding US tariffs and international trade.”
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White papersForeign Demand for U.S. Treasuries: Facts vs. Fears
The data behind foreign demand for U.S. Treasuries challenges the “Sell America” narrative.
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White papersAI vs. AI: the arms race in cyber space
AI is reshaping cyber warfare, making it faster, smarter, and harder to stop. Here’s why security must evolve just as fast.
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White papersAnother risk in 2025: geopolitical conflict
Geopolitical tensions, especially in the Middle East, could disrupt energy markets and push oil prices sharply higher. However, markets have historically rebounded quickly from such shocks, with fundamentals remaining the key long-term driver.
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White papersThe idiosyncratic advantage: Where unique insights drive unique returns
Identifying company-specific opportunities is key to generating returns that passive strategies can’t replicate. Principal focuses on deep, research-driven stock selection to uncover these unique advantages.
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White papersIntroducing the new QESG 3.0: The next generation
The Global Equity ESG Pathway team’s assessment of ESG – the QESG Score – is embedded directly within our stock selection model and is a crucial part of how we determine the expected return of investments. In this paper, we provide a rundown of what’s changed in the next iteration of QESG.
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White papersHow to adapt and respond to choppy waters
The global outlook is overshadowed by uncertainty, which can make asset allocation tricky. However, a multi-asset approach to credit investment can provide a vital degree of stability amid the turmoil.
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White papersFixed Income Outlook: Navigating cycles of uncertainty
After a turbulent start to the year marked by shifting central bank signals, renewed geopolitical tensions, and disruptive tariff announcements from the Trump administration, fixed income markets are entering the second half of 2025 with cautious resilience.
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White papersTracking the real estate energy transition
Despite considerable progress on decarbonisation over the past decade, the global built environment is currently not on track to become net zero carbon by 2050.
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White papers2025 Mid-Year Global Investment Outlook The Bell Can’t Be Unrung: Finding Opportunity in the Midst of Uncertainty
Uncertainty aside, global opportunities are taking shape for those who know where to look.
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VideoDirect Lending: Key Takeaways from SuperReturn International
In this interview from SuperReturn International, Tyler Gately and Stuart Mathieson discuss their takeaways from the conference and explore the key themes driving direct lending markets today—from slower M&A activity to navigating economic and geopolitical uncertainty.
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White papersBond outlook: Income potential intact as economic risks rise
The bond market is well positioned to provide investors with attractive income potential and relative stability, should equity markets swing lower in the second half of the year. Given slowing US economic growth and cooling inflation, bonds should offer a smoother ride for investors amid high uncertainty over US trade and immigration policies, rising debt levels and worsening conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
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WebinarTrade Turbulence - From Disruption to Opportunity
For over a decade, the US has dominated global equity returns. As ‘American exceptionalism’ comes to an end, where should investors look for medium-term returns? What are the ex-US opportunities in developed markets, and what are the prospects in emerging markets?
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White papersActive Maintenance: A Dynamic Approach to Buy & Maintain Credit
Pensions and insurers must generate income to fund obligations, navigate de-risking journeys and integrate climate risk into investing frameworks. Allspring’s active buy and maintain (B&M) approach addresses these goals.
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White papersMid-year Investment Outlook 2025
“Despite unpredictable policymaking, business resilience, and the reorganisation of global trade and financial systems, the expected rate cuts from central banks will create opportunities in global equities. We are focusing on themes such as European defence spending, US deregulation, corporate governance reform in Japan, and the ‘Make in India’ initiative.”
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White papersThe Great Diversification is underway
We are now firmly in the riskier, messier, more factious world we predicted. While the US president is not the cause of the geopolitical shifts underway over the last few years, his administration is accelerating some drivers. For example, tariffs are intensifying economic friction, while the reduction of US commitments to Europe’s security and ambitions in space are contributing to a new arms race. The US, under Trump, also emerged as an additional disruptor.
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White papersO’Connor Global Multi-Strategy Alpha Monthly Letter: Embracing change as the only constant
Financial markets can sympathize with the sentiment of the statement above, given the recent headlines and noise around tariffs and fiscal policy. Our teams have been embracing this rapidly changing environment, adjusting positioning to take advantage of volatility, and exploring differentiated business performance between regions, industries and peers.
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White papersNavigating the fog of tariffs in emerging market equities
We don’t pretend to have all the answers on China and the US, and we reserve the right to change our minds – especially as Donald Trump changes his. Amid such market volatility we are not making bold macro calls, instead our focus is on thoughtful, quality-led stock selection.
