All Global articles – Page 22
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White papersThe world turned upside down - Global Market Perspectives, 2Q 2025
Our quarterly investment outlook highlights the themes and investment implications for the period ahead.
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White papersFixed on Bonds: What do tariffs mean for the automotives industry?
Threats of tariffs have been hitting the sector from multiple angles. It is hard to keep up, but this is what we know so far.
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White papersRationalized
Trevor Slaven and Ben Gillingham of Barings’ Multi-Asset Strategy & Allocation team explore how investors can manage risk and capitalize on opportunities in this analysis of the Trump administration’s announced tariffs and their resulting impact on global economies and markets.
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White papersInfrastructure Debt: The Long Game
Helping insurers deliver value to policyholders, shareholders and the world we live in through infrastructure debt.
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White papersResponsible Investment Pension Fund Outlook
The landscape of responsible investment has rapidly evolved in recent years, influenced by stricter regulatory changes, shifting market dynamics, and an increased emphasis on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors.
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White papersPension Funds Letter 23 - Bridging the gaps to pension and climate resilience
Warnings over a looming pension crisis occur with increasing regularity. Global populations are not only ageing, they are also shrinking in many regions. The number of workers is declining in Europe and parts of Asia, living costs are rising and wages are stagnating. Set against a backdrop of extraordinary global uncertainty, this demographic transition is putting pressure on retirement systems around the globe.
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White papersWhat do tariffs mean for emerging market debt?
At this point, it is challenging to determine the precise impact of tariffs on EM economic activity as there are too many moving parts, including the possibility of negotiated reductions, retaliatory actions by US trading partners, and fluctuations in the currencies of affected economies. That said, we can look at the current level of tariffs and exports to the US to give us an idea about the portion of EM GDP that is at risk.
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PodcastOuterblue Talks Research - Seat belts fastened for the global economic rewire
The market roller coaster continues. After riding a wave of optimism in Europe in the wake of the German fiscal bazooka to increase defence spending, the confirmation of US tariffs sent markets suddenly plunging. What will be the economic impact of Trump’s approach to trade and tariffs?
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White papersFixed income at the crossroads of trade and trust
Trade tensions and shifting alliances are shaking investor confidence in 2025. This article explores how fixed income markets are navigating the dual challenges of inflation and geopolitical uncertainty, with a focus on the evolving role of U.S. Treasurys as a global safe haven.
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White papers2025 Global Insurance Survey
In the 14th annual Global Insurance Survey, 405 Chief Investment Officers (CIOs) and Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), representing over $14 trillion in balance sheet assets combined, provide their insights regarding the macroeconomic environment, return expectations, industry capitalization and asset allocation.
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WebinarWhat’s Next for Europe and the World
Against a backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions and a shifting transatlantic relationship, our panel of experts - Monica Defend, Head of Amundi Investment Institute & Chief Strategist; Amaury D’Orsay, Head of Fixed Income; and Barry Glavin, Head of Equity - share their initial assessments of recent trade tariffs and their implications for the global economy and markets, with a special focus on Europe.
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White papersScaling SDG investing: Partnering to shape the future of outcome measurement
Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) has just released their Outcomes dataset, a new data solution that enables investors to track how investments are contributing to sustainable outcomes over time. We look back at how their work has evolved over the last decade when PGGM initially developed the SDI framework with APG to align investments with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The work has and continues to facilitate greater transparency and comparability among investors.
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White papersTariffs explained: Assessing global economic impact
The much-anticipated “Liberation Day” on 2 April has provided investors with more details on the direction of US trade policy under the Trump administration. Despite hopes of a more moderate approach, the tariffs were much more substantial than expected, raising the prospect of lower economic growth, higher inflation and interest rate cuts.
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White papersTrump’s tariffs – A paradigm change
In the absence of major revisions, the latest US import tariffs are a stagflationary shock for the US economy, potentially derailing growth and raising recession risks. A major risk-off move is now underway as financial markets move to a completely new interpretation of ‘US exceptionalism’.
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White papersGold at a time of tariffs and trade war
“Gold prices should remain supported by demand for safe-haven assets, amid a threat of trade war, tariffs and their economic fallout.”
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White papersTariffs and credit markets
In the US, the Trump administration’s imposition of tariffs on imports from trading partners across the world has seen markets plunge. Here is what we are thinking as a credit desk and how we are approaching portfolios
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White papersExpert perspectives: ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs unpacked
‘Liberation Day’ tariffs have intensified stagflation fears, driving risk-off sentiment across markets. Investors are shifting toward quality, selectivity, and liquidity, while real estate shows relative resilience amid broader uncertainty.
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White papersWhat Raising the Trade Drawbridge Means for the World Economy
Trade wars threaten longstanding trade partnerships and could weigh on the global economy.
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White papersLiberation Day: Market uncertainty, global growth concerns, and U.S. recession fears
The U.S. announced sweeping new tariffs—some exceeding 50%—shocking markets and sharply raising the risk of recession and stagflation. With inflation likely to rise and GDP growth to fall by an estimated 2.5%, investors are now eyeing potential fiscal offsets like tax cuts and deregulation. Until clarity emerges, risk assets may stay under pressure as global economies brace for the fallout.
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White papersISA Briefing: Elections everywhere, all at once: Geopolitics and risk
Roughly 60% of the world’s population lives in countries facing major elections in 2024, markets representing 65% of the institutional investable real estate universe. Elections are, of course, the cornerstone of the democratic process, which in turn underpins the appeal of the most transparent, investable markets; that said, elections come with the possibility of policy changes that may impact returns.
