All Global articles – Page 3
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PodcastDeciphering conflicting signals - Global Investment views by Outerblue Convictions
Returning from trips to major summits in Washington and Shanghai, Monica Defend, Head of the Amundi Investment Institute, sits down with our host, Swaha Pattanaik, to discuss the tone on the ground and how this compares to what we’re seeing in the markets and our own economic forecasts for the months to come.
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White papersRethinking equity allocation from a global perspective
Due to the relatively high level of volatility associated with holding equities, it is hard to escape their gravitational pull on total portfolio risk and return.
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White papersSolving for 2026
Our investment leaders break down the macro environment and its implications for equities, fixed income, and private markets in 2026.
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White papersOcean pledges create waves of opportunity
At a UN ocean conference in June, dozens of countries promised to ratify the High Seas Treaty to bring it into force. The aim is to protect marine life by curbing overfishing, and ensure that the ocean is managed sustainably. What are the implications for companies and investors? By Ming Yang, Shoa Hirosato and Xinyu Pei.
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White papersCan more analyst coverage help predict stock performance?
On the MDT quant team, we cast our net far and wide to try to discover underexplored factors that might help us forecast equity outperformance. These factors may sometimes appear only loosely related to company performance, yet we believe some of our best ideas have come from seemingly extrinsic considerations. Previously, for instance, we’ve written about company age and company moats as two factors we view as being able to help predict performance. Another such factor is analyst coverage.
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White papersAI revolution needs shift in engagement focus
There is little doubt that advances in AI represent huge opportunities for society and, as a consequence, for investors too. However, there is equally little doubt that the breakneck pace of development is creating significant risks. As a result, the Global SMID Equity Engagement team have developed a proprietary Responsible AI Assessment Framework to encourage the successful adoption and implementation of this new technology across industry, leading to better work and more productive workplaces.
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White papersThe Global Industrial Sector (R)evolution
The logistics and industrial sectors are both benefitting from secular demand, although the drivers are shifting.
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VideoGlobal REITs Update – Q3 2025
In our video update for the 3rd quarter of the 2025 calendar year, Portfolio Manager, Julian Campbell-Wood covers key developments in the Global REIT sector and market insights, including:
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White papersBeyond the comfort zone: emerging markets in the private credit 2.0 era
Throughout its history, private credit has thrived on structural change. But as developed markets mature, the case for diversification is growing stronger. Felipe Berliner, Co-Founder and Head of Structuring, sets out why emerging markets could be the next frontier for the private credit asset class.
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White papersGlobal macro outlook: From policy divergence to structural dispersion
2026 shifts from monetary to fiscal dominance, with diverging growth paths across the U.S. deficit expansion, Europe’s €800 billion German investment surge, Japan’s normalization, China’s structural adjustment, and AI-driven productivity gains reshaping the macro environment. This policy-led backdrop creates relative value opportunities from infrastructure credit and periphery bonds to hedged Japanese equities and AI-ecosystem exposure—requiring active management to capture dispersion across multiple fiscal regimes.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - November 2025
Global equities reached all-time highs in October, led by strong momentum in the AI sector in the US, expectations of Fed easing, and positive sentiment around fiscal expansion in Germany. However, a resurgence of the US-China trade spat, concerns over some credit events in the US, and continuing US government shutdown created volatility in risk assets. While the US and China have extended their truce, we’d like to see how effectively this is sustained in the long term.
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White papersHigh Yield: Strategies for a Shifting Market
High yield continues to be a credible source of income and diversification in today’s environment—but broad market beta is unlikely to deliver outsized returns, making security selection and disciplined positioning paramount.
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Webinar2026 Global Fixed Income Outlook
In a 45-minute webinar, the Barings team will explore what 2026 may hold for global fixed income markets featuring investment leaders across high yield, emerging markets debt, CLOs, and investment grade credit. From tariffs and geopolitics to interest rate moves, the discussion will cut through the noise to identify the signals that actually matter for investors.
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White papers2024-2025 Private equity impact report: Accelerating solutions for a world in transition
The world faces intertwined crises of escalating emissions, resource strain and growing inequality that amplifies vulnerability to climate change. Despite recent global market and regulatory shifts, a focus remains on backing growth-oriented, lower-middle market companies driving an inclusive transition to a low-carbon economy, with confidence in long-term fundamentals where impact initiatives align directly with performance rather than creating trade-offs. Our latest impact report highlights new investments across energy efficiency, resource optimization and circular economy solutions, enhanced ESG measurement and emissions tracking, industry partnerships, and portfolio case studies demonstrating growth and impact in action.
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White papersThe ‘Disruptive Ds’ Powering Commodities Markets
Commodities exposure could help adapt diversified portfolios for a changing world—eight trends explain why.
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White papersTariff fallout milder than feared, for now
In its latest World Economic Outlook, the IMF upgraded its 2025 global growth forecast to 3.2%. Global trade and financial conditions have proven resilient, helped by trade deals between the US and some of its trading partners. We believe the global trading system is bruised but not broken: roughly 70% of trade is flowing as before. An artificial intelligence–driven (AI) productivity upswing has also supported prospects for global growth.
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White papersPre-COP30 Investor Outlook: Key Themes for Belém
The 30th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP30) is likely to deliver incremental rather than transformative progress, as most countries remain misaligned with the Paris Agreement and net-zero pathways.
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White papersUnderstanding the modern electrical grid
The electricity grid is at the heart of the clean energy transition and is undergoing one of the most significant transformations in its history. Understanding the modern electrical grid is no easy task, but it is a necessary one, as the grid plays a critical role in economic growth, energy security and decarbonisation. Read our white paper which examines how the grid works, the impact of renewables, the evolution of grid technology and how investors can participate in its modernisation.
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White papersBeyond the basics: How secondaries can enhance your investment strategy
The private equity secondaries market has evolved over the past two decades from a niche solution into a bona fide asset class. What was once largely reserved for distressed sellers is now a sophisticated, and in our view, essential component of portfolio management for investors and private equity (PE) sponsors alike. So, what is behind the current explosion of secondaries activity? In this paper, Nick Lawler examines secondaries’ performance over multiple market cycles, their persistent structural advantages, three common misconceptions, and why current market conditions present a particularly compelling entry point.
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White papersGlobal Outlook 2026
We expect that growth will be modestly positive throughout 2026. The wealthier strata of consumers continue to spend, supported by the strong market valuations and stability in the labor markets.
