All Global articles – Page 4
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Asset Manager NewsAccess Portfolio Acquisition
Barings has acquired a multi-let urban logistics and industrial portfolio comprising four assets. Located in high-demand urban submarkets where quality supply is scarce, the portfolio was purchased in June 2025 as part of a non-core investment strategy.
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White papersEquity Market Outlook 4Q 2025
In spite of concerns about AI-related valuations, we believe a strong economy—with monetary stimulus in the pipeline and still more to come—has set the stage for stronger equity performance in 2026.
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White papersHow much could AI drive future productivity?
It goes without saying that the US has been a dominant force in the global economy. The structural foundations of its long-term economic growth included a winning combination of superior productivity, a culture of innovation and risk-taking, and a stable, predictable regulatory framework.
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White papersGlobal equities overcome obstacles, remain in rally mode
Global equities delivered solid third-quarter results in 2025, with emerging markets leading non-U.S. benchmarks through nine consecutive positive months while U.S. shares rebounded from April’s tariff-driven selloff with the S&P 500’s best September since 2010. Despite diverging monetary policy, the Federal Reserve cutting rates to support a softening labor market while the ECB and BoJ held steady, equities rallied amid trade concerns and shifting earnings expectations. A broadly neutral stance balances growth-oriented U.S. technology stocks benefiting from AI with more defensive positioning in dividend growers, global infrastructure and utilities, which offer attractive income, lower volatility and exposure to rapidly expanding energy demand despite elevated valuations in some market pockets.
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White papersSoft signal: How Labubus became a barometer for the global economy
In 2025, few would expect a plushie keychain to offer a window into the state of the global economy. Yet, Labubus, by Chinese toymaker Pop Mart, have become an unlikely proxy for shifting consumer behaviour, the rise of cultural commerce and China’s expanding soft power, writes Noura Tan. Speaking to Jamie Zhou, a fund manager in the Asia Pacific Equities team, they unpack China’s next wave of consumer exports where sentiment drives strategy amid rising protectionism.
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White papersFrom electrons to photons: The next great compute transition
Computing has evolved through significant shifts in the medium and mechanisms of processing information, leading to transformative impacts on industries and economies. Carl Vine, Co-Head of Asia Pacific Equities, argues that another such change is happening now, with the use of photons. He explores what the transition from electrons to photons might mean for today’s dominant technology firms and who could win in the new photonics age.
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White papersIn it for the long haul: The private companies creating the future
As the world undergoes rapid transformation, the companies shaping tomorrow’s economy can often go unnoticed. Alex Seddon explores how private markets are now offering a unique opportunity for investors to align their savings with the economy of the future.
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White papersSeeing the Opportunity in Volatility
Recent volatility related to U.S.-China trade tensions and credit risk in the banking sector is a stark reminder of macro risks that continue to stalk global markets—and how hard and fast they can hit.
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White papersFixed income: Opportunity amid global divergence
Opportunity amid global divergence: Amid global policy divergence and persistent macro uncertainty, fixed income markets are entering a new phase of elevated yields, resilient fundamentals and wider dispersion—making active management and selective credit positioning key.
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White papersFixed Income Perspectives Q4 2025
Fixed Income Perspectives outlines the current macro and market views from across Capital Group’s extensive fixed income team and offers insights on investors’ bond exposure against an ever-changing backdrop.
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White papersQuarterly Equities and Multi Asset Outlook – Q4 2025
The recent flurry of AI deals, creating increasing interdependencies among some of the world’s largest AI players, is bringing back memories of the dot.com bubble. The key question in investors’ minds is whether we are now facing an AI bubble. The second derivative of the same question is whether we have reached a peak in equity markets overall, after a remarkable run. In our opinion, as is often the case, the answer’s not straightforward.
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VideoPortfolio Finance: 101
In this animated explainer video, we unpack what portfolio finance is, why it’s gaining traction, and how it’s helping investors tap into private markets with flexibility, diversification, and downside protection.
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White papersLessons from First Brands and Tricolor
While idiosyncratic issues seem to have driven these recent corporate failures, they serve as a reminder of the importance of credit risk as the cycle matures.
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White papersRebalancing Risk, Repositioning for Opportunities
After a couple of remarkably resilient quarters for the global economy and markets, the Asset Allocation Committee (AAC) maintains confidence in its overall medium-term outlook for growth and risk assets in parallel with applying more targeted exposure across asset classes and regions.
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White papersAI: Boom? Bust? Or Both?
Amid the AI frenzy are some early signs of the technology’s positive impact on productivity, raising profound implications for growth, inflation, labor markets, and asset prices.
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White papersSDG Engagement High Yield Credit, H1 2025
In our latest report, the SDG Engagement High Yield Credit team provide an overview of how engagement has driven change in the first six months of the year.
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White papersSpectrum: A quiet revolution
Innovation and evolution are at the heart of our MDT quant strategies. Our latest Spectrum report examines how the team uses machine learning, novel factors and decision trees to gain an edge.
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PodcastTalking Heads – Flexibility in global bonds with absolute return
James McAlevey, Head of Global Aggregate and Absolute Return explains how his team applies the flexibility of an absolute return approach to generate returns regardless of the overall environment in bond markets.
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White papersAI, cloud computing see data markets mature
Principal Asset Management’s Matt Hackman and Sebastian Dooley see data centres emerge as in-demand asset as a matter of function and investment
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White papersFrom niche to core: Asset-based finance emerges as a driving force as private debt markets continue to evolve
Asset-based finance is capturing the attention of institutional investors – from pension schemes to insurers – thanks to its diverse risk-return drivers and its growing role as a strategic building block in investors’ portfolios.
